Do these courses transfer towards a Bachelor's Degree?
Yes and no. The child development programs participating in E-LECT are technical programs, not liberal art departments. The child development courses offered through E-LECT are lower division (freshman and sophomore level) course. While this often doesn’t matter to students, it does impact transferability. Historically, technical credits have not transferred to four year colleges. In addition, historically only a limited number of lower division credits in one’s major (child development or early childhood education) have transferred to a four year college. Even though all of our programs are part of MnSCU institutions, it is still difficult for students to transfer to a four year MnSCU institution without losing a lot of credits in the process. Currently, we encourage students to look into Minnesota Transfer.
