Communication 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.

• 18Mapped preparation courses
• 9Scheduled Winter 2027
• 9With open seats reported
• 100Current 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: ENGL C1003H, ESL 6, ENGL C1001H, COMM 9H, COMM 7H, COMM 16H, COMM C1000H, COMM 10H, COMM 8H. 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. COMM 10Fundamentals of Oral CommunicationOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 300 seats reported this term.
2. COMM 16Interpersonal CommunicationOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 70 seats reported this term.
3. COMM 7Intercultural CommunicationOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
4. COMM 8Argumentation and Critical Inquiry in Oral CommunicationOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 60 seats reported this term.
5. COMM 9Argumentation: Analysis of Oral and Written CommunicationOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 60 seats reported this term.
6. COMM C1000Introduction to Public SpeakingOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 930 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

Left: what San Jose 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.

• ENGL 1B

  Argument and Analysis

  • ENGL C1003

    Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature

  • or
    ENGL C1003H

    Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - HONORS

  • or
    ESL 6

    Critical Reading and Research for Writing

• ENGL 2

  Critical Thinking and Writing

  • ENGL C1001

    Critical Thinking and Writing

  • or
    ENGL C1001H

    Critical Thinking and Writing - HONORS

  • or
    PHIL 3

    Critical Thinking and Writing

  • or
    COMM 9

    Argumentation: Analysis of Oral and Written Communication

  • or
    COMM 9H

    Argumentation: Analysis of Oral and Written Communication - HONORS

• COMM 21

  Performing Culture and Society

  No Current Articulation

• COMM 74

  Intercultural Communication and Critical Thinking

  • COMM 7

    Intercultural Communication

  • or
    COMM 7H

    Intercultural Communications - HONORS

• COMM 10

  Communication and Human Relationships

  • COMM 16

    Interpersonal Communication

  • or
    COMM 16H

    Interpersonal Communication - HONORS

• COMM 20

  Public Speaking

  • COMM C1000

    Introduction to Public Speaking

  • or
    COMM C1000H

    Introduction to Public Speaking - Honors

  • or
    COMM 10

    Fundamentals of Oral Communication

  • or
    COMM 10H

    Fundamentals of Oral Communication - HONORS

• COMM 40

  Argumentation and Advocacy

  • COMM 8

    Argumentation and Critical Inquiry in Oral Communication

  • or
    COMM 8H

    Argumentation and Critical Inquiry in Oral Communication - HONORS

• COMM 41

  Critical Decision Making

  No Current Articulation

• COMM 45

  Media and Culture

  No Current Articulation

Agreement year 2026-27, 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 Jose State majors from De Anza

• African-American StudiesDe Anza → San Jose State
• Animation/IllustrationDe Anza → San Jose State
• AnthropologyDe Anza → San Jose State
• Anthropology, B.A. (SJSU Online)De Anza → San Jose State
• Applied Mathematics, Concentration in Computational ScienceDe Anza → San Jose State
• Applied Mathematics, Concentration in Discrete MathematicsDe Anza → San Jose State
• Art History and Visual CultureDe Anza → San Jose State
• Art, Concentration in Digital Media ArtDe Anza → San Jose State

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