Earth Science transfer requirements: De Anza College → Sacramento State

These are the lower-division Earth Science courses Sacramento State 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: Sac State, CSU Sacramento.

9Sacramento State requirements
9have a De Anza College match
11offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

Sacramento State requirementDe Anza College course that satisfies it
BIO 1 Biodiversity, Evolution and EcologyBIOL 6A + BIOL 6C
CHEM 1A General Chemistry ICHEM 1A + CHEM 1B
CHEM 6A Introduction to General ChemistryCHEM 30A
PHYS 5B General Physics: Light, Electricity and Magnetism, Modern PhysicsPHYS 2B + PHYS 2C
MATH 26A Calculus I for the Social and Life SciencesMATH 12or MATH 1A
BIO 2 Cells, Molecules and GenesBIOL 6B
PHYS 5A General Physics: Mechanics, Heat, SoundPHYS 2C + PHYS 2A
ASTR 4B Introduction to Stars, Galaxies, and CosmologyASTR 10
GEOL 10 Physical GeologyGEOL 10

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose De Anza College as your sending institution, Sacramento State as the receiving institution, and Earth 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
BIOL 6A2026 Fall00237Simon Kang'aClosed
BIOL 6A2026 Fall27809Simon Kang'aClosed
BIOL 6A2026 Fall00239Bruce HeyerClosed
BIOL 6A2026 Fall00240Bruce HeyerClosed
CHEM 1A2026 Fall21574Cinzia MuzziClosed
CHEM 1A2026 Fall21575Cinzia MuzziClosed
CHEM 1A2026 Fall21576Alex ChangClosed
CHEM 1A2026 Fall21577Alex ChangClosed
CHEM 1B2026 Fall21582Megan BrophyClosed
CHEM 1B2026 Fall21583Megan BrophyClosed
CHEM 1B2026 Fall21584Michael LaneClosed
CHEM 1B2027 Winter38872Cinzia MuzziOpen
CHEM 30A2026 Fall29058Margarete LeclercClosed
CHEM 30A2026 Fall29059Margarete LeclercClosed
CHEM 30A2026 Fall27100Allan WilcoxClosed
CHEM 30A2026 Fall21592NAHRJOU, NAZANINClosed
PHYS 2B2027 Winter38273STAFF, MOpen
MATH 122026 Fall27562Cheryl BalmOpen
MATH 122026 Fall27563Reza ShariatmadariClosed
MATH 122027 Winter38511STAFF, MOpen
MATH 122027 Winter38512STAFF, MOpen
MATH 1A2026 Fall27469STAFFClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall27470Zack JudsonWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall27482Karina ChoClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall27471James MailhotWaitlist
BIOL 6B2027 Winter38863Lianna WongOpen
BIOL 6B2027 Winter38864Lianna WongOpen
BIOL 6B2027 Winter00224Simon Kang'aOpen
BIOL 6B2027 Winter00225Simon Kang'aOpen
PHYS 2A2026 Fall25051WAMBA, KOLOClosed
PHYS 2A2026 Fall02071WAMBA, KOLOClosed
PHYS 2A2027 Winter01788STAFF, MOpen
PHYS 2A2027 Winter31893STAFF, MOpen
ASTR 102026 Fall27731Caitlin KeppleOpen
ASTR 102026 Fall28330Caitlin KeppleOpen
ASTR 102026 Fall25461Eric PetersonClosed
ASTR 102027 Winter39958Josh RobertsOpen
GEOL 102026 Fall01092Marek CichanskiOpen
GEOL 102026 Fall27004Christopher DileonardoOpen
GEOL 102026 Fall01093Christopher DileonardoOpen
GEOL 102026 Fall27753Christopher DileonardoClosed
ASSIST is the official source for CSU 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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