Over the next three years, between Fall 2025 and Fall 2027, the California Community Colleges will be adopting a statewide Common Course Number (CCN) system to streamline credit transfer between institutions and help students make informed course selections that support degree completion.
The goal of Common Course Numbering is to ensure that students can easily identify courses that meet equivalent transfer requirements across all California Community Colleges. This system will eventually assign common numbers, titles, and descriptions for approximately 75-80 of the highest volume transfer courses.
All colleges in the state will be adopting new course numbers and titles beginning Fall 2025 as part of Phase 1 of the Common Course Numbering project. Phase 2 will go into effect beginning Fall 2026 and Phase 3 will go into effect beginning Fall 2027. These changes will appear across the schedule, catalogs, and other college publications. The courses at 91ΑΤΖζ that are currently impacted are as follows:
CCN Crosswalk
| Old 91ΑΤΖζ Course | New Common Course Number (CCN) | Effective |
|---|---|---|
| COMS 100 Public Speaking | COMM C1000 Introduction to Public Speaking | Fall 2025 |
| ENGL 101 Reading and Composition | ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing | Fall 2025 |
| ENGL 101H Honors Reading and Composition | ENGL C1000H Academic Reading and Writing - Honors | Fall 2025 |
| ENGL 101E Enhanced Reading and Composition | ENGL C1000E Academic Reading and Writing | Fall 2025 |
| ENGL 103 Critical Thinking and Composition | ENGL C1001 Critical Thinking and Writing | Fall 2025 |
| ENGL 103H Honors Critical Thinking and Composition | ENGL C1001H Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors | Fall 2025 |
| MATH 150 Elementary Statistics with Probability | STAT C1000 Introduction to Statistics | Fall 2025 |
| MATH 150H Honors Elementary Statistics with Probability | STAT C1000H Introduction to Statistics - Honors | Fall 2025 |
| POLI 101 Governments of the United States and California | POLS C1000 American Government and Politics | Fall 2025 |
| POLI 101H Honors Governments of the United States and California | POLS C1000H American Government and Politics - Honors | Fall 2025 |
| PSYC 101 General Psychology | PSYC C1000 Introduction to Psychology | Fall 2025 |
| PSYC 101H Honors General Psychology | PSYC C1000H Introduction to Psychology - Honors | Fall 2025 |
| ART 102 History of Western Art- Prehistoric to Gothic | ARTH C1100 Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era | Fall 2026 |
| ECON 101 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics | ECON C2002 Principles of Macroeconomics | Fall 2026 |
| ECON 102 Principles of economics: Microeconomics | ECON C2001 Principles of Microeconomics | Fall 2026 |
| ENGL 102 Literature and Composition | ENGL C1002 Introduction to Literature | Fall 2026 |
| ENGL 102H Honors Literature and Composition | ENGL C1002H Literature and Composition-Honors | Fall 2026 |
| HIST 101 United States History to 1877 | HIST C1001 United States History to 1877 | Fall 2026 |
| HIST 101H Honors United States History to 1877 | HIST C1000H United States History to 1877- Honors | Fall 2026 |
| HIST 102 United States History from 1877 from 1877 to the Present | HIST C1002 United States History since 1865 | Fall 2026 |
| HIST 102H Honors United States History from 1877 to the Present | HIST C1002 United States History since 1865- Honors | Fall 2026 |
A Common Course Number is comprised of four elements:
- Subject: 4-letter standardized abbreviation to be used across the state
- Course Type Identifier: All CCN courses are indicated with a βCβ prefix before the number
- Number: 4-digit standardized course number (1000 range to be used for first-year courses, 2000 for second-year courses, etc.)
- Course Specialty Identifier: System-level suffixes for special courses (L = Lab only course, S = Support Course, E = Embedded Support)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Why are we moving to Common Course Numbering?
- Why it this important to students?
- When will this change go into effect and how many courses are included?
- What will happened to courses that are not part of Common Course Numbering?
- What if I took a CCN course under the previous number and title?
- How will Common Course Numbering affect course transfer and articulation?
- Where can I find out more about Common Course Numbering?