Anthropology transfer requirements: De Anza College → UC Santa Cruz

These are the lower-division Anthropology courses UC Santa Cruz expects you to finish before you transfer, taken from the 2025–26 ASSIST agreement, and matched to the De Anza College courses that satisfy each one.

Also searched as: UCSC.

3UC Santa Cruz requirements
3have a De Anza College match
4offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Santa Cruz requirementDe Anza College course that satisfies it
ANTH 3 Introduction to ArchaeologyANTH 4or ANTH 3
ANTH 1 Introduction to Biological AnthropologyANTH 1Hor ANTH 1
ANTH 2 Introduction to Cultural AnthropologyANTH 2Hor ANTH 2

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose De Anza College as your sending institution, UC Santa Cruz as the receiving institution, and Anthropology as the major. ASSIST is the only official source, and agreements change between catalog years.

Which of these you can actually take in 2025–26

Matched against the official De Anza College schedule for 2026 Fall and 2027 Winter. Seat status changes daily — the planner shows the live figures.

CourseTermCRNInstructorStatus
ANTH 42026 Fall27734Nancy OlsenOpen
ANTH 42027 Winter37167STAFF, MOpen
ANTH 32026 Fall25551Lara GhisleniOpen
ANTH 32027 Winter40047Lara GhisleniOpen
ANTH 12026 Fall24755Ameeta TiwanaOpen
ANTH 12026 Fall24756Lara GhisleniOpen
ANTH 12026 Fall21055Elisabeth-Anne MabieClosed
ANTH 12026 Fall28291Lara GhisleniOpen
ANTH 22026 Fall00089Alicia HedgesOpen
ANTH 22026 Fall00095Angel RoqueOpen
ANTH 22026 Fall00093Alicia HedgesOpen
ANTH 22026 Fall28759Angel RoqueOpen
ASSIST is the official source for UC articulation, but it tells you which courses count, not when they run or who teaches them. The planner puts both together and warns you about time conflicts.
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Anthropology from De Anza College to other campuses

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