Design Studies

Admission reality

Cherrypicker does not estimate anyone’s chance of admission, and never will. Historical outcomes are context, not a prediction.

Planning reality

Counts over the courses ASSIST maps for this pathway. Every figure is a plain count with one definition — there is no score or ranking here.

• 14Mapped preparation courses
• 8Scheduled Fall 2026
• 1With open seats reported
• 14Current sections

Sections offered at De Anza College this term for the courses listed in this agreement. Open one to see instructors, meeting times and CRNs.

Not scheduled at De Anza College this term: ARTS 2G, NAIS 13, ARTS 2F, ARTS 2H, ARTS 2J, SOC 20. A course can still be part of the requirement and offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Where this path usually starts

Ranked by how central each course is to the agreement — whether it is the only option for a requirement, how many requirements it covers, and whether it is running now. This is Cherrypicker’s ordering of published requirements, not advice about your situation, and it does not know your transcript.

1. ANTH 2Cultural AnthropologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 37 seats reported this term.
2. ARTS 2GHistory of Art: Arts of AsiaNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
3. GEO 4Cultural GeographyFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
4. PHTG 1Basic PhotographyWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
5. PHTG 58APhotographic Photoshop IWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. SOC 20Social ProblemsNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.

Things to watch

Derived from this agreement and the current class data — not generic advice.

Major preparation

Left: what CSU Sacramento requires. Right: the De Anza College course or courses ASSIST accepts for it. Alternatives are labelled or; courses joined by + are all required together.

• ART 1A

  Art, Religions, and Power before 1400

  • ARTS 2A + ARTS 2B

    History of Art: Europe from Prehistory through Early Christianity · History of Art: Europe During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

• ART 1B

  Art, Empires, and Cross-Cultural Exchange, 1400-1800

  • ARTS 2C + ARTS 2B

    History of Art: Europe from the Baroque Period through Impressionism · History of Art: Europe During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

• ART 1C

  Global Modern and Contemporary Art

  • ARTS 2C + ARTS 2D

    History of Art: Europe from the Baroque Period through Impressionism · History of Art: Europe and the United States from Post-Impressionism to the Present

• ART 2

  History of Islamic Art

  Not Articulated

• ART 3A

  Traditional Asian Art

  • ARTS 2G

    History of Art: Arts of Asia

• ART 3B

  Modern and Contemporary Asian Art

  No Comparable Course

• ART 5

  Art of the Americas

  • NAIS 13

    Survey of Native American Arts

  • or
    ARTS 2F

    History of Art (Multicultural Arts in the United States)

  • or
    ARTS 2H

    History of Art: Native Arts of Mesoamerica and the Andes

  • or
    ARTS 2J

    History of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania and Native North America

• DSGN 4

  Design and Thinking

  Not Articulated

• DSGN 10

  Think Make

  Not Articulated

• DSGN 20

  Design and Society Since 1780

  Not Articulated

• ARCH 1A

  History of Architecture: Prehistory to 1800

  Not Articulated

• ARCH 1B

  History of Architecture: 1800 to Today

  Not Articulated

• GPHD 20

  History of Graphic Design

  Not Articulated

• PHOT 15

  Survey of Photography

  Not Articulated

• GPHD 25

  Visual Basics

  No Comparable Course

• INTD 25

  Design Fundamentals

  Not Articulated

• PHOT 11

  Digital Photography I

  • PHTG 58A

    Photographic Photoshop I

• PHOT 12

  Digital Photography II

  Not Articulated

• PHOT 40

  Darkroom Photography

  • PHTG 1

    Basic Photography

• ANTH 2

  Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

  • ANTH 2

    Cultural Anthropology

• ENVS 10

  Introduction to Environmental Science

  Not Articulated

• ETHN 11

  Introduction to Ethnic Studies

  Not Articulated

• FASH 30

  Fashion and Human Environment

  Not Articulated

• FASH 31

  Textiles

  No Comparable Course

• GEOG 2

  Cultural Geography

  • GEO 4

    Cultural Geography

• HRS 71

  Arts and Ideas of Asia: Medieval to Modern

  No Comparable Course

• PHOT 20

  The Photographic Self

  Not Articulated

• SOC 3

  Social Problems

  • SOC 20

    Social Problems

• WGS 50

  Introduction to LGBTQ Studies

  Not Articulated

• WGS 75

  Introduction to Disability Studies

  Not Articulated

• WGS 85

  Introduction to Women's & Gender Studies

  Not Articulated

Agreement year 2025-26, captured from ASSIST. Verify against the official agreement and confirm with a counselor before making transfer decisions.

The other FHDA college

Foothill College has its own ASSIST agreement for this major. It is a separate agreement with its own courses and its own source — not an extension of the De Anza College one, and the two are never combined on this page.

Whether a course taken at one college satisfies the other college’s requirements is a separate question from articulation. Confirm with a counselor before relying on it.

Other CSU Sacramento majors from De Anza

• Exercise Science, BS - Clinical Exercise & Rehabilitation SpecialistDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• Ethnic Studies, BA - Teachers in Bilingual EducationDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• Music, BM - Jazz StudiesDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• Physics, BS - BiophysicsDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• ChemistryDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• Philosophy, BA - Science, Reason, and ValuesDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• PsychologyDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• Geography, BA - Human GeographyDe Anza → CSU Sacramento

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