Philosophy transfer requirements: De Anza College → UC Merced

These are the lower-division Philosophy courses UC Merced 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: UCM.

7UC Merced requirements
7have a De Anza College match
14offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Merced requirementDe Anza College course that satisfies it
PHIL 004 Critical ReasoningPHIL 4or PHIL 3
PHIL 005 Introduction to LogicPHIL 7
PHIL 002 Introduction to EthicsPHIL 2or PHIL 8
PHIL 009 Phenomenology and ExistentialismPHIL 30
WRI 001 Academic WritingENGL C1000or ESL 5or ENGL C1000H
WRI 010 College Reading and CompositionPHIL 3or EWRT 1Cor COMM 9Hor COMM 9or ENGL C1003or ENGL C1001or ENGL C1001H
PHIL 001 Introduction to PhilosophyPHIL 20Aor PHIL 24or PHIL 20Bor PHIL 49or PHIL 1or PHIL 20C

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose De Anza College as your sending institution, UC Merced as the receiving institution, and Philosophy 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
PHIL 32026 Fall28747Sangeeta MishraOpen
PHIL 32026 Fall02037Nicholas BaiamonteClosed
PHIL 32026 Fall20297Nicholas BaiamonteClosed
PHIL 32026 Fall28748Richard HammerudClosed
PHIL 72027 Winter39089Rich BooherOpen
PHIL 22026 Fall27726Michael FitzpatrickWaitlist
PHIL 82026 Fall26395Nicholas BaiamonteClosed
PHIL 82026 Fall29038Nicholas BaiamonteClosed
PHIL 82027 Winter38898STAFF, MOpen
PHIL 82027 Winter31603Nicholas BaiamonteOpen
ENGL C10002026 Fall28887Kristin AgiusWaitlist
ENGL C10002026 Fall28877Christine ChaiOpen
ENGL C10002026 Fall28976Anna N LewisWaitlist
ENGL C10002026 Fall28879Roseanne QuinnOpen
ESL 52026 Fall02543Maria MarinWaitlist
ESL 52026 Fall23313Alice ChanClosed
ESL 52026 Fall00719Iva TraceyClosed
ESL 52026 Fall21829Maria MarinWaitlist
COMM 92026 Fall24374Brandon GainerOpen
COMM 92026 Fall24375Brandon GainerClosed
COMM 92027 Winter35223Brandon GainerOpen
COMM 92027 Winter35225Brandon GainerOpen
ENGL C10032026 Fall28852Jill QuigleyOpen
ENGL C10032026 Fall28855Rebecca Board LiljenstolpeWaitlist
ENGL C10032026 Fall28854Rebecca Board LiljenstolpeWaitlist
ENGL C10032027 Winter40071TBAOpen
ENGL C10012026 Fall28856Todd GutmannOpen
ENGL C10012026 Fall28858Lauren GordonOpen
ENGL C10012026 Fall28859Anne Marie WaldsmithWaitlist
ENGL C10012026 Fall28860Nga HuynhWaitlist
ENGL C1001H2026 Fall29041Todd GutmannOpen
PHIL 20A2026 Fall28752Rich BooherOpen
PHIL 20B2027 Winter39090Rich BooherOpen
PHIL 492026 Fall28750Deena LinOpen
PHIL 12026 Fall28136Sangeeta MishraOpen
PHIL 12026 Fall23167Rich BooherOpen
PHIL 12026 Fall24114Nicholas BaiamonteClosed
PHIL 12026 Fall28746Richard HammerudWaitlist
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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