Common Course Numbering (AB 1111)
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.
Cuesta College will be adopting new course numbers and titles beginning Fall 2025 as part of Phase 1 of the Common Course Numbering project. These changes will appear across the schedule, catalogs, and other college publications, affecting the following
CCN Crosswalk
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 “C” 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.)