Common Course Numbering is required for all California community colleges by Education Code Sections 66725 - 66725.5 through Assembly Bill 1111 (Berman, 2021).

Students will easily know if they have already completed the CCN course if they attend multiple California Community Colleges. This ability will help students avoid taking a class they've already completed, saving money and time until their degree is earned or they can transfer.

It's also hoped that Common Course Numbering will eventually result in CCN courses receiving the same transferability and Cal-GETC approvals at all California Community Colleges, which will help students when they transfer to a CSU or UC campus.

Yes! AB 1111 requires that Common Course Numbering is "student facing," meaning that the CCN courses will appear in myRAM Portal, College Scheduler, the online schedule, and the College Catalog. CCN courses will only be recognized by their CCN department/prefix and number. Once the CCN course starts, the pre-CCN course is no longer taught.

College Scheduler is the system available in myRAM for class registration.

• ARTH C1100 and C1200 are under the subject ARTH - Art History.
  • Other Art History courses are under the subject ART - Art.
• COMM C1000 is under the subject COMM - Communication Studies.
  • Effective Fall 2026, all Communication Studies classes are under this subject.
• ECON C2001 and C2002 are under the subject ECON - Economics.
• ENGL C1000, C1001, and C1003 are under the subject ENGL - English.
• HIST C1001 and C1002 are under the subject HIST - History.
• POLS C1000 is under the subject POLS - Political Science.
• PSYC C1000 is under the subject PSYC - Psychology.
• STAT C1000 is under the subject STAT - Statistics.
  • Other Mathematics courses are under the subject MATH - Mathematics.

When searching by subject n College Scheduler, you'll need to scroll to the bottom of the list of courses to find the CCN courses.

If you are seeking to register for ENGL C1000 with the corequisite support course, that corequisite support course is ENGL 1AS. You will find both of these courses under the subject ENGL - English. ENGL 1AS is at the top of the course list; ENGL C1000 is towards the bottom.

If you are seeking to register for STAT C1000 with the corequisite support course, that corequisite support course is STAT 80S. You will find both of these courses under the subject STAT - Statistics.

When reviewing classes in the searchable online schedule:

• ARTH C1100 and C1200 are under the subject Art History (ARTH).
  • Other Art History courses are under the subject Art (ART).
• COMM C1000 is under the subject Communication Studies (COMM).
• ECON C2001 and C2002 are under the subject Economics (ECON).
• ENGL C1000, C1001, and C1003 are under the subject English (ENGL).
• HIST C1001 and C1002 are under the subject History (HIST).
• POLS C1000 is under the subject Political Science (POLS).
• PSYC C1000 is under the subject Psychology (PSYC).
• STAT C1000 is under the subject Statistics (STAT).
  • Other Mathematics courses are under the subject Mathematics (MATH).

If you are reviewing the searchable online schedule for the corequisite support course for ENGL C1000 or STAT C1000:

• The corequisite support course for ENGL C1000 is ENGL 1AS. It's under the subject English (ENGL), and is listed after ENGL C1000, ENGL C1001, and ENGL C1003.
• The corequisite support course for STAT C1000 is STAT 80S. It's under the subject Statistics (STAT), and is listed after STAT C1000.

ARTH C1100, ARTH C1200, and STAT C1000 are required to have different subject codes than what City College currently uses for Art and Mathematics. That's why these subjects appear separately in the online schedule and in College Scheduler.

• To find all Art classes (ART and ARTH), please look in both the Art and Art History subjects
• To find all Math classes (MATH and STAT), please look in both the Mathematics and Statistics subjects.

All Common Course Numbering courses will have:

• a four character prefix (Example: PSYC for Psychology);
• a "C" (for "Common") identifier before the course number; and
• four digits for the course number, starting with 1000 and going through 4000.  3000 and 4000 number courses are designated for upper division courses.
• Example: PSYC C1000

While some City College subjects prefixes currently have four characters, before CCN no credit course numbers had four digits.

No! The pre-CCN course and the CCN course are treated as the same course. Students will get an error message in College Scheduler if they try to register for the CCN course and they have already completed the pre-CCN course with a C or better. Both the pre-CCN course and the CCN course will complete requirements for the degree or certificate and clear prerequisites, so it isn't necessary to take the CCN course if the pre-CCN course has already been completed.

Yes! There are six CCN courses for CCN Phase I starting in Fall 2025, and another seven have been added for Fall 2026. Additional CCN courses will be added after the 2026/27 academic year. This page will be updated as additional CCN courses become effective.

The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) is tasked by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) to develop Common Course Numbering Templates. ASCCC organizes and facilitates faculty participation in the development of the Common Course Numbering Templates. Faculty participation is crucial to the success of Common Course Numbering. California Community College faculty--along with intersegmental discipline faculty from the CSU campuses, UC campuses, and independent California colleges--work together to create the Common Course Numbering templates.

• For CCN Phase I, more than 600 faculty participated in the June and July 2024 meetings to create the Phase I templates.
• For CCN Phase II, 153 faculty were appointed to the Common Course Numbering Faculty Workgroups (CCNFWs). Smaller groups were formed for Phase II to create each discipline's CCN templates.
• For CCN Phase III, CCNFWs met during June 2025 to address all 47 courses across 18 disciplines.
• All statewide faculty are encouraged to complete pre- and post-convening surveys.

Discipline faculty follow the same processes and procedures to update their CCN courses as they follow to update all other courses. Courses are updated in CurricUNET and are approved by City College's Curriculum Committee, Board of Trustees, and the CCCCO. Instructions, timelines, and guidance will be provided to all discipline faculty revising courses for CCN.

Additional information is available from these sources:

• The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Common Course Numbering Development and Faculty Engagement webpage
• The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) Course Outline of Records Submission webpage
• CCCCO Memo: Common Course Numbering System Update and Implementation (Phase II) (March 18, 2025)
• CCCCO Memo: Curricular Guidance and Information for Common Course Numbering System Implementation (Phase I) (September 6, 2024)
• Common Course Numbering Task Force 2023 Report
• CCCCO Communications Toolkit: Talking Points for Faculty
• CCCCO Communications Toolkit: Talking Points for Student Service Officers
• CCCCO Communications Toolkit: Talking Points for Chief Instructional Officers