Cognitive Science transfer requirements: De Anza College → UC Santa Cruz

These are the lower-division Cognitive Science 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.

10UC Santa Cruz requirements
10have a De Anza College match
12offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Santa Cruz requirementDe Anza College course that satisfies it
PSYC 20 Cognition: Fundamental TheoriesPSYC 3
AM 11A Mathematical Methods for Economists IMATH 12
MATH 19A Calculus for Science, Engineering, and MathematicsMATH 1AHor MATH 1A
MATH 11A Calculus with ApplicationsMATH 1AHor MATH 1A
PSYC 2 Introduction to Psychological StatisticsSTAT C1000Hor STAT C1000or SOC 15or PSYC 15or POLI 20
STAT 5 StatisticsSTAT C1000or STAT C1000Hor PSYC 15or SOC 15or MATH 217 + MATH 17or POLI 20
STAT 7 Statistical Methods for the Biological, Environmental, and Health SciencesSTAT C1000or STAT C1000Hor MATH 217 + MATH 17
CSE 13S Computer Systems and C ProgrammingCIS 22Bor CIS 22BHor CIS 26A
CSE 20 Beginning Programming in PythonCIS 40or CIS 41A
CSE 30 Programming Abstractions: PythonCIS 22CHor CIS 22C

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 Cognitive Science 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
PSYC 32026 Fall26494James CliffordWaitlist
PSYC 32027 Winter37786STAFF, MOpen
MATH 122026 Fall27562Cheryl BalmOpen
MATH 122026 Fall27563Reza ShariatmadariClosed
MATH 122027 Winter38511STAFF, MOpen
MATH 122027 Winter38512STAFF, MOpen
MATH 1AH2026 Fall29061James MailhotOpen
MATH 1AH2026 Fall29064Doli BambhaniaOpen
MATH 1A2026 Fall27469STAFFClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall27470Zack JudsonWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall27482Karina ChoClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall27471James MailhotWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall28616Rani FischerWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall28620Jelena SeganClosed
STAT C10002026 Fall28623Vinh NguyenWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall28621Amanda LienWaitlist
SOC 152026 Fall02292Mark HealyOpen
SOC 152026 Fall26465Christopher OlsenClosed
SOC 152027 Winter01959Mark HealyOpen
SOC 152027 Winter36877STAFF, MOpen
PSYC 152026 Fall02162Mark HealyWaitlist
PSYC 152026 Fall26464Christopher OlsenClosed
PSYC 152027 Winter01886Mark HealyOpen
PSYC 152027 Winter36876STAFF, MOpen
CIS 22B2026 Fall22325Edward AhrensOpen
CIS 22B2026 Fall22583Dan HalabeOpen
CIS 22B2026 Fall21719Edward AhrensOpen
CIS 22B2026 Fall26233Hann SoClosed
CIS 402026 Fall25935Yau LauClosed
CIS 402026 Fall26032Doug CaseClosed
CIS 402026 Fall24578Jennifer ParrishClosed
CIS 402026 Fall26035Mirsaeid AbolghasemiClosed
CIS 41A2026 Fall24090Mirsaeid AbolghasemiOpen
CIS 41A2026 Fall26033Mohammed AkhoirshidaClosed
CIS 41A2027 Winter37957Clare NguyenOpen
CIS 41A2027 Winter35651Mirsaeid AbolghasemiOpen
CIS 22CH2026 Fall29078Linyun YuOpen
CIS 22C2026 Fall22327Ronald KleinmanOpen
CIS 22C2026 Fall22855Hussein Al-HusseinOpen
CIS 22C2026 Fall23078Kamran EftekhariOpen
CIS 22C2026 Fall22320Mirsaeid AbolghasemiClosed
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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