CCN Course List for OSU

Searching for CCN courses in the Schedule of Classes requires that you add a Z or an * to the search. The * serves as a ‘wildcard’ in the search functionality and will serve up results inclusive of any course with your search language. For example, you may search for WR121Z or WR121*.

Both COMM 100Z and WR 122Z are part of the state of Oregon’s new common course numbering project but are not courses that OSU offers.

Course numbers that maintained the same level (i.e. lower division/upper division) and were changed via Common Course Numbering (Z) and (HZ for Honors courses) are equivalent to their predecessor numbers, even if their credits have changed. For example, WR 121Z is equivalent to WR 121 and follows repeat logic as if they are the same number. COMM 111H is equivalent to COMM 111HZ even though the credits have changed.

Courses that changed course levels (ex: WR 327 to WR 227Z) are not equivalent due to a change in level but are mutually exclusive, meaning students cannot register for WR 227Z if they have previously passed WR 327. See the mutual exclusion webpage for more information.

Why is OSU not offering WR 122Z?

OSU has not offered WR 122Z for at least 30 years.  In 2022 the HECC/Writing CCN workgroup approved WR 122Z as the Common Course Number across Oregon's public higher education institutions. 

As work on the writing courses for CCN occurred, so did the approval of OSU's new general education program, Core Education, set to launch summer 2025.  Core Education intentionally embeds the Core Transfer Map into our Foundational requirements (WR 121Z, Math, Arts and Letters, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences).  OSU no longer has a writing 2 requirement, since the Core Transfer Map similarly has no such requirement. For additional details and context, refer to the WR 122Z memo.

Listed below are the writing courses in the common course numbering system and how they intersect with our current Baccalaureate Core and our future Core Education:

• WR 121Z
  • OSU will continue offering and accepting WR 121Z
  • It will satisfy the Writing I requirement for Baccalaureate Core
  • It will satisfy the Writing Foundation requirement for Core Education
• WR 122Z
  • Because OSU does not offer a WR 122, and Core Education does not have a Writing II requirement, we discontinued offering WR 222 in summer 2023
  • We will continue to accept WR 122Z as “WR LDT”
    • It will continue to meet the Writing II requirement for Baccalaureate Core
    • It will not meet the Writing Elevation requirement for Core Education
• WR 227Z
  • Historically, OSU taught Technical Writing at the 300-level (WR 327) and articulated transfer courses from community colleges to “WR 327 (Lower Division)” – indicating the content was the same, but students were awarded lower-division credit for the course.
  • In alignment with CCN, OSU will offer and accept WR 227Z
  • It will satisfy the Writing II requirement for Baccalaureate Core
  • It will satisfy the Writing Elevation requirement for Core Education