Psychology transfer requirements: De Anza College → UC Merced

These are the lower-division Psychology 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.

9UC Merced requirements
9have a De Anza College match
17offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Merced requirementDe Anza College course that satisfies it
PSY 001 Introduction to PsychologyPSYC C1000
PSY 010 Analysis of Psychological DataSTAT C1000or PSYC 15
PSY 015 Research Methods in PsychologyPSYC 2
ECON 001 Introduction to EconomicsECON C2001 + ECON C2002
POLI 001 Introduction to American PoliticsPOLS C1000Hor POLS C1000
SOC 001 Introduction to SociologySOC 1
ANTH 001 Introduction to Sociocultural AnthropologyANTH 2
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

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose De Anza College as your sending institution, UC Merced as the receiving institution, and Psychology 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
PSYC C10002026 Fall26463Jeanette TuckerOpen
PSYC C10002026 Fall02123Mark HealyWaitlist
PSYC C10002026 Fall27943Jeanette TuckerWaitlist
PSYC C10002026 Fall26460Harvey CohenWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall28616Rani FischerWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall28620Jelena SeganClosed
STAT C10002026 Fall28623Vinh NguyenWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall28621Amanda LienWaitlist
PSYC 152026 Fall02162Mark HealyWaitlist
PSYC 152026 Fall26464Christopher OlsenClosed
PSYC 152027 Winter01886Mark HealyOpen
PSYC 152027 Winter36876STAFF, MOpen
PSYC 22026 Fall25900Susan ThomasOpen
PSYC 22026 Fall27213Taiki KondoClosed
PSYC 22026 Fall28721Trevor BasilClosed
PSYC 22027 Winter31616Susan ThomasOpen
ECON C20012026 Fall27711Don Uy-BarretaOpen
ECON C20012026 Fall28742Ravjeet SinghClosed
ECON C20012026 Fall00659Ninos MalekClosed
ECON C20012026 Fall28743Stephen BlohmClosed
ECON C20022026 Fall00637Ravjeet SinghOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall00648Guillermo CockrumOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall24092Don Uy-BarretaOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall00644Ninos MalekClosed
POLS C1000H2026 Fall29055Gregory DruehlOpen
POLS C1000H2027 Winter39811STAFF, MOpen
POLS C10002026 Fall28926Gregory DruehlOpen
POLS C10002026 Fall29076Nicky YuenOpen
POLS C10002026 Fall29077Nicky YuenOpen
POLS C10002026 Fall28929Hesam RahmaniClosed
SOC 12026 Fall26786Steve NavaWaitlist
SOC 12026 Fall24150Steve NavaOpen
SOC 12026 Fall20294Marx Gomez-LiendoWaitlist
SOC 12026 Fall21571Marx Gomez-LiendoWaitlist
ANTH 22026 Fall00089Alicia HedgesOpen
ANTH 22026 Fall00095Angel RoqueOpen
ANTH 22026 Fall00093Alicia HedgesOpen
ANTH 22026 Fall28759Angel RoqueOpen
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
PHIL 32026 Fall28747Sangeeta MishraOpen
PHIL 32026 Fall02037Nicholas BaiamonteClosed
PHIL 32026 Fall20297Nicholas BaiamonteClosed
PHIL 32026 Fall28748Richard HammerudClosed
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
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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