All courses at Sacramento City College are comprised of a subject code (sometimes called a course prefix), course number, and course title. Some courses also have a course type identifier and/or a course specialty identifier. Here are descriptions of each component:
- Subject Code/Course Prefix
- The subject code is an alphabetical abbreviation for the subject area, between two and five characters long. For example, ENGL is for English, and ENGWR is for English Writing.
- Course Number
- Course numbers are standardized two-, three-, or four-digit numbers. For example, 90, 300, and 1000 are course numbers. Course numbers can tell you important information about the course:
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- Courses numbered 1 to 99 are developmental or basic skills courses. These courses are for credit but are not degree-applicable nor transferable to four-year institutions.
- Courses numbered 100 to 299 are degree-applicable1 but are not transferable to four-year institutions.
- Courses numbered 300 to 499 are transferable to four-year institutions, meeting general education, major, and/or elective credit requirements.
- Courses numbered C1000 and above are transferable to four-year institutions, meeting general education, major, and/or elective credit requirements.
- Courses numbered 1000 and above (without a "C" in front of the course number) are not degree-applicable nor transferable to four-year institutions.
- Course Type Identifier
- Courses that have a "C" in front of their course number belong to the Common Course Numbering (CCN) system. For example, COMM C1000 is a CCN course, while COMM 302 is a local course.
- Course Specialty Identifier
- Some courses have additional characters at the end of their course number, such as:
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- E = Embedded support
- H = Honors course
- L = Lab-only course
- S = Support Course
- 1 Courses numbered 200 to 299 that were taken between fall 1989 and spring 2003 are not degree-applicable.
| Example Course | Subject Code | Course Number | Course Type Identifier | Course Specialty Identifier |
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| ENGL C1000H | ENGL = English | 1000 = transferable to four-year institutions, meeting general education, major, and/or elective credit requirements | C = Common Course Number | H = Honors |
| STAT C1000E | STAT = Statistics | 1000 = transferable to four-year institutions, meeting general education, major, and/or elective credit requirements | C = Common Course Number | E = embedded support |
| COMM C1000 | COMM = Communications | 1000 = transferable to four-year institutions, meeting general education, major, and/or elective credit requirements | C = Common Course Number | None |
| PSYC 330 | PSYC = Psychology | 330 = transferable to four-year institutions, meeting general education, major, and/or elective credit requirements | None | None |
| ENGWR 299 | ENGWR = English Writing | 299 = degree-applicable but not transferable to four-year institutions | None | None |
Course Transferability and C-ID
Learn about the course identification numbering system (C-ID) and how to identify which courses are transferable.