Common Course Numbering
Transfer Made Simple
Starting Fall 2025 Merced College is aligning course numbers with all California Community Colleges through Common Course Numbering (CCN). That means if you take a class here, the course number will match across all California Community Colleges—making transferring easier than ever.
| Previous Course Name | New Course Name |
| PHASE 1 | |
| ENGL-01A College Composition and Reading |
ENGL-C1000 Academic Reading and Writing |
| ENGL-13 Critical Reasoning and Writing |
ENGL-C1001 Critical Thinking and Writing |
| COMM-01 Fundamentals of Speech |
COMM-C1000 Introduction to Public Speaking |
| MATH-10 Elementary Statistics |
STAT-C1000 Introduction to Statistics |
| PHIL-13 (Critical Thinking, cross listed with ENGL-13) |
ENGL-C1001 Critical Thinking and Writing |
| POSC-01 Essentials of American Political System |
POLS-C1000 American Government and Politics |
| PSYC-01A Introductory Psychology |
PSYC-C1000 Introduction to Psychology |
| PHASE 2 | |
| ANTH-01 Introduction to Biological Anthropology |
ANTH-C1000 Introduction to Biological Anthropology |
| ART-01 Survey of Western Art from Prehistory through the Middle Ages |
ARTH-C1100 Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era |
| ART-02 Survey of Western Art from Renaissance to Contemporary |
ARTH-C1200 Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary |
| ASTR-01 Principles of Astronomy |
ASTR-C1001 Introductory Astronomy |
| ASTR-01L Introductory Astronomy Lab |
ASTR-C1001L Introductory Astronomy Lab |
| BIOL-01 General Biology for Non-Majors |
BIOL-C1000 Introduction to Biology with Lab |
| COMM-15 Interpersonal Communication |
COMM-C1004 Interpersonal Communication |
| ECON-01 Introduction to Microeconomics |
ECON-C2001 Principles of Microeconomics |
| ECON-02 Introduction to Macroeconomics |
ECON-C2002 Principles of Macroeconomics |
| ENGL-01B Introduction to Literature |
ENGL-C1002 Introduction to Literature |
| HIST-17A United States History and United States Constitution |
HIST-C1001 United States History to 1877 |
| HIST-17B United States History and California State and Local Government |
HIST-C1002 United States History since 1865 |
| MATH-04A Calculus I |
MATH-C2210 Calculus I: Early Transcendentals |
| MATH-04B Calculus II |
MATH-C2220 Calculus II: Early Transcendentals |
| SOC-01 Introduction to Sociology |
SOCI-C1000 Introduction to Sociology |
Frequently Asked Questions
California implemented Common Course Numbering (CCN) to make it easier for students to transfer between colleges and universities without confusion over course equivalencies.
Not at all! The courses are still taught by the same instructors with the same learning outcomes—only the number has changed.
No. If you completed one of the old-numbered courses, it will still count toward your degree or transfer requirements.
The new course numbers are part of a statewide effort to ensure courses transfer smoothly to CSUs, UCs and other California colleges.