AY 26-27 MOTR equivalence (new, substantial change, clerical update, deactivation) Proposals
Most MOTRs now have faculty-approved minimum student learning outcomes for equivalent courses. The Core Curriculum Advisory Committee (CCAC) plans to resolve the MOTRs that do not yet have faculty-approved outcomes in the next year. Institutions submitting a new course equivalency or a substantial update for a currently equivalent course should link the institutional course outcomes with the statewide MOTR outcomes.
List of MOTRs with student learning outcomes and notes: Note that an institution’s course outcomes can be phrased differently than the minimum MOTR learning outcomes and may go beyond the MOTR minimums. A faculty discipline group determines if the institution’s course meets minimal criteria for equivalent transfer to include all minimum learning outcomes for MOTR equivalence.
The Core Curriculum Advisory Committee (CCAC) will NOT be using the online portal for official MOTR equivalence (new, substantial update, clerical update, deactivation) submissions this year. Instead, institutions submit the appropriate form with the required information to MDHEWD via email by October 15, 2025. Institutions submitting courses for equivalency to a MOTR must include all required information on the form; do not submit additional documents or syllabi. Chief Academic Officers signing/submitting the submission form are asked to attest that the course information to include expected learning outcomes, is consistent across all sections of the course taught at the institution.
Please contact david.hewkin@dhewd.mo.gov if you have questions.
- NEW MOTR Equivalent Course (to recommend an institution’s course for first-time equivalence to a MOTR number)
- SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE to a MOTR Equivalent Course (to submit a change to an institution’s current MOTR equivalent course credits, description, and/or learning outcomes for verification of continued equivalence and/or change the equivalent MOTR number)
- CLERICAL UPDATE to a MOTR Equivalent Course (to make minor clerical updates to an institution’s current MOTR equivalent course)
- DEACTIVATION of a MOTR Equivalent Course (to deactivate MOTR number equivalence for an institution’s course)
- Guidance for Submitting Natural Sciences Courses for MOTR Equivalence
- Guidelines for Mathematics Course for MOTR Equivalence
- The corresponding form (below) must be submitted in addition to the institutional course submission form (above) and will be reviewed for equivalency by the Missouri Math Pathways committee to ensure the minimum Student Learning Outcomes are included:
- MOTR MATH 110: Statistical Reasoning
- MOTR MATH 120: Mathematical Reasoning and Modeling
- MOTR MATH 130: Pre-Calculus Algebra
- MOTR MATH 150: Pre-Calculus
- Additional Mathematics Course Evaluation Forms:
- The corresponding form (below) must be submitted in addition to the institutional course submission form (above) and will be reviewed for equivalency by the Missouri Math Pathways committee to ensure the minimum Student Learning Outcomes are included: