For all Associate and Bachelor programs, including the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, all incoming students residing in the state of Minnesota, will have completed at least thirty hours of general education credits. The student’s Associate degree courses will be evaluated before enrollment for the following information:
- At least six credit hours must be taken in each of the following general education areas; Written Communication, Humanities, Behavioral/ Social Science, and Science/ Math. In the area of Humanities, the Minnesota Office of Higher Education requires Minnesota residents to complete six credits, only three of which can be completed at American Sentinel University. Minnesota state students will need to have completed and accepted for transfer credit, an additional three credits for a Humanities course other than ARTS200 – Introduction to Art History, in order to meet both American Sentinel and Minnesota general education Humanities requirements.
In addition, Computer and/or Information Technology courses are not considered as general education by the state of Minnesota. Therefore, general education transfer credit will not be granted for any courses considered Computer and/or Information Technology. Nor can students complete their general education program requirements at American Sentinel by taking any of the Computer and/or Information Technology courses that are offered in the general education category.
If a prospective student is found to be deficient in one of the general education areas, they will be required to take courses at American Sentinel University or have acceptable transfer credit that will fulfill the missing general education requirements. These requirements will need to be met in order to graduate as long as the student is a resident of Minnesota.
The chart on below identifies courses which the Minnesota Office of Higher Education has indicated may not be used to meet general education requirements.
