Social Science

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.

• 26Mapped preparation courses
• 17Scheduled Fall 2026
• 9With open seats reported
• 102Current 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: MATH 17, STAT C1000H, ANTH 2H, HIST 17AH, HIST 17BH, POLS C1000, POLS C1000H, PSYC C1000, 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. MATH 17Integrated Statistics 2Not currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 3 separate requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
2. GEO 10World Regional GeographyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 2 seats reported this term.
3. POLI 2Comparative PoliticsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 12 seats reported this term.
4. SOC 1Introduction to SociologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 5 seats reported this term.
5. AFAM 10An Introduction to African American StudiesWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. GEO 4Cultural GeographyFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

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

• POL S 201

  Statistics and Politics

  • MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics 2

• ECON 201

  Statistical Methods

  No Course Articulated

• SOC 201

  Elementary Social Statistics

  • PSYC 15

    Statistics and Research Methods in Social Science

  • or
    MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics 2

• STAT 119

  Elementary Statistics for Business

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    STAT C1000H

    Introduction to Statistics - HONORS

  • or
    MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics 2

• GEOG 104

  Geographic Information Science and Spatial Reasoning

  No Course Articulated

• LING 270

  Elementary Statistics for Language Studies

  No Course Articulated

• AFRAS 101

  Introduction to Africana Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences

  • AFAM 10

    An Introduction to African American Studies

• ANTH 102

  Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology

  • ANTH 2

    Cultural Anthropology

  • or
    ANTH 2H

    Cultural Anthropology - HONORS

• ASIAN 100

  State and Society in the Asia Pacific

  No Course Articulated

• ECON 101

  Principles of Economics

  • ECON 1

    Principles of Macroeconomics

  • or
    ECON 1H

    Principles of Macroeconomics - HONORS

• ECON 102

  Principles of Economics

  • ECON 2

    Principles of Microeconomics

  • or
    ECON 2H

    Principles of Microeconomics - HONORS

• GEOG 102

  People, Places, and Environments

  • GEO 4

    Cultural Geography

• GEOG 106

  World Regional Geography

  • GEO 10

    World Regional Geography

• GEOG 170

  Sustainable Places and Practices

  No Course Articulated

• HIST 109

  American History to Reconstruction

  • HIST 17A + HIST 17B

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

  • or
    HIST 17AH + HIST 17BH

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

• HIST 110

  American History Since the Civil War

  • HIST 17B + HIST 17C

    History of the United States from 1800 to 1900 · History of the United States From 1900 to the Present

  • or
    HIST 17CH + HIST 17BH

    History of the United States From 1900 to the Present - HONORS · History of the United States from 1800 to 1900 - HONORS

• LATAM 101

  Introduction to Latin American Studies

  No Course Articulated

• LING 101

  Introduction to Language

  • LING 1

    Introduction to Linguistics

• POL S 101

  Introduction to American Politics in Global Perspective

  No Course Articulated

• POL S 102

  Introduction to American and California Government and Politics

  • POLS C1000

    American Government and Politics

  • or
    POLS C1000H

    American Government and Politics - HONORS

• POL S 103

  Introduction to Comparative Politics

  • POLI 2

    Comparative Politics

• POL S 104

  Introduction to Global Politics

  No Course Articulated

• PSY 101

  Introductory Psychology

  • PSYC C1000

    Introduction to Psychology

• SOC 101

  Introductory Sociology: The Study of Society

  • SOC 1

    Introduction to Sociology

• WMNST 103

  Women and Global Justice

  No Course Articulated

• SOC 102

  Introduction to Social Problems

  • SOC 20

    Social Problems

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 San Diego State majors from De Anza

• International Business, European Languages -North Atlantic EmphasisDe Anza → San Diego State
• Music, Jazz Studies SpecializationDe Anza → San Diego State
• International Business, Asian Languages - Singapore EmphasisDe Anza → San Diego State
• Management, Business AdministrationDe Anza → San Diego State
• Geological Sciences - Emphasis in Environmental GeosciencesDe Anza → San Diego State
• American Indian StudiesDe Anza → San Diego State
• CommunicationDe Anza → San Diego State
• International Business , English -North America EmphasisDe Anza → San Diego State

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