Environmental Science and Policy

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
• 14Scheduled Fall 2026
• 8With open seats reported
• 86Current 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: SOC 14, BIOL 6B, BIOL 6C, BIOL 6AH, BIOL 6CH, STAT C1000H, MATH 17, PHYS 2B, PHYS 2C, CHEM 1AH, CHEM 1CH, CHEM 1BH. 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. E S 1Introduction to Environmental StudiesOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 79 seats reported this term.
2. PHYS 4BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and MagnetismOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 39 seats reported this term.
3. PHYS 4CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Fluids, Waves, Optics and ThermodynamicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 11 seats reported this term.
4. BIOL 6BCell and Molecular BiologyNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
5. PHYS 4APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: MechanicsWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. POLI 20Introduction to Statistics for the Behavioral and Social SciencesOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 3 separate requirements.
   • 39 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

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

• PHYSICS 7E

  Classical Physics

  • PHYS 4C

    Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Fluids, Waves, Optics and Thermodynamics

• SOCECOL 10

  Research Design

  • PSYC 2

    Research Methods in Psychology

  • or
    PSYC 15

    Statistics and Research Methods in Social Science

  • or
    SOC 14

    The Process of Social Research

  • or
    SOC 15

    Statistics and Research Methods in Social Science

• UPPP 8

  Introduction to Environmental Analysis and Design

  • E S 1

    Introduction to Environmental Studies

• BIO SCI 93

  DNA to Organisms

  • BIOL 6B

    Cell and Molecular Biology

• BIO SCI 94

  Organisms to Ecosystems

  • BIOL 6C + BIOL 6A

    Ecology and Evolution · Form and Function in the Biological World

  • or
    BIOL 6AH + BIOL 6CH

    Form and Function in the Biological World - HONORS · Ecology and Evolution - HONORS

• STATS 8

  Introduction to Biological Statistics

  • STAT C1000 + STAT C1000H + SOC 15 + POLI 20

    Introduction to Statistics · Introduction to Statistics - HONORS · Statistics and Research Methods in Social Science · Introduction to Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

• STATS 7

  Basic Statistics

  • STAT C1000 + STAT C1000H + PSYC 15 + POLI 20

    Introduction to Statistics · Introduction to Statistics - HONORS · Statistics and Research Methods in Social Science · Introduction to Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

• SOCECOL 13

  Statistical Analysis in Social Ecology

  • STAT C1000 + MATH 17 + STAT C1000H + PSYC 15 + POLI 20

    Introduction to Statistics · Integrated Statistics 2 · Introduction to Statistics - HONORS · Statistics and Research Methods in Social Science · Introduction to Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

• PHYSICS 3A + PHYSICS 3B + PHYSICS 3LB + PHYSICS 3C + PHYSICS 3LC

  Basic Physics I

  • PHYS 2A + PHYS 2B + PHYS 2C

    General Physics I · General Physics II · General Physics III

  Effective next fall, this articulation is no longer valid

• PHYSICS 7C + PHYSICS 7LC

  Classical Physics

  • PHYS 4A

    Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics

• PHYSICS 7D + PHYSICS 7LD

  Classical Physics

  • PHYS 4B

    Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and Magnetism

• CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C + CHEM 1LC + CHEM 1LD

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C + CHEM 1A

    General Chemistry II · General Chemistry III · General Chemistry I

  • or
    CHEM 1AH + CHEM 1CH + CHEM 1BH

    General Chemistry I - HONORS · General Chemistry III - HONORS · General Chemistry II - HONORS

• SOC SCI 10A + SOC SCI 10B + SOC SCI 10C

  Probability and Statistics in the Social Sciences I

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

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 UC Irvine majors from De Anza

• Accounting (Minor in)De Anza → UC Irvine
• Aerospace EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
• African American StudiesDe Anza → UC Irvine
• AnthropologyDe Anza → UC Irvine
• Applied PhysicsDe Anza → UC Irvine
• Applied and Computational MathematicsDe Anza → UC Irvine
• Art HistoryDe Anza → UC Irvine
• ArtDe Anza → UC Irvine

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