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Online Degrees and Certificates

Inver Hills Community College is fully accredited by the Higher Education Commission as an online provider of the Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree. Additional online degrees and certificates are offered completely online.

Getting Started

To become a student in any of the online degree programs, complete the admission process described at the Getting Started section of the college homepage. (On-campus assessment testing and orientation may be required if you have never attended college before.) To see what classes are scheduled online, the online courses page offers a complete list of the current term.

Also see MnTC for details about each goal area and Inver Hills courses that fulfill the goal (this list includes all Inver Hills courses that satisfy the goal; not all are available online).

Online Degrees

Associate in Arts (A.A.)

Contemporary Business (A.S.)

Contemporary Business Practice (A.A.S.)

Human Services (A.S.)

Online Certificates

Child Care Teacher (Human Services)

Customer Service (Business)

Criminal Justice (Postgraduate Certificate)

Human Services Assistant (Business)

Human Resource Management (Business)

Innovative Technology and Instruction

Marketing and Sales (Business)

Project Management (Business)

Professional Writing

Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree

The Associate in Arts degree is a general, liberal education degree equivalent to the first two years of a bachelor’s degree. The A.A. degree incorporates 40 credits from Inver Hills courses that are part of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC). These courses and credits are approved for transfer to the Minnesota state universities (such as Winona State, St. Cloud State, and Metropolitan State), the University of Minnesota, and many private colleges. In addition, the A.A. includes 14 credits of electives or pre-major course work and 2 credits in health/physical education.

View more information about the degree requirements.

Partially Online Degress and Certificates

While not completely online, these programs offer a high percentage of courses online. Due to the nature of some of the coursework, some courses are only offered on-campus.

Building Inspection Technology

Paralegal
The Inver Hills Paralegal A.S. degree and certificate are partially online. The ABA (American Bar Association) does not allow approved programs to be offered completely online.