Political Science transfer requirements: De Anza College → UC Santa Barbara

These are the lower-division Political Science courses UC Santa Barbara 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: UCSB.

6UC Santa Barbara requirements
6have a De Anza College match
9offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Santa Barbara requirementDe Anza College course that satisfies it
POL S 6 Introduction to Comparative PoliticsPOLI 2
POL S 12 American Government and PoliticsPOLS C1000or POLS C1000H
POL S 1 Introduction to Political PhilosophyPOLI 5
POL S 7 Introduction to International RelationsPOLI 3
ECON 1 Principles of Economics-MicroECON C2001or ECON C2001H
ECON 2 Principles of Economics-MacroECON C2002or ECON C2002H

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose De Anza College as your sending institution, UC Santa Barbara as the receiving institution, and Political 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
POLI 22026 Fall27764James NguyenOpen
POLI 22027 Winter40106James NguyenOpen
POLS C10002026 Fall28926Gregory DruehlOpen
POLS C10002026 Fall29076Nicky YuenOpen
POLS C10002026 Fall29077Nicky YuenOpen
POLS C10002026 Fall28929Hesam RahmaniClosed
POLS C1000H2026 Fall29055Gregory DruehlOpen
POLS C1000H2027 Winter39811STAFF, MOpen
POLI 52026 Fall23482James NguyenClosed
POLI 52027 Winter01827James NguyenOpen
POLI 32026 Fall28134Hesam RahmaniOpen
POLI 32027 Winter40107STAFF, MOpen
ECON C20012026 Fall27711Don Uy-BarretaOpen
ECON C20012026 Fall28742Ravjeet SinghClosed
ECON C20012026 Fall00659Ninos MalekClosed
ECON C20012026 Fall28743Stephen BlohmClosed
ECON C2001H2026 Fall29054Ravjeet SinghOpen
ECON C2001H2027 Winter39803Ravjeet SinghOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall00637Ravjeet SinghOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall00648Guillermo CockrumOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall24092Don Uy-BarretaOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall00644Ninos MalekClosed
ECON C2002H2026 Fall29052Ravjeet SinghOpen
ECON C2002H2027 Winter39802Ravjeet SinghOpen
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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