Environmental 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.

• 60Mapped preparation courses
• 39Scheduled Fall 2026
• 21With open seats reported
• 216Current 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: ECON 3H, MATH 17, MATH 23, STAT C1000H, CETH 11, PHIL 8H, ANTH 2H, INTL 5, POLS C1000, POLS C1000H, PSYC C1000, NAIS 14, CHEM 1AH, CHEM 1BH, CHEM 1CH, BIOL 6AH, BIOL 6B, BIOL 6C, BIOL 6CH, PHYS 2C, PHYS 2B. 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. GEO 1Physical GeographyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 48 seats reported this term.
2. GEOL 10Introductory GeologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 28 seats reported this term.
3. MET 10Weather and Climate ProcessesOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 7 seats reported this term.
4. POLI 2Comparative PoliticsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 12 seats reported this term.
5. SOC 1Introduction to SociologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 5 seats reported this term.
6. WMST 24Women and Gender in Global PerspectivesOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 23 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

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

• ENV S 1

  Introduction to Environmental Studies

  • E S 1

    Introduction to Environmental Studies

  • or
    E S 2

    Introduction to Sustainability

• ENV S 2

  Introduction to Environmental Science

  • ESCI 1

    Environmental Science

  • or
    ESCI 19

    Environmental Biology

• ECON 1

  Principles of Economics-Micro

  • ECON 2

    Principles of Microeconomics

  • or
    ECON 2H

    Principles of Microeconomics - HONORS

• ECON 2

  Principles of Economics-Macro

  • ECON 1

    Principles of Macroeconomics

  • or
    ECON 1H

    Principles of Macroeconomics - HONORS

• ENV S 30

  Introduction to Environmental Economics

  • ECON 3

    Environmental Economics

  • or
    ECON 3H

    Environmental Economics - HONORS

• EARTH 2

  Principles of Physical Geology

  • GEOL 10

    Introductory Geology

• EARTH 4

  Introduction to Oceanography

  • GEOL 20

    General Oceanography

• GEOG 3

  Oceans and Atmosphere

  • MET 10

    Weather and Climate Processes

• GEOG 4

  Land, Water and Life

  • GEO 1

    Physical Geography

• MATH 3A

  Calculus with Applications, First Course

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus I

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Calculus I - HONORS

• MATH 3B

  Calculus with Applications, Second Course

  • MATH 1B + MATH 1BH + MATH 1C + MATH 1CH

    Calculus II · Calculus II - HONORS · Calculus III · Calculus III - HONORS

• PSTAT 5A

  Understanding Data

  • MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics 2

  • or
    MATH 23

    Engineering Statistics

  • or
    POLI 20

    Introduction to Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

  • or
    PSYC 15

    Statistics and Research Methods in Social Science

  • or
    SOC 15

    Statistics and Research Methods in Social Science

  • or
    STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    STAT C1000H

    Introduction to Statistics - HONORS

• ECON 5

  Statistics for Economics

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• BL ST 4

  Critical Race Theory

  • CETH 11

    Race and Ethnicity: Belonging and Exclusion in the U.S.

• FEMST 50

  Global Feminisms and Social Justice

  • WMST 24

    Women and Gender in Global Perspectives

• PHIL 4

  Introduction to Ethics

  • PHIL 8

    Ethics

  • or
    PHIL 8H

    Ethics - HONORS

• POL S 1

  Introduction to Political Philosophy

  • POLI 5

    Introduction to Political Thought and Theory

• ANTH 2

  Introductory Cultural Anthropology

  • ANTH 2

    Cultural Anthropology

  • or
    ANTH 2H

    Cultural Anthropology - HONORS

• GEOG 5

  People, Place and Environment

  • GEO 4

    Cultural Geography

• GLOBL 2

  Global Socioeconomic and Political Processes

  • INTL 5

    Contemporary Global Issues

• POL S 6

  Introduction to Comparative Politics

  • POLI 2

    Comparative Politics

• POL S 7

  Introduction to International Relations

  • POLI 3

    International Relations

• POL S 12

  American Government and Politics

  • POLS C1000

    American Government and Politics

  • or
    POLS C1000H

    American Government and Politics - HONORS

• PSY 1

  Introduction to Psychology

  • PSYC C1000

    Introduction to Psychology

• RG ST 14

  Introduction to Native American Religious Studies

  • NAIS 14

    Ethnic Studies and the Religious Traditions of Native Americans

• SOC 1

  Introduction to Sociology

  • SOC 1

    Introduction to Sociology

• CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C + CHEM 2AL + CHEM 2BL

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1A + CHEM 1AH + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1BH + CHEM 1C + CHEM 1CH

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

• MCDB 1A + MCDB 1B + MCDB 1LL + EEMB 2 + EEMB 2LL + EEMB 3

  Introductory Biology I

  • BIOL 6A + BIOL 6AH + BIOL 6B + BIOL 6C + BIOL 6CH

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

• PHYS 6A + PHYS 6AL + PHYS 6B + PHYS 6BL + PHYS 6C + PHYS 6CL

  Introductory Physics

  • PHYS 2C + PHYS 2B + PHYS 2A

    General Physics III · General Physics II · General Physics I

• PHYS 7A + PHYS 7B + PHYS 7C + PHYS 7L

  Basic Physics

  • PHYS 4A + PHYS 4B + PHYS 4C

    Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics · Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and Magnetism · Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Fluids, Waves, Optics and Thermodynamics

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 Santa Barbara majors from De Anza

• Actuarial ScienceDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• AnthropologyDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• Anthropology, B.A. - Archaeology EmphasisDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• Anthropology, B.A. - Biological EmphasisDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• Anthropology, B.A. - Cultural EmphasisDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• Applied MathematicsDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• Aquatic BiologyDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• ArtDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara

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