Welcome to C-ID!
C-ID is a supranumber, a faculty-driven system to assign that number to significant transfer courses, and a response to needs of transfer partners and their transfer initiatives. Each C-ID number identifies a lower-division, transferable course commonly articulated between the California Community Colleges and the Universities of California and the California State Universities, as well as with many of California's independent colleges and universities. While C-ID’s focus is on courses that transfer, some disciplines may opt to develop descriptors for courses that may not transfer to UC or CSU.
This C-ID number reflects a specific course descriptor, developed by intersegmental discipline faculty and reviewed statewide. Ultimately, it will provide guidelines to students and faculty who must identify which community college courses best meet the expectations transfer partners have for courses that contribute to transfer into a major at specific universities or fulfill general education requirements. The C-ID descriptor also provides guidelines for on-going curriculum development and revision of lower division courses.
Once the numbers and descriptors for sets of courses have undergone wide discipline review, they will be posted for general information. In a later phase of this project, individual college courses will be validated against the standards set by these descriptors. Any community college course that bears the C-ID supranumber conveys that faculty have determined it meets the published standards of course content, rigor, and student learning outcomes.
During 2007-2009, the pilot phase of the C-ID project will begin numbering courses in 20 disciplines that are among those most frequently transferred. Currently underway are numbering efforts in these disciplines:
- Agriculture
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Psychology
- Physics
- English
- Child Development
- History
- Political Science
- Philosophy
This continuous process of review, revision, and assigning of numbers means that this website will be a dynamic one—so watch this site for frequent updates and new information.
For additional information about this project, contact: info@c-id.net
This project is funded by the California Community College System Office and is a collaborative effort of the Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges, the Academic Senate of the California State University, the Academic Senate of the University of California, and the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities.
C-ID Advisory Committee Members for 2009-2010