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Course Numbering System
During the past three years Tarrant County College changed all course numbers
to comply with a statewide plan to identify most courses with common numbers.
The numbers are assigned in three ways:
- The Texas Common Course Numbering System
(TCCN) was adopted by most Texas public and private colleges and universities in the early 1980s. It
is designed to facilitate maximum transferability of academic courses
among Texas institutions. TCCN courses must be accepted in transfer by any
Texas public college or university that offers the same course.
- The Texas Workforce Education Numbering System
(WECM) was mandated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. It is designed to
identify equivalent occupational courses, to facilitate their transfer
between occupational degree programs, and to assure the recognition by
business and industry.
- Those courses not identified by TCCN or WECM numbers are assigned a
local Tarrant County College course number. All developmental courses have
an assigned number.
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New Common Course Number System
All have four-letter department abbreviation
Each course has a four-digit number
- The first digit indicates the level
at which a course is taught, as follows:
1 = Freshman or introductory level
2 = Sophomore or intermediate or advanced
- The second digit indicates
the semester credit hour value of the course
- The third and fourth digits
establish type of instruction and course sequence.
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Old Numbering System
CSC, DHY, EMT, HIT, HRT, IFD, MED, MET, MUL, NUR, OFA, PSA,
PTA, RAD, RES, and SUR.
Each course has a four-digit number
- The first digit indicates the level
at which a course is taught, as follows:
1 = Freshman or introductory level
2 = Sophomore or intermediate
or advanced
- The second and third digits
establish type of instruction and course sequence.
- The fourth digit indicates
semester credit hour value for the course.
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In the Course Description section of this Catalog, the old course number is listed
in italics following the course title. Courses with TCCN numbers are highlighted
with BOLD print. Three figures in parentheses follow each course title indicating the
number of semester hours credit, the number of lecture hours per week, and the number
of laboratory hours per week. In addition, many course descriptions also include
notations to indicate the following special instructions or considerations:
* A prerequisite or corequisite waiver may be authorized by the
department chairperson.
+ The course may be repeated for credit when the topic varies.
# Specialized admission requirements; consent of the department
chairperson required.
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