Common Course Numbering Crosswalk

The Post-secondary Education Articulation Act charges the New Mexico Higher Education Department with establishing and maintaining a common course numbering system, in consultation with faculty. To this end, the common course numbering system includes both equivalent (Common) and unique courses.

• Common Course: is any course that is offered at multiple institutions throughout the state, has the same prefix/number combination, the same title, the same description, and at least 80% of the learning outcomes for the course are the same.
• Unique Course: is any course that is unique to the institution (the NMSU system), has a prefix/number combination, title, description and learning outcomes that are unique to the institution (the NMSU System).

The table below shows the previous NMSU System-wide course prefix/number combination, the future Common Course Numbering prefix/number combination, and an indicator of whether the course is deemed Common or Unique throughout the state.