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CIS 41A
Python Programming · 4.5 units · used in 196 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 provides a complete introduction to the Python language. Topics covered include primitive and collection data types, operators and statements, loops and branching, functions and variable scoping, modules and packages, object-oriented programming, file handling, regular expressions, and exception handling.
Sections this term
Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 3:30 PM UTCCIS 41APython ProgrammingOpen2 sections · 20 seats reported · 2 instructors
- CRN 24090 · 02Open · 20
- CRN 26033 · 62Full · 0
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
CIS 22ABeginning Programming Methodologies in C++- or
CIS 36AIntroduction to Computer Programming Using Java - or
CIS 40Introduction to Programming in Python
Catalog wording: “CIS D022A or CIS D036A or CIS D040.”
What this course unlocks
De Anza courses that list CIS 41A as a prerequisite.
Transfer pathways that use CIS 41A
ASSIST maps CIS 41A to a requirement in 196 published pathways from De Anza College — 24 shown.
- Mathematics, AppliedDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Visual Communication DesignDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Mathematics: Concentration in Mathematics for TeachingDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Mathematics: Concentration in Mathematics for Liberal ArtsDe Anza → San Francisco State
- StatisticsDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Computer ScienceDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Mathematics: Concentration in Mathematics for Advanced StudyDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Computer Science B.S., Software Engineering ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Monterey Bay
- Computer Science B.S., Game Development ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Monterey Bay
- Computer Science B.S., General Computer ScienceDe Anza → CSU Monterey Bay
- Computer Science B.S., Data Science ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Monterey Bay
- Computer Science B.S., Network & Security ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Monterey Bay
- AnthropologyDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Social Policy and Public ServiceDe Anza → UC Irvine
- InformaticsDe Anza → UC Irvine
- PsychologyDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Cognitive SciencesDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Computer Science and EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Environmental and Earth System ScienceDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Game Design & Interactive MediaDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Business EconomicsDe Anza → UC Irvine
- International StudiesDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Computer ScienceDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Chicano/Latino StudiesDe Anza → UC Irvine
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