Game Design & Interactive Media

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.

• 10Mapped preparation courses
• 7Scheduled Fall 2026
• 5With open seats reported
• 47Current 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 23, STAT C1000H, CIS 9. 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 23Engineering StatisticsNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
2. CIS 11Foundations of Data Science for AllOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 2 seats reported this term.
3. CIS 41APython ProgrammingOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 20 seats reported this term.
4. CIS 41BAdvanced Python ProgrammingOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 17 seats reported this term.
5. POLI 20Introduction to Statistics for the Behavioral and Social SciencesOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 39 seats reported this term.
6. STAT C1000Introduction to StatisticsOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 244 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.

• STATS 67Recommended

  Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Computer Science

  • MATH 23

    Engineering Statistics

• STATS 7Recommended

  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

• STATS 6

  Introduction to Data Science

  • CIS 9 + CIS 11

    Introduction to Data Science · Foundations of Data Science for All

• I&C SCI 31 + I&C SCI 32 + I&C SCI 33Check on ASSIST

  Introduction to Programming

  • CIS 40 + CIS 41B + CIS 41A

    Introduction to Programming in Python · Advanced Python Programming · Python Programming

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

Common questions