Fields of Study

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
The College offers 11 certificate programs that do not require a bachelor’s degree for entry. Additionally, if you have a bachelor’s degree from the College of St. Catherine or another institution, you may obtain a second (post-baccalaureate) major certificate or graduate level certificate from the College.

ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
You may choose from among eight majors available at the associate degree level at the College of St. Catherine. With the exception of the associate of arts liberal arts and sciences and educational paraprofessional program options, all of the programs of study are in the healthcare field.

BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
There are more than 57 major fields of study available to day program students at the College of St. Catherine. More than 37 additional majors are available through the combined resources of the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC).

Weekend College majors include accounting, business-to-business sales, communication, communication studies, elementary education, financial economics, healthcare management, healthcare sales, information management, management information systems, marketing and management, nursing, occupational science: pre-occupational therapy, philosophy: ethics, small business/entrepreneurship, and social work. Additional majors in English, theology and women’s studies are available in a combined day/evening/weekend format. (The ACTC exchange program does not apply to Weekend College students.)

When you select a major field of study, you will ordinarily choose course work from one academic discipline. In addition, several major disciplines offer a choice of concentrations from which you must select one. Other disciplines offer optional concentrations beyond the core requirements for the major. You also may choose to do work in a minor field of study.

Baccalaureate majors consist of not fewer than seven nor more than 10 courses required in the department. Approved interdepartmental majors may consist of up to 12 courses required from among the disciplines comprising the major.

All course work in a baccalaureate major is subject to the following restrictions:

• Courses in a major must be taken for a regular letter grade. A minimum grade of C- is required for a course to be counted toward the major. Unless otherwise stated, a minimum cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) must be earned for all major course work.
• A minimum of one-half of the courses in the major must be completed in residence.
• Transfer courses, substitutions and courses taken on campuses of the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC) for a St. Catherine’s major require the approval of the chair of the major department.
• Supporting courses for some majors must be completed for a letter grade with at least a C- or C. Unless otherwise stated, required supporting courses may be completed with the S/U grading option.

• Courses in a minor must be taken for a regular letter grade. A minimum grade of C- is required for a course to be counted toward the minor and the cumulative grade point average for the minor must be 2.0 or higher.
• A maximum of two transfer courses may be counted toward a minor.
• Transfer courses, substitutions and courses taken on campuses of the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC) for a St. Catherine's minor require the approval of the chair of the minor department.

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This page was created on 06/03/2005 and last updated on 10/02/2007.
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