Common Course Numbering Project
The Common Course Numbering (CCN) Project is a state-mandated initiative (AB 1111) that will create common course numbers for comparable courses across all community colleges in the state. Its aim is to facilitate smoother transfers to four-year institutions, and reduce unnecessary credit accumulation.
Peralta is in the process of transitioning courses to the common course numbering system. This new system will use the following structure:
- Subject Prefix: Four letter abbreviation, e.g., ENGL for English
- Course Type Identifier: C = Common Course Number, local courses would not have a `C’
- Course Number: Standardized 4-digit course identification
- Course Specialty Identifier: Letter after 4-digit course identification used to indicate specific type of course, e.g., `E’ indicates a course with embedded support.
Below you will find
- Course Transitions – listed alphabetically by PCCD Subject Prefix
- Course Transitions – listed alphabetically by CCN Subject Prefix
- Student Resources
- Faculty Resources
Course Transitions – listed alphabetically by PCCD Subject Prefix
| PCCD Subject Prefix & Number | PCCD Title | CCN Subject Prefix & Number | CCN Title | Transition to CCN Effective as of |
| ART 002 | History of Western Art: Prehistory through the Middle Ages | ARTH C1100 | Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era | Fall 26 |
| ART 003 | History of Western Art: Renaissance to Contemporary Art | ARTH C1200 | Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary | Fall 26 |
| COMM 045 | Public Speaking | COMM C1000 | Introduction to Public Speaking | Fall 25 |
| ECON 001 | Principles of Economics (Macro-Economics) | ECON C2002 | Principles of Macroeconomics | Fall 26 |
| ECON 002 | Principles of Economics (Micro-Economics) | ECON C2001 | Principles of Microeconomics | Fall 26 |
| ENGL 001A | Composition and Reading | ENGL C1000 | Academic Reading and Writing | Fall 25 |
| ENGL 001AS | Composition and Reading with Support | ENGL C1000E | Academic Reading and Writing | Fall 25 |
| ENGL 001B | Composition and Reading | ENGL C1002 | Introduction to Literature | Fall 26 |
| ENGL 005 | Critical Thinking in Reading and Writing | ENGL C1001 | Critical Thinking and Writing | Fall 25 |
| HIST 007A | History of the United States to 1877 | HIST C1001 | United States History to 1877 | Fall 26 |
| HIST 007B | History of the United States Since 1865 | HIST C1002 | United States History since 1865 | Fall 26 |
| MATH 013 | Introduction to Statistics | STAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | Fall 25 |
| POSCI 001 | Government and Politics in the United States | POLS C1000 | American Government and Politics | Fall 25 |
| PYSCH 001A | Introduction to General Psychology | PSYC C1000 | Introduction to Psychology | Fall 25 |
Course Transitions – listed alphabetically by CCN Subject Prefix
| CCN Subject Prefix & Number | CCN Title | PCCD Subject Prefix & Number | PCCD Title | Transition to CCN Effective as of |
| ARTH C1100 | Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era | ART 002 | History of Western Art: Prehistory through the Middle Ages | Fall 26 |
| ARTH C1200 | Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary | ART 003 | History of Western Art: Renaissance to Contemporary Art | Fall 26 |
| COMM C1000 | Introduction to Public Speaking | COMM 045 | Public Speaking | Fall 25 |
| ECON C2001 | Principles of Microeconomics | ECON 002 | Principles of Economics (Micro-Economics) | Fall 26 |
| ECON C2002 | Principles of Macroeconomics | ECON 001 | Principles of Economics (Macro-Economics) | Fall 26 |
| ENGL C1000 | Academic Reading and Writing | ENGL 001A | Composition and Reading | Fall 25 |
| ENGL C1000E | Academic Reading and Writing | ENGL 001AS | Composition and Reading with Support | Fall 25 |
| ENGL C1001 | Critical Thinking and Writing | ENGL 005 | Critical Thinking in Reading and Writing | Fall 26 |
| ENGL C1002 | Introduction to Literature | ENGL 001B | Composition and Reading | Fall 25 |
| HIST C1001 | United States History to 1877 | HIST 007A | History of the United States to 1877 | Fall 26 |
| HIST C1002 | United States History since 1865 | HIST 007B | History of the United States Since 1865 | Fall 26 |
| POLS C1000 | American Government and Politics | POSCI 001 | Government and Politics in the United States | Fall 25 |
| PSYC C1000 | Introduction to Psychology | PYSCH 001A | Introduction to General Psychology | Fall 25 |
| STAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | MATH 013 | Introduction to Statistics | Fall 25 |
Student Resources
If you have questions about how the transition to the common course numbering system might affect you, you can ask a counselor:
- College of Alameda Counseling
- Berkeley City College Counseling
- Laney College Counseling
- Merritt College Counseling
Faculty Resources
Each course that transitions to the common course numbering system must match a CCN template that specifies (among other things) what that course’s number, title, description, requisites, content, and objectives must be.
ASCCC page on CCN – Give your input into what the CCN templates that are currently under development should say.
CCCCO page on CCN – Find the CCN templates that have already been released.
