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CIS 26A
C as a Second Programming Language · 4.5 units · used in 112 transfer pathways
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Where this page’s information comes from
- De Anza catalogcourse record · 2025-2026
- FHDA class listingsWinter 2027 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
This course is an introduction to the C programming language and its applications with topics covering basic input/output, structured program design and implementation, basic control structures and keywords, character and string manipulation, arithmetic expressions, functions and program modularization, arrays, pointers, structures, and linked lists.
Sections this term
Winter 2027 · updated Oct 18, 11:15 PM UTCNo section is scheduled at De Anza College for Winter 2027. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
- An Introductory Programming Language course such as CIS D022A
- or
CIS 36AIntroduction to Computer Programming Using Java - or
Catalog wording: “An Introductory Programming Language course such as CIS D022A or CIS D036A or equivalent”
What this course unlocks
De Anza courses that list CIS 26A as a prerequisite.
Transfer pathways that use CIS 26A
ASSIST maps CIS 26A to a requirement in 112 published pathways from De Anza College — 24 shown.
- Aerospace EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Applied PhysicsDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Chemical EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Computer EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Electrical EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Environmental and Earth System ScienceDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Materials Science and EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Mechanical EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- PhysicsDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Actuarial ScienceDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Applied MathematicsDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Computer EngineeringDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Computer ScienceDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Earth ScienceDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Earth Science, B.S. - Geophysics EmphasisDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Electrical EngineeringDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Financial Mathematics and StatisticsDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- MathematicsDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- MathematicsDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Psychological and Brain SciencesDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Statistics and Data ScienceDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Statistics and Data ScienceDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Computer EngineeringDe Anza → CSU Fullerton
- Computer ScienceDe Anza → CSU Fullerton
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