Liberal 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.

• 13Mapped preparation courses
• 8Scheduled Winter 2027
• 8With open seats reported
• 106Current 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: POLS C1000, POLS C1000H, ENGL C1000H, EWRT 1C, ENGL C1001H. 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. ECON 1Principles of MacroeconomicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 400 seats reported this term.
2. C D 10GChild Development (The Early Years)Open
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 141 seats reported this term.
3. C D 10HChild Growth and Development (Middle Childhood and Adolescence)Open
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 90 seats reported this term.
4. ENGL C1000Academic Reading and WritingOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 885 seats reported this term.
5. ENGL C1001 Critical Thinking and Writing Open
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 1290 seats reported this term.
6. EWRT 1BReading, Writing and ResearchOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 150 seats reported this term.

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.

• CHAD 35

  Child and Adolescent Development

  • C D 10H + C D 10G

    Child Growth and Development (Middle Childhood and Adolescence) · Child Development (The Early Years)

• ART 133

  Art Education for Children

  No Comparable Course

  Content credit only

• MATH 17

  An Introduction to Exploration, Conjecture, and Proof in Mathematics

  No Comparable Course

• HIST 17A

  United States History, 1607-1877

  • HIST 17A + HIST 17B

    History of the United States to Early National Era · History of the United States from 1800 to 1900

• HIST 50

  World History I: to 1500

  No Comparable Course

• HIST 132

  Topics in World History

  Not Articulated

  Content credit only

• POLS 1

  Essentials of Government

  • POLS C1000

    American Government and Politics

  • or
    POLS C1000H

    American Government and Politics - HONORS

• HIST 187

  Topics in United States History 1600-1900

  Not Articulated

  Content credit only

• ECON 1A

  Introduction to Macroeconomic Analysis

  • ECON 1

    Principles of Macroeconomics

• GEOL 8

  Earth Science

  No Comparable Course

• GEOL 8T

  Earth Science Lab for Teachers

  Not Articulated

• BIO 7

  Introduction to the Science of Biology

  No Comparable Course

• ENGL 16

  Structure of English

  No Comparable Course

• COMS 5

  The Communication Experience

  Not Articulated

• ENGL 5M

  Accelerated Academic Literacies - Multilingual

  Not Articulated

• ENGL 5

  Accelerated Academic Literacies

  • ENGL C1000

    Academic Reading and Writing

  • or
    ENGL C1000H

    Academic Reading and Writing - HONORS

• PUBH 136

  School Health Education

  Not Articulated

  Content credit only

• EDUC 125A/B

  Tutoring Children in Reading

  Not Articulated

  Content credit only

• CHAD 35F

  Human Development and Elementary Field Experience

  Not Articulated

• Courses approved for Second Semester Composition Graduation Requirement
  • EWRT 1B

    Reading, Writing and Research

  • or
    EWRT 1C

    Literature and Composition

  • or
    ENGL C1001

    Critical Thinking and Writing

  • or
    ENGL C1001H

    Critical Thinking and Writing - HONORS

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

• 1 - Second Semester Composition Graduation RequirementDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• Anthropology, BA - Archaeology and Biological AnthropologyDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• Anthropology, BA - Culture, Language and SocietyDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• Anthropology, BA - General AnthropologyDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• Architecture StudiesDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• Art HistoryDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• ArtDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• Asian StudiesDe Anza → CSU Sacramento

Common questions