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COURSE FAMILIES COURSE ID NUMBERING SYSTEM (C-ID)

New regulations require grouping active participatory The Course ID Numbering System (C-ID) is a statewide
courses previously designated as “activities” courses into numbering system independent from the course numbers
“families” and limiting enrollment in courses within the assigned by local California community colleges. A
families to four experiences regardless of grade. C-ID number next to a course signals that participating
Course families are courses with related content where the California colleges and universities have determined that
content progresses into levels from one course to the next courses offered by other California community colleges are
(Title 5 §55000) or in which the content is linked around comparable in content and scope to courses offered on their
themes. Areas required to group courses into families are own campuses, regardless of their unique titles or local
Physical Education and Visual and Performing Arts. Here course number. Thus, if a schedule of classes or catalog
are GCC’s Course Families: lists a course bearing a C-ID number, for example, COMM
ART - Ceramics; Ceramic Hand Building 110, students at that college can be assured that it will be
STUDIO ARTS - 2D Art Foundations; Life Drawing; Oil accepted in lieu of a course bearing the C-ID COMM 110
Media; Water Media; Printmaking; Special Projects in designation at another community college. In other words,
Studio Arts; Sculpture; and 3D Design the C-ID designation can be used to identify comparable
DANCE - Ballet Technique; Modern Dance Technique; Jazz courses at different community colleges. Students may
Technique; American Vernacular Dances; Cultural Dance; consult the ASSIST database at www.assist.org for specific
Choreographic Studies; Performance Skills; Production information on C-ID course designations. Students can
Studies; and Movement for Theatre confirm how each college’s course will be accepted at a
MUSIC - Piano; Classical Guitar; Contemporary Guitar; particular four-year college or university for transfer credit.
Voice Training
THEATRE ARTS - Acting; Directing, Playwriting, Man- The C-ID numbering system is useful for students attending
agement; Costume and Makeup; Scenic and Lighting, more than one community college and is applied to any of
Technical Theatre: Stagecraft/Building; Theatre Produc- the transferable courses students need as preparation for
tion-Rehearsal and Performance transfer. Because these course requirements may change
PHYSICAL EDUCATION/KINESIOLOGY - Adapted and because courses may be modified and qualified for or
Physical Education; Basketball; Cardio Fitness; Cycling; deleted from the C-ID database, students should always
Golf; Martial Arts; Motor Performance Fitness; Racquet; check with a counselor to determine how C-ID designated
Soccer/Football; Volleyball courses fit into their educational plans for transfer.
Counselors can always help students interpret or explain
this information.

All courses that have been approved for C-ID designa-
tion at Glendale Community College include the C-ID
number within the course description as listed on the
following pages.

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