Transfer Admissions Requirements: College of Education and Human Development

The College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) offers degrees focused on a shared desire to positively impact people's lives. 

 

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*Applications complete after the priority deadline will be considered on a space-available basis. Many CEHD majors fill at or shortly after the priority deadline.

CEHD Transfer Course Requirements

General Guidelines:

  • Priority admission consideration is given to applicants who intend to graduate from CEHD (not from another U of M college.)
     
  • For transfer applicants with fewer than 26 college credits complete, applications are reviewed using both college academics and the following:
    • Successful completion of the high school course requirement.
    • High school rank percentile (students from non-ranking schools and those with GED or other high school equivalency are given full consideration).
    • ACT or SAT scores.  (Submitting an ACT/SAT score is not required for 2024 and 2025 applicants. For more information, please visit our ACT/SAT FAQ).
    • Rigor of the high school curriculum
       
  • If you are interested in teaching middle or high school students, in subjects such as English or math, visit teach.umn.edu for more information on how to prepare for these graduate-level programs. Also consider the DirecTrack to Teaching program, which gives you a head start in exploring the culture of teaching and schools and provides an early admission decision to the graduate teaching program. Visit cehd.umn.edu/direct for more information.
    • Teaching licensure programs are also offered at the undergraduate level for the following programs: Agricultural Education (in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences) and Music Education (in the College of Liberal Arts). Please refer to the transfer admissions requirements for CFANS or CLA for more information on these programs.

Major-Specific Admission Guidelines:

Transfer students are admitted directly into a major in CEHD. Therefore, we strongly encourage applicants to have completed all preparatory coursework for their intended major at the time of application in order to be the most academically prepared and successful applicant possible prior to beginning at the University of Minnesota. See major-specific requirements below.
 

  • FALL APPLICANTS: Competitive fall applicants should have these courses completed or in progress by their spring semester prior to enrollment at the University of Minnesota. Applicants for fall semester cannot use coursework from the summer immediately prior to that term to satisfy course expectations for admission.
     
  • SPRING APPLICANTS: Competitive spring applicants should have these courses completed or in progress by their fall semester prior to enrollment at the University of Minnesota.

Any student admitted with missing preparatory courses are expected to complete those courses in their first term at the U. 

MAJORGUIDELINES
Business and Marketing Education
  • 45 credits completed or in progress
  • 2.0 GPA, 2.5 GPA strongly recommended


Competitive applicants will have completed the following courses with a grade of C- or better:

  • Public Speaking
  • Economics
  • Intro to Psychology

Early Childhood

  • 2.5 GPA preferred, but 2.8 GPA recommended
  • No minimum credits (26 credits recommended)


Competitive applicants will have completed the following preferred course with a grade of C- or better:

  • Intro to Developmental Psychology 

Elementary Education

  • No minimum credits (26 credits recommended)
  • 2.5 GPA preferred, but 2.8 GPA recommended


Competitive applicants will have completed the following preferred courses with a grade of C- or better:

  • Intro to Psychology
  • College Algebra
  • Earth Science (does not require a lab)

Family Social Science

  • No minimum credits (26 credits recommended)
  • 2.0 GPA preferred


Competitive applicants will have completed the following preferred courses with a grade of C- or better: 

  • Public Speaking
  • Statistics

Human Resource Development

  • 45 credits completed or in progress
  • 2.0 GPA preferred, 2.5 GPA strongly recommended


Competitive applicants will have completed the following preferred courses with a grade of C- or better:

  • Public Speaking
  • Micro or Macroeconomics
  • Math (College Algebra, Statistics, or higher level of math)
  • Intro to Psychology
Kinesiology
  • 45 credits completed or in progress
  • 2.5 GPA required, 3.0 strongly preferred


Kinesiology has a strong science curriculum and therefore, competitive applicants will have completed 4 out of the following 6 courses with a grade of C- or better:

  • Intro to Psychology (equivalent to PSY 1001 or EPSY 1281)
  • Biology course with lab (equivalent to BIOL 1009, BIOL 1001, BIOL 1951 and BIOL 1961, BIOL 1015, or FSCN 2021)
  • Chemistry course with lab (equivalent to CHEM 1061 & 1065, CHEM 1062 & 1066, or CHEM 1015 & 1017)
  • Physics course with lab (equivalent to PHYS 1101W, PHYS 1221, PHYS 1301W)
  • Human Anatomy (equivalent to KIN 3027, ANAT 3001, ANAT 3651)
  • Introduction to Kinesiology (similar to KIN 1871)

Physical Activity and Health Promotion

  • 30 credits completed or in progress
  • 2.0 GPA


Competitive applicants will have three of the following courses completed with a grade of C- or better:

  • Intro to Psychology (equivalent to PSY 1001 , PSY 1001H, EPSY 1281)
  • Biology with lab (equivalent to BIOL 1001,  BIOL 1001H, BIOL 1009, BIOL 1009H, BIOL 1012, BIOL 1015, FSCN 2021,  BIOL 1951H, BIOL 1951)
  • Chemistry - lab not required if taken prior to Fall 2024; if taken Fall 2024 or later lab is required (equivalent to CHEM 1015/1017, CHEM 1061/1065, CHEM 1062/1066, CHEM 1071/1065, CHEM 1072/1066, CHEM 1081/1065)
  • Introduction to Kinesiology (similar to KIN 1871)

Special Education

Sport Management
  • 45 credits complete or in progress
  • 2.0 GPA preferred, 2.75 strongly recommended


Starting for Fall 2025 admission:
Competitive applicants will have the 3 of the 5 courses completed with a grade of C- or better:

  • Public Speaking
  • Introduction to Sociology
  • Intro to Psychology
  • General Statistics
  • Intro to Sport Management

Youth Studies

  • No minimum credits (26 credits recommended)
  • 2.0 GPA preferred

 

Competitive applicants will have the following preferred courses with a grade of C- or better:

  • Introduction to Sociology OR 1 Social Science Elective equivalent to UMNTC (CPSY 2xxx, POL 1xxx, FSOS1xxx, GEOG 1301W, PSY1001, ANTH 1003W, EPSY1281)

  • Freshman Writing or Intro Writing course