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

These are the lower-division Computer 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.

9UC Santa Cruz requirements
9have a De Anza College match
14offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Santa Cruz requirementDe Anza College course that satisfies it
MATH 19A Calculus for Science, Engineering, and MathematicsMATH 1AHor MATH 1A
MATH 19B Calculus for Science, Engineering, and MathematicsMATH 1BH + MATH 1CHor MATH 1B + MATH 1C
CSE 12 Computer Systems and Assembly Language and LabCIS 21JBor CIS 21JA
CSE 16 Applied Discrete MathematicsMATH 22Hor MATH 22
CSE 30 Programming Abstractions: PythonCIS 22CHor CIS 22C
AM 10 Linear Algebra for EngineersMATH 2Bor MATH 2BH
MATH 21 Linear AlgebraMATH 2BHor MATH 2B
AM 30 Multivariate Calculus for EngineersMATH 1DHor MATH 1D
MATH 23A Vector CalculusMATH 1DHor MATH 1D

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 Computer 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
MATH 1AH2026 Fall29061James MailhotOpen
MATH 1AH2026 Fall29064Doli BambhaniaOpen
MATH 1A2026 Fall27469STAFFClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall27470Zack JudsonWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall27482Karina ChoClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall27471James MailhotWaitlist
MATH 1BH2026 Fall29096Roderic TaylorOpen
MATH 1CH2026 Fall29060James MailhotOpen
MATH 1B2026 Fall27489Kejian ShiOpen
MATH 1B2026 Fall27491STAFFClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall27493Usha GaneshalingamClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall27496Roderic TaylorClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall27502Nadiia TurbaiClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall27503James MailhotClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall27504Zack JudsonOpen
MATH 1C2026 Fall28661Vinh NguyenWaitlist
CIS 21JA2026 Fall02644Yau LauOpen
CIS 21JA2026 Fall22853Abeer AlameerClosed
CIS 21JA2026 Fall26235Kamran EftekhariOpen
CIS 21JA2027 Winter34241STAFF, MOpen
MATH 222026 Fall27948Karina ChoWaitlist
MATH 222026 Fall27566Lucian SegaOpen
MATH 222026 Fall27565Sithparran VanniasegaramOpen
MATH 222026 Fall28414Kejian ShiOpen
CIS 22CH2026 Fall29078Linyun YuOpen
CIS 22C2026 Fall22327Ronald KleinmanOpen
CIS 22C2026 Fall22855Hussein Al-HusseinOpen
CIS 22C2026 Fall23078Kamran EftekhariOpen
CIS 22C2026 Fall22320Mirsaeid AbolghasemiClosed
MATH 2B2026 Fall27517James MailhotOpen
MATH 2B2026 Fall27518Roderic TaylorClosed
MATH 2B2026 Fall28070Lucian SegaClosed
MATH 2B2027 Winter38483James MailhotOpen
MATH 2BH2026 Fall29063James MailhotOpen
MATH 2BH2026 Fall29098Roderic TaylorOpen
MATH 1DH2026 Fall29062James MailhotOpen
MATH 1DH2026 Fall29097Roderic TaylorOpen
MATH 1D2026 Fall27510James MailhotWaitlist
MATH 1D2026 Fall27511Roderic TaylorClosed
MATH 1D2026 Fall27512Hassan BourgoubOpen
MATH 1D2026 Fall27513Millia IsonOpen
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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