California Community Colleges will implement the Common Course Numbering (CCN) system over the next three years, starting Fall 2025. The CCN is meant to ease the stress of transferable credits between institutions by making courses easily identifiable to help students remain on their academic plan for degree completion.
The Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District will launch the CCN in phases, meaning only a few course numbers will change, mainly introduction classes. When students register for the fall semester, they should expect to see course subjects to be numbered with C1000 in comparison to the usual 120 introduction course. For example, ENGL 120: College Composition and Reading, will now be labeled as ENGL C1000 and will be called “Academic Reading and Writing.”
The table below shows the classes numbers that will change in the fall semester.
Summer registration will remain the same as in previous years. If students need guidance to translate their college education plan to the new numbering system, meeting with a counselor is encouraged. Both virtual and drop-in appointments are welcome.
Students can find more information on gcccd.edu/ccn.
Common Course Number (CCN) | Former Course Number | Effective |
---|---|---|
COMM C1000 Introduction to Public Speaking |
COMM 122 Public Speaking |
Fall 2025 |
ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing |
ENGL 120 College Composition & Reading |
Fall 2025 |
ENGL C1001 Critical Thinking and Writing |
ENGL 124 Advanced Composition: Critical Reasoning |
Fall 2025 |
POLS C1000 American Government and Politics |
POSC 121 Intro to U.S. Govt & Politics |
Fall 2025 |
PSYC C1000 Introduction to Psychology |
PSY 120 Introductory Psychology |
Fall 2025 |
STAT C1000 Introduction to Statistics |
MATH 160 Elementary Statistics |
Fall 2025 |