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CIS 26A
C as a Second Programming Language · 4.5 units · used in 122 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 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
Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 3:00 PM UTCNo section is scheduled at De Anza College for Fall 2026. 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 122 published pathways from De Anza College — 24 shown.
- COMPUTER ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- GENERAL ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- STATISTICSDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- LIBERAL ARTS AND ENGINEERING STUDIESDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ECONOMICSDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- COMPUTER SCIENCEDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- MATHEMATICSDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- MARINE SCIENCESDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH AND SOIL SCIENCEDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Mechanical EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Computer EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Materials Science and EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Environmental and Earth System ScienceDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Electrical EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Chemical EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Aerospace EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Applied PhysicsDe Anza → UC Irvine
- PhysicsDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Statistics and Data ScienceDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
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