Psychological and Brain Sciences

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.

• 68Mapped preparation courses
• 44Scheduled Fall 2026
• 21With open seats reported
• 250Current 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: BIOL 10H, ANTH 1H, PHIL 7, PHIL 7H, BIOL 6AH, BIOL 6B, BIOL 6C, BIOL 6CH, CHEM 1AH, CHEM 1BH, CHEM 1CH, CIS 22BH, CIS 26A, CIS 26B, CIS 26BH, CIS 5, PHYS 2B, PHIL 8H, ANTH 2H, PHYS 2C, PSYC C1000, MATH 17, MATH 23, STAT C1000H. 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. PHYS 4APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: MechanicsWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 3 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
2. MATH 12Introductory Calculus for Business and Social ScienceWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
3. PHYS 2AGeneral Physics I Waitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
4. GEOL 10Introductory GeologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 28 seats reported this term.
5. GEO 4Cultural GeographyFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. LING 1Introduction to LinguisticsWaitlist
   • 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 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

• PHYS 7A

  Basic Physics

  • PHYS 4A

    Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics

• PHYS 7B

  Basic Physics

  • PHYS 4B + PHYS 4C

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

• LING 20

  Language and Linguistics

  • LING 1

    Introduction to Linguistics

• ENV S 2

  Introduction to Environmental Science

  • ESCI 1

    Environmental Science

  • or
    ESCI 19

    Environmental Biology

• MCDB 20

  Concepts of Biology

  • BIOL 10

    Introductory Biology

  • or
    BIOL 10H

    Introductory Biology - HONORS

• ANTH 5

  Introductory Biological Anthropology

  • ANTH 1

    Physical Anthropology

  • or
    ANTH 1H

    Physical Anthropology - HONORS

• PHIL 3

  Critical Thinking

  • PHIL 7

    Deductive Logic

  • or
    PHIL 7H

    Deductive Logic - HONORS

• PHYS 1

  Basic Physics

  • PHYS 4A

    Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics

• EARTH 2

  Principles of Physical Geology

  • GEOL 10

    Introductory Geology

• PHYS 6A

  Introductory Physics

  • PHYS 2A

    General Physics I

• MCDB 1B

  Introductory Biology II - Physiology

  • 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

• MATH 4A

  Linear Algebra with Applications

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

  • or
    MATH 2BH

    Linear Algebra - HONORS

• CHEM 1C

  General Chemistry

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

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

• ECON 1

  Principles of Economics-Micro

  • ECON 2

    Principles of Microeconomics

  • or
    ECON 2H

    Principles of Microeconomics - HONORS

• CMPSC 16

  Problem Solving with Computers I

  • CIS 22B

    Intermediate Programming Methodologies in C++

  • or
    CIS 22BH

    Intermediate Programming Methodologies in C++ - HONORS

  • or
    CIS 26A

    C as a Second Programming Language

  • or
    CIS 26B

    Advanced C Programming

  • or
    CIS 26BH

    Advanced C Programming - HONORS

• CMPSC 8

  Introduction to Computer Science

  • CIS 5

    Swift Programming

  • or
    CIS 22A

    Beginning Programming Methodologies in C++

  • or
    CIS 35A

    Java Programming

  • or
    CIS 40

    Introduction to Programming in Python

  • or
    CIS 41A

    Python Programming

• GEOG 5

  People, Place and Environment

  • GEO 4

    Cultural Geography

• MATH 4B

  Differential Equations

  • MATH 2A

    Differential Equations

  • or
    MATH 2AH

    Differential Equations - HONORS

• PHYS 3

  Basic Physics

  • PHYS 4C + PHYS 4B

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

• ECON 2

  Principles of Economics-Macro

  • ECON 1

    Principles of Macroeconomics

  • or
    ECON 1H

    Principles of Macroeconomics - HONORS

• PHYS 6B

  Introductory Physics

  • PHYS 2B + PHYS 2A

    General Physics II · General Physics I

• PHIL 4

  Introduction to Ethics

  • PHIL 8

    Ethics

  • or
    PHIL 8H

    Ethics - HONORS

• EEMB 3

  Introductory Biology III

  • 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

• ANTH 2

  Introductory Cultural Anthropology

  • ANTH 2

    Cultural Anthropology

  • or
    ANTH 2H

    Cultural Anthropology - HONORS

• PHYS 2

  Basic Physics

  • PHYS 4C + PHYS 4A

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

• POL S 1

  Introduction to Political Philosophy

  • POLI 5

    Introduction to Political Thought and Theory

• PHYS 6C

  Introductory Physics

  • PHYS 2C

    General Physics III

• 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

• MATH 34B

  Calculus for Social and Life Sciences

  • MATH 12

    Introductory Calculus for Business and Social Science

• PSY 1Recommended

  Introduction to Psychology

  • PSYC C1000

    Introduction to Psychology

• MATH 34ARecommended

  Calculus for Social and Life Sciences

  • MATH 12

    Introductory Calculus for Business and Social Science

• MATH 3ARecommended

  Calculus with Applications, First Course

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus I

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Calculus I - HONORS

• PSTAT 5ARecommended

  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

• PSY 10B

  Statistical Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• PSY 10A

  Research Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• CHEM 1A + CHEM 1BRecommended

  General Chemistry

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

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

• MCDB 6 + EEMB 7

  Principles of Molecular and Cellular Biology for Brain Sciences

  These Courses are Never Articulated

• MCDB 1A + EEMB 2

  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

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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