CORE 42 Transfer Curriculum
The CORE 42 Transfer Curriculum was established to facilitate the transfer of academic credits among public and participating private institutions of higher education in the State of Missouri. Central Methodist University signed as an independent institution beginning in the 2019-2020 academic year. Students who have transferred to CMU or who plan to transfer to another Missouri institution may visit the CMU Core42 Guidelines page for further information.
Students who complete the Associate of Arts degree, the Associate of Arts in Teaching degree, or the CORE 42 Curriculum, and transfer to another public or participating private institution of higher education shall have completed all lower-division general education requirements at the receiving institution. At CMU, Foundations of Inquiry and Intellectual Discovery requirements will be considered as completed, except for the Upper-Division Writing and Religious Studies requirements. Students shall receive full credit, including any prerequisites or requirements in the major or minor, for all MOTR courses transferred. The receiving institution cannot require the student take additional lower-division general education courses. A student may, however, have to take additional lower-division courses to fulfill program or institutional requirements, including prerequisites to other required courses.
For students who complete individual courses in CORE 42 Knowledge areas, those courses are guaranteed to transfer among all public and participating independent colleges and universities in Missouri. For a student transferring into CMU, any MOTR course (even if it is not offered at CMU) will count towards completion of the corresponding CORE 42 Knowledge area at CMU.
NOTE: Courses that do not have the CORE 42 designation may still transfer, but students are encouraged to check the transfer equivalency website of the institution to which they plan to transfer in order to be sure.
To complete the CORE 42 curriculum, students must earn a minimum number of credit hours in five knowledge areas. For students transferring in or out, at CMU the following satisfies the 42-hour block:
Mathematical sciences – three credit hours: MA105; MA109; MA109I; MA103; MA103I
Natural sciences – seven credit hours, including a course with a lab: AS101 w/ AS101L; BI105; BI105 w/ BI105L; BI101; BI101 w/ BI101L; CH111; CH111 w/ CH111L; GL105; GL105 w/ GL105L; BI106; BI106 w/ BI106L; SC101; SC101 w/ SC101L; PH111; PH111 w/ PH111L; PH205 w/ PH205L
Humanities and fine arts – nine credit hours from at least two disciplines: AR111; AR116; AR186; AR188; EN212; EN216; MU145; MU188; PL106; RL122; SP101; SP102; Foreign Language courses
Social and behavioral sciences – nine credit hours, including a civics course*: CJ100; EC101; EC201; EC202; HI101; HI102; PY101; SO101; SO102; HI117*; HI118*; PS101*
Written communication - six credit hours: EN110; EN111
Oral communications – three credit hours: CT101
Credits earned beyond the minimum in each Knowledge area count toward the 42-hour minimum.