Asian American Studies transfer requirements: De Anza College → UC Santa Barbara

These are the lower-division Asian American Studies courses UC Santa Barbara 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: UCSB.

6UC Santa Barbara requirements
6have a De Anza College match
4offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Santa Barbara requirementDe Anza College course that satisfies it
AS AM 4 Introduction to Asian American Popular CultureASAM 21
AS AM 5 Introduction to Asian American LiteratureASAM 20or ELIT 24
AS AM 1 Introduction to Asian American History, 1850-PresentASAM 1
AS AM 2 American Migration Since 1965: Asians and Others in the United StatesASAM 10
AS AM 8 Introduction to Asian American Gender and SexualityASAM 22or WMST 22
AS AM 9 Race and Resistance: Asian American, Black, Chicana/o and Indigenous Freedom StrugglesCETH 10

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose De Anza College as your sending institution, UC Santa Barbara as the receiving institution, and Asian American Studies 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
ASAM 202026 Fall28518Francesca CaparasClosed
ELIT 242026 Fall28519Francesca CaparasWaitlist
ASAM 102027 Winter39979Mae LeeOpen
ASAM 102027 Winter39980Mae LeeOpen
CETH 102026 Fall28524STAFF, MWaitlist
CETH 102026 Fall28525Irene DullerWaitlist
CETH 102026 Fall28526STAFF, MWaitlist
CETH 102026 Fall28527Nathaniel TanWaitlist
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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