Common Course Numbering Example

What will the Common Course Numbering (CCN) schema look like?

• 10 digits
  • 4 digit alpha prefix identifying course discipline
  • 1 space (will not use hypens, dashes, underlines or other delineators)
  • 5 digit numeric suffix identifying the course
    • 1st character - course level
    • 2nd and 3rd characters - course identifier
    • 4th character - multipurpose
      • 1 or 2 will be used for courses with credit hours greater than 9, 3-9 will be used if if additional characters are needed for the course identifier due to size of catalog, 0 will be the default placeholder if not used for credit hours or course identifier
    • 5th character - credit hours

Common Course Numbering Example

Example: ENGL 10103

ENGL
Alpha Code: Identifying Course Discipline (English)

1
1st Digit: Course Level (Freshman Level)

01
2nd and 3rd Digit: Course Identifier (English Comp. I)

0
4th Digit: Honors Variable Over 9 hours

3
5th Digit: Credit Hours (3 Credit Hours)

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