Linguistics transfer requirements: De Anza College → UC Santa Cruz

These are the lower-division Linguistics 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
13offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Santa Cruz requirementDe Anza College course that satisfies it
CHIN 1 First-Year ChineseMAND 2 + MAND 1 + MAND 3
ITAL 1 First-Year ItalianITAL 3 + ITAL 1 + ITAL 2
ITAL 2 First-Year ItalianITAL 2 + ITAL 3 + ITAL 1
JAPN 1 First-Year JapaneseJAPN 2 + JAPN 3 + JAPN 1
SPAN 1 First-Year SpanishSPAN 3 + SPAN 2 + SPAN 1
SPAN 2 First-Year SpanishSPAN 2 + SPAN 1 + SPAN 3
FREN 2 First-Year FrenchFREN 2 + FREN 3 + FREN 1
FREN 1 First-Year FrenchFREN 3 + FREN 2 + FREN 1
LING 50 Introduction to LinguisticsLING 1

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 Linguistics 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
MAND 22026 Fall28482Hua-Fu LiuWaitlist
MAND 22026 Fall28495April PhungOpen
MAND 22027 Winter39055Hua-Fu LiuOpen
MAND 22027 Winter39971STAFF, MOpen
MAND 12026 Fall28494Hua-Fu LiuOpen
MAND 12026 Fall28055Hua-Fu LiuClosed
MAND 12026 Fall29035April PhungOpen
MAND 12027 Winter39644Hua-Fu LiuOpen
MAND 32027 Winter39646STAFF, MOpen
ITAL 12026 Fall28490Diana FerraraWaitlist
ITAL 12026 Fall26321Diana FerraraOpen
ITAL 12026 Fall28491Diana FerraraWaitlist
ITAL 22027 Winter32523Diana FerraraOpen
ITAL 22027 Winter39953Diana FerraraOpen
JAPN 22027 Winter40053STAFF, MOpen
JAPN 12026 Fall01314Hiromi OkazawaOpen
JAPN 12026 Fall01313Yumi MccormickWaitlist
JAPN 12026 Fall01312Renshi XuanOpen
JAPN 12027 Winter35967Renshi XuanOpen
SPAN 32026 Fall27699Viviana AlcazarWaitlist
SPAN 32027 Winter39652STAFF, MOpen
SPAN 22026 Fall28500Rocio Giraldez BetronOpen
SPAN 22026 Fall28502Viviana AlcazarClosed
SPAN 22027 Winter39974Viviana AlcazarOpen
SPAN 22027 Winter39133Viviana AlcazarOpen
SPAN 12026 Fall25069Aurelio Dias-FerreiraOpen
SPAN 12026 Fall28112Viviana AlcazarOpen
SPAN 12026 Fall28113Aurelio Dias-FerreiraClosed
SPAN 12026 Fall28501Viviana AlcazarClosed
FREN 22027 Winter36611Loubna HafidOpen
FREN 12026 Fall01076Loubna HafidOpen
FREN 12026 Fall28488Loubna HafidOpen
FREN 12027 Winter39951Loubna HafidOpen
LING 12026 Fall01359Jasmina TopalovicOpen
LING 12027 Winter01189Jasmina TopalovicOpen
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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