Journalism transfer requirements: De Anza College → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

These are the lower-division Journalism courses Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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: Cal Poly SLO.

7Cal Poly San Luis Obispo requirements
7have a De Anza College match
6offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo requirementDe Anza College course that satisfies it
JOUR 228 Media, Self and SocietyJOUR 2
JOUR 285 Introduction to Multimedia JournalismJOUR 90
JOUR 203 News Reporting and WritingJOUR 21Aor JOUR 21B
STAT 130 Introduction to Statistical ReasoningPSYC 15or SOC 15or POLI 20
STAT 217 Introduction to Statistical Concepts and MethodsSOC 15or PSYC 15or STAT C1000or MATH 23or STAT C1000Hor POLI 20
STAT 251 Statistical Inference for Management IMATH 23or STAT C1000or STAT C1000H
STAT 218 Applied Statistics for the Life SciencesMATH 23or SOC 15or STAT C1000or PSYC 15or STAT C1000Hor POLI 20

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose De Anza College as your sending institution, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as the receiving institution, and Journalism 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
JOUR 22026 Fall01324Gail McElroyWaitlist
JOUR 22026 Fall25567Gail McElroyOpen
JOUR 22027 Winter01162STAFF, MOpen
JOUR 22027 Winter31919STAFF, MOpen
JOUR 21A2027 Winter39242Betsy GebhartOpen
PSYC 152026 Fall02162Mark HealyWaitlist
PSYC 152026 Fall26464Christopher OlsenClosed
PSYC 152027 Winter01886Mark HealyOpen
PSYC 152027 Winter36876STAFF, MOpen
SOC 152026 Fall02292Mark HealyOpen
SOC 152026 Fall26465Christopher OlsenClosed
SOC 152027 Winter01959Mark HealyOpen
SOC 152027 Winter36877STAFF, MOpen
STAT C10002026 Fall28616Rani FischerWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall28620Jelena SeganClosed
STAT C10002026 Fall28623Vinh NguyenWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall28621Amanda LienWaitlist
MATH 232027 Winter39140Fatemeh YarahmadiOpen
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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