Physics transfer requirements: De Anza College → UC San Diego

These are the lower-division Physics courses UC San Diego 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: UCSD.

16UC San Diego requirements
16have a De Anza College match
23offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC San Diego requirementDe Anza College course that satisfies it
PHYS 2CL Physics Laboratory - Electricity and MagnetismPHYS 4B
PHYS 2DL Physics Laboratory-Modern PhysicsPHYS 4D
MATH 20C Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and EngineeringMATH 1C + MATH 1Dor MATH 1CH + MATH 1DH
MATH 18 Linear AlgebraMATH 2BHor MATH 2B
MATH 20E Vector CalculusMATH 1C + MATH 1D
MATH 20D Introduction to Differential EquationsMATH 2AHor MATH 2A
MATH 20A Calculus for Science and EngineeringMATH 1Aor MATH 1AH
MATH 20B Calculus for Science and EngineeringMATH 1BHor MATH 1B
PHYS 2C Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and OpticsPHYS 4C
PHYS 2A Physics - MechanicsPHYS 4A
PHYS 2B Physics - Electricity and MagnetismPHYS 4B
COGS 18 Introduction to PythonCIS 40
CSE 8A Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving ICIS 36Aor CIS 40or CIS 22A
CSE 11 Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated PaceCIS 36Bor CIS 35A
CSE 12 Basic Data Structures and Object-Oriented DesignCIS 22CHor CIS 22C
MAE 8 MATLAB Programming for Engineering AnalysisCIS 22Aor CIS 41Aor CIS 40or CIS 35Aor CIS 41B

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose De Anza College as your sending institution, UC San Diego as the receiving institution, and Physics 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
PHYS 4B2026 Fall02081Eduardo LunaOpen
PHYS 4B2026 Fall27761Eduardo LunaOpen
PHYS 4B2026 Fall28538Kasra KhazeniOpen
PHYS 4B2026 Fall28540Kasra KhazeniOpen
MATH 1C2026 Fall27502Nadiia TurbaiClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall27503James MailhotClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall27504Zack JudsonOpen
MATH 1C2026 Fall28661Vinh NguyenWaitlist
MATH 1D2026 Fall27510James MailhotWaitlist
MATH 1D2026 Fall27511Roderic TaylorClosed
MATH 1D2026 Fall27512Hassan BourgoubOpen
MATH 1D2026 Fall27513Millia IsonOpen
MATH 1CH2026 Fall29060James MailhotOpen
MATH 1DH2026 Fall29062James MailhotOpen
MATH 1DH2026 Fall29097Roderic TaylorOpen
MATH 2BH2026 Fall29063James MailhotOpen
MATH 2BH2026 Fall29098Roderic TaylorOpen
MATH 2B2026 Fall27517James MailhotOpen
MATH 2B2026 Fall27518Roderic TaylorClosed
MATH 2B2026 Fall28070Lucian SegaClosed
MATH 2B2027 Winter38483James MailhotOpen
MATH 2AH2026 Fall29040Fatemeh YarahmadiOpen
MATH 2A2026 Fall27515Fatemeh YarahmadiClosed
MATH 2A2026 Fall27516Fatemeh YarahmadiClosed
MATH 2A2026 Fall28603Lucian SegaClosed
MATH 2A2026 Fall28604Fatemeh YarahmadiClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall27469STAFFClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall27470Zack JudsonWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall27482Karina ChoClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall27471James MailhotWaitlist
MATH 1AH2026 Fall29061James MailhotOpen
MATH 1AH2026 Fall29064Doli BambhaniaOpen
MATH 1BH2026 Fall29096Roderic TaylorOpen
MATH 1B2026 Fall27489Kejian ShiOpen
MATH 1B2026 Fall27491STAFFClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall27493Usha GaneshalingamClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall27496Roderic TaylorClosed
PHYS 4C2026 Fall28539Ramin AlizadehOpen
PHYS 4C2027 Winter39834STAFF, MOpen
PHYS 4C2027 Winter39631STAFF, MOpen
PHYS 4C2027 Winter39632STAFF, MOpen
PHYS 4A2026 Fall02076Zuleyha YuksekClosed
PHYS 4A2026 Fall02075Zuleyha YuksekClosed
PHYS 4A2026 Fall25893Kasra KhazeniClosed
PHYS 4A2026 Fall25898Kasra KhazeniClosed
CIS 402026 Fall25935Yau LauClosed
CIS 402026 Fall26032Doug CaseClosed
CIS 402026 Fall24578Jennifer ParrishClosed
CIS 402026 Fall26035Mirsaeid AbolghasemiClosed
CIS 22A2026 Fall21713Abeer AlameerWaitlist
CIS 22A2026 Fall21714Abeer AlameerWaitlist
CIS 22A2026 Fall21716Anita WhitehillOpen
CIS 22A2026 Fall27781Alexandre StoykovClosed
CIS 36B2027 Winter34090STAFF, MOpen
CIS 35A2026 Fall00485Mohammed AkhoirshidaOpen
CIS 35A2026 Fall23382Sukhjit SinghClosed
CIS 35A2027 Winter00450STAFF, MOpen
CIS 35A2027 Winter40014STAFF, MOpen
CIS 22CH2026 Fall29078Linyun YuOpen
CIS 22C2026 Fall22327Ronald KleinmanOpen
CIS 22C2026 Fall22855Hussein Al-HusseinOpen
CIS 22C2026 Fall23078Kamran EftekhariOpen
CIS 22C2026 Fall22320Mirsaeid AbolghasemiClosed
CIS 41A2026 Fall24090Mirsaeid AbolghasemiOpen
CIS 41A2026 Fall26033Mohammed AkhoirshidaClosed
CIS 41A2027 Winter37957Clare NguyenOpen
CIS 41A2027 Winter35651Mirsaeid AbolghasemiOpen
CIS 41B2026 Fall25218Grant LarkinOpen
CIS 41B2027 Winter36819STAFF, MOpen
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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