How to find the new Common Course Number
Starting in Fall 2025, California community colleges are adopting a Common Course Numbering (CCN) system (per AB 1111).
Bakersfield College began transitioning some courses to CCN starting Summer 2025. The purpose of 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. Some courses at BC will have a "transition number" if the subject code changed (e.g. MATH to STAT) or if the course is a new course.
This matrix below provides the old BC course numbers, the transition number, and the new CCN. The courses may be listed as the old or new numbers, depending on when and how the schedule is viewed.
Definitions
- Subject Code: Four-letter abbreviation (for example, ENGL for English)
- Course Type Identifier: CCN courses begin with C but other courses do not (for example, C1000 vs. B1A).
- Course Number: Standardized 4-digit number (for example, 1000 vs. 1A).
- Course Specialty Identifier: Some courses have additional characters at the end of their course number, such as:
- E = Embedded support
- L = Lab-only course
Matrix
| Old Course | Transition Number | New Course (CCN) | Start Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMM B1 - Public Speaking | N/A | COMM C1000 - Introduction to Public Speaking | Summer 2025 |
| ENGL B1A - Expository Composition | N/A | ENGL C1000 - Academic Reading and Writing | Summer 2025 |
| ENGL B1AL - Expository Composition with Supplemental Instruction | N/A | ENGL C1000E -Academic Reading and Writing | Summer 2025 |
| ENGL B2 -Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking Through Literature | N/A | ENGL C1001 -Critical Thinking and Writing | Summer 2025 |
| MATH B22 -Elementary Probability and Statistics | STAT B22 | STAT C1000 -Introduction to Statistics | Summer 2025 |
| MATH B22L - Elementary Probability and Statistics with Lab | STAT B22L | STAT C1000E - Introduction to Statistics | Summer 2025 |
| POLS B1 - American Government: National, State and Local | N/A | POLS C1000 -American Government and Politics | Summer 2025 |
| PSYC B1A -General Psychology | N/A | PSYC C1000 - Introduction to Psychology | Summer 2025 |
| ART B35 - Survey of Western Art I | ARTH B35 | ARTH C1100 - Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era | Fall 2026 |
| ART B36 - Survey of Western Art II | ARTH B36 | ARTH C1200 - Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary | Fall 2026 |
| ECON B1 - Principles of Economics-Micro | N/A | ECON C2001 - Principles of Microeconomics | Fall 2026 |
| ECON B2 - Principles of Economics-Macro | N/A | ECON C2002 - Principles of Macroeconomics | Fall 2026 |
| ENGL B1B - Introduction to Types of Literature | N/A | ENGL C1002 - Introduction to Literature | Fall 2026 |
| ENGL B3 - Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature | N/A | ENGL C1003 - Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature | Fall 2026 |
| HIST B17A - United States History to 1877 | N/A | HIST C1001 - United States History to 1877 | Fall 2026 |
| HIST B17B - United States History from 1865 | N/A | HIST C1002 - United States History since 1865 | Fall 2026 |
| ANTH B1 - Physical Anthropology | N/A | ANTH C1001 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology | Fall 2027 |
| ANTH B1L - Physical Anthropology Laboratory | N/A | ANTH C1001L - Biological Anthropology Lab | Fall 2027 |
| ASTR B1 - Science of the Cosmos | N/A | ASTR C1001 - Introduction to Astronomy | Fall 2027 |
| BIOL B11 - Concepts of Biology | N/A | BIOL C1000 - Introduction to Biology with Lab | Fall 2027 |
| CHDV B21 - Child Growth and Development: Birth Through Adolescence | CDEV B21 | CDEV C1000 - Child Growth and Development | Fall 2027 |
| COMM B2 - Interpersonal Communication | N/A | COMM C1004 - Interpersonal Communication | Fall 2027 |
| MATH B6A - Analytic Geometry/Calculus I | N/A | MATH C2211 - Calculus I: Late Transcendentals | Fall 2027 |
| MATH B6B - Analytic Geometry/Calculus II | N/A | MATH C2221 - Calculus II: Late Transcendentals | Fall 2027 |
| N/A | MATH B6AL | MATH C2211E - Calculus I: Late Transcendentals with Embedded Support | Fall 2027 |
| SOCI B1 - Introduction to Sociology | N/A | SOCI C1000 - Introduction to Sociology | Fall 2027 |
