The Texas Common Course Numbering System is a voluntary, co-operative
effort among Texas community colleges and universities to facilitate transfer
of freshman- and sophomore-level general academic coursework.
The TCCNS System provides a shared, uniform set of course designations for students and their advisors to use in determining both course equivalency and degree applicability of transfer credit on a statewide basis. When students transfer between two participating TCCNS institutions, a course taken at the sending institution transfers as the course carrying, or cross-referenced with, the same TCCNS designation at the receiving institution.
To date, 110 institutions of higher learning in Texas participate in the TCCNS project. Most community colleges have replaced their internal course numbering systems with TCCNS designations; a few have not and, like universities, cross-reference their courses with the TCCNS system.
- As admission deadlines are extended and in an effort
to facilitate enrollment and advisement of students displaced by Hurricane
Katrina, a crosswalk between Texas Common Course Numbers and courses
offered at universities in the affected area has been developed by
Keith Baird, Assistant to the Director of Admission and Articulation
Officer at UT-Austin. The crosswalk serves as a general guide
for transfer credit evaluation and course placement, and does not
guarantee all receiving institutions will make the same assessments
of course transferability.
- Participating TCCNS Institutions
- A list of universities
and community colleges that have joined the TCCNS project, encompassing
virtually every public institution of higher learning in Texas and some
private institutions.
- TCCNS Taxonomy
- An explanation
of the Common Numbers themselves and their accompanying designations
for specific academic disciplines.
- The TCCNS Matrix Online
- The master list
of all the Common Courses offered in Texas, organized both by institution
and by TCCNS designation. Hosted by Texas A&M University-Commerce
and maintained by Rebecca Anderson.
- The Academic Course Guide Manual
- The pre-approved
course inventory for public 2-year institutions in Texas and the basis
for the TCCNS system. Published by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board.
- TCCNS History
- The development
of the TCCNS System, from its beginnings as a regional consortium in
the Texas coastal bend to its present statewide deployment.
- TCCNS Board Members
- Structure of the governing Board, its current membership, and the organizations/institutions they represent.