Advising + Planning:
Advising Documents - Common Course Numbering

Background
The Montana University System is moving to common numbering for all undergraduate courses for public colleges and universities in Montana

What this means:

Most current MSU-Great Falls subject abbreviations and numbers WILL CHANGE as implementation moves forward. MSU Great Falls will make any necessary changes each summer term. The course abbreviations that are affected are listed below by year.

All public colleges and universities in Montana will use the same subject abbreviations (the letter codes that indicate the course subject), numbers, and title for courses taught on more than one campus.
If students transfer to another campus, also taught at the new campus will automatically transfer as equivalent. All other courses will continue to transfer at the discretion of the Registrar’s Office and the faculty at the receiving institution.
Many familiar titles will change
Some courses will change level (e.g., from the 100-level to the 200 level)
Course content is not affected by this process.
During the transition period, which is likely to last several years, Program Advising Sheets and the Catalog will be updated yearly to reflect the changes.

2012 Completed Disciplines with NEW Subject Abbreviations

Subject	Old Abbreviation	New Abbreviation(s)
Business	BUS	BGEN (Business General) BMGT(Business Management) BMKT (Business Marketing)
Dental Assisting	DA	DENT
Dental Hygiene	DH	DENT
Interior Design	DE	IDSN
Pharmacy	PHA	PHAR
Physical Therapy Assistant	PTA	AHPT

2011 Completed Disciplines with NEW Subject Abbreviations

Subject	Old Abbreviation(s)	New Abbreviation(s)
Anthropology	ANT	ANTY
Art History (Art Fundamentals, Visual Arts)	ART	ARTH
Art: Visual and Studio Arts (Visual Language - studio arts, drawing, painting, ceramics, glass, fabric & metals, Printmaking, technology)	ART	ARTZ
Biology (Human Biology only)	BIO	BIOH
Engineering Technology, Civil & Construction	CET	ETCC
Native American Studies	NAS	NASX
Nutrition	AH (some) BIO (some) FON	NUTR

2010 Completed Disciplines with NEW Subject Abbreviations

Subject	Old Abbreviation(s)	New Abbreviation(s)
Biology (including General [BIOB], Ecological [BIOE], Micro [BIOM], and Organismal [BIOO] subdisciplines)	BIO	BIOB BIOM
Computer Science	*some CIT	CSCI Computer Science/Programming ITS Information Technology Systems
Construction Trades	CARP CNST	CSTN
Education & Educational Psychology	EDUC EDPY	EDU
Medical Assistant	MO	AHMA
Medical Support (Includes: Medical billing, transcription, coding, soft skills, general support/intro to allied health courses)	some AH all HI all MBT some OO	AHMS
Music	MUS	MUSI
Nursing	NURS	NRSG
Office Technology	*some OO	TASK
Philosophy	PHIL	PHL
Radiologic Technology	RAD	AHXR
Surgical Technology	SURG	AHST
Welding	WELD	WLDG

2009 Completed Disciplines with NEW Subject Abbreviations

Clicking on the New abbreviation for the course(s) will give a full list of the approved courses for MSU-Great Falls in that area.

Subject	Old Abbreviation	New Abbreviation(s)
Accounting	ACCT	ACTG
Chemistry	CHEM	CHMY
Computer Applications	*Some CIT	CAPP
Economics	ECON	ECNS
English	ENGL	WRIT (Writing) LIT (Literature)
Geology	GEOL	GEO
History	HIST	HSTA (American History) HSTR (World History)
Mathematics	MATH	M
Modern Language	ML	SIGN
Political Science	POLS	PSCI
Psychology	PSY	PSYX
Sociology	SOC	SOCI
Statistics	MATH	STAT

Visit the OCHE website for the Common Course Numbering Transfer Guide for all schools in the Montana University System.