De Anza College
ACCT 1A
Financial Accounting I · 5 units · used in 321 transfer pathways
Where this page’s information comes from
- De Anza catalogcourse record · 2025-2026
- FHDA class listingsFall 2026 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
This course engages students to learn how accounting meets the different information needs of various users by developing and communicating financial data that is used in decision-making. Accordingly, the expected student outcome is the demonstration that the student can read, analyze, and interpret external financial statements.
Sections this term
Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 4:30 PM UTCACCT 1AFinancial Accounting IWaitlist12 sections · 0 seats reported · 7 instructors
- CRN 00007 · 67Full · 0
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- CRN 00018 · 06Full · 0
- CRN 00022 · 68Full · 0
- CRN 24001 · 3DWaitlist · 0
- CRN 25923 · 07Full · 0
- CRN 27175 · 04Full · 0
- CRN 27176 · 02Full · 0
- CRN 27177 · 04Full · 0
- CRN 27178 · 03Full · 0
- CRN 27683 · 05Waitlist · 0
- CRN 28537 · 65Full · 0
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.
Advisory: “ESL D272. and ESL D273., or ESL D472. and ESL D473., or eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005. Elementary algebra or equivalent (or higher), or appropriate placement beyond elementary algebra”
What this course unlocks
De Anza courses that list ACCT 1A as a prerequisite.
- ACCT 1BFinancial Accounting II
- ACCT 1BHFinancial Accounting II - HONORS
- ACCT 64Payroll and Business Tax Accounting
- ACCT 74Accounting Ethics
- ACCT 87AHComputerized Accounting Programs I (Peachtree - Windows)
- ACCT 87AIComputerized Accounting Programs I (Quickbooks)
- ACCT 87AJComputerized Accounting Programs I (Microsoft Dynamics GP)
- ACCT 88Excel Spreadsheets for Accounting
Transfer pathways that use ACCT 1A
ASSIST maps ACCT 1A to a requirement in 321 published pathways from De Anza College — 24 shown.
- Business AdministrationDe Anza → Cal Maritime
- RECREATION, PARKS AND TOURISM ADMINISTRATIONDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- DAIRY SCIENCEDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- MATERIALS ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- PLANT SCIENCESDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENTDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- NUTRITIONDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENTDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ECONOMICSDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Business Administration B.S. - Management and Entrepreneurship ConcentrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Recreation AdministrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Business Administration B.S. - Accounting ConcentrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Business Administration B.S. - Economics ConcentrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Business Administration B.S. - Finance ConcentrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Business Administration B.S. - Marketing ConcentrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Business Administration: Concentration in Decision SciencesDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Business Administration: Concentration in Business AnalyticsDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Apparel Design and Merchandising: Concentration in MerchandisingDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Business Administration: Concentration in International BusinessDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Business Administration: Concentration in General BusinessDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Business Administration: Concentration in ManagementDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Business Administration: Concentration in MarketingDe Anza → San Francisco State
The other FHDA college
The district declares these courses cross-listed with ACCT 1A. That is a district equivalence, recorded in the colleges’ own course data — it is not an ASSIST articulation, and whether it satisfies a particular transfer requirement is a separate question shown on the pathway pages.
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