Hamline University
Liberal Arts Transfer Guide
for Associate in Science (AS) Degree

Check Hamline's up-to-date transfer information (consult this website as changes can occur)

Check Hamline's transfer guide from Inver Hills Community College (consult this guide as changes can occur)

http://www.hamline.edu/cla/admission/PDF/Inver_Hills_Communit.pdf

Admission Procedures

Applications for admission are available from the Office of Undergraduate Admission and in the Inver Hills Community College Counseling Center. You may apply online at www.hamline.edu. There is no application fee. We recommend you provide us with a personal statement along with your application.

Ask your college/university registrar to send us an official transcript, including a list of current courses. The transcript should be send directly from your school. If you have attended other college/universities, ask those schools to send us official transcripts.

We encourage you have a professor or your college advisor provide us with a written recommendation.

Application Deadlines:

Fall Term - Priority Admission (early registration): March 1
Fall Term - Regular Admission: August 1
Spring Term - Rolling

Academic Calendar

Hamline follows a 4:1:4 academic calendar. During each of the 14 week fall and spring terms, students have a normal schedule of three to four courses. One course may be taken during the optional four week January term. Fractional courses may be added to the normal load. Full-time students have a typical schedule of eight courses or 32 semester credits over the academic year.

Scholarships

Hamline University offers very competitive financial aid packages to all students. Also, there are specific scholarships offered only to transfer students that are listed in the Transfer Guide for Inver Hills link above.

Contact Information

Willie Wong, Assistant Director of Admissions
1536 Hewitt Avenue
MS-1930
St. Paul, MN 55104
E-mail: wwong@hamline.edu
Telephone: 651-523-2207

THE HAMLINE PLAN

The foundation of Hamline's liberal arts education is the Hamline Plan. The Hamline Plan is a nationally recognized general education program that provides students with a set of flexible, goal-oriented, skills and experiences tied directly to graduation requirements. Designed to provide practical applications of a theory-based education, the interdisciplinary Hamline Plan requires students to conduct independent studies, participate in internships, and apprenticeships, and to develop their skills in such areas as writing, speaking, computing, and cultural awareness. For the student who seeks a true liberal arts education, the Hamline Plan offers a wide and ever-changing array of learning opportunities.

Hamline does not accept the Associate Degree or the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum as satisfying the general education requirements of the college. All courses are transferred on an individual basis. However, in most cases the transferable courses completed for the Associate in Arts degree or the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum will satisfy many, if not all, if Hamline's general education requirements.

Many students also transfer to Hamline with credits earned from a four-year college or university. In general, Hamline accepts credits only from regionally accredited colleges and universities (i.e. The Higher Learning Commission and The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools). These credits will be at the college level in general study or liberal arts courses in which the student received a grade of at least C- or its equivalent. No courses will a grade less than a C- will transfer.