• Common Course Number Policy - Board of Trustees Policy 3.1
• Common Course Numbers - Information and Guidelines - Updated 6/14/07
• Common Course Numbers Q&A
• New Subject Area Designator Lists-revised 6/14/06

Answering Questions About BANNER Course Records

Questions Related to Old-to-New Course Conversions

A data file called the " CCN Crosswalk" can be used to answer questions about old-to-new course conversions. The file includes records of all old courses that were converted in Banner using an automated conversion script. The crosswalk file does NOT include courses that have been manually added into Banner since the automated, scripted conversions were completed, and it does NOT include courses in as-yet-unconverted old subjects. Therefore, the usefulness of this file is limited to answering historical questions such as, “What new course was our college’s old Accounting 202 course converted to?” or “What old course was our new BIO* 110 converted from?”.

Questions About Current Banner Catalog Course Records

When you need information about courses and titles currently included in the BANNER catalog in a new, common subject, you must go directly to Banner; do not use the CCN Crosswalk data file. As discussed above, that file only includes records for courses that were converted via script from an old to a new (common) course.

To find current Banner catalog information for your college:
Print a catalog report directly from Banner, such as the SWRXC01 Active Catalog Courses, which lists all active courses at a specific college during a given term.

To find current Banner catalog information systemwide:

IF YOU ARE ON A PC INSIDE THE COMMNET NETWORK:  Use the new SWICRSE Cross-College Course Inquiry Form. Once an entire discipline's courses have been converted from the old to the new subject designator, colleges that wish to add a new course in that discipline can use the SWICRSE form to search the BANNER's catalog to see if they find any courses that may have 80% consonance of content. Such courses should carry the same subject designator and number. If there is no course in the Banner catalog that meets the 80% rule for the proposed course, a new course number is needed (see below).

What If I Need a New Course Number Assigned?

IF YOU ARE ON A PC INSIDE THE COMMNET NETWORK:  When you have a brand-new course that needs a new course number, consult the Common Course Number Inventory Word documents.  Each of the disciplines that have been converted to the new CCN system has its own course inventory document.  Once you have consulted the inventory and decided where you feel your new course belongs in the existing hierarchy for that discipline, inform your academic dean, who will then request the course activation from the System Office.

For questions about Common Course Numbering, please contact:

Philip Cocchiola
Associate Academic & Student Affairs Officer
PCocchiola@commnet.edu

For questions regarding the information on this website, please contact:

Tobi Krutt
Manager of Technological Tools
tkrutt@commnet.edu