Cognitive Science B.S. Specialization in Design and Interaction

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.

• 17Mapped preparation courses
• 15Scheduled Fall 2026
• 6With open seats reported
• 110Current 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: CIS 36B, CIS 36A. 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. CIS 40Introduction to Programming in PythonFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
2. CIS 41APython ProgrammingOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 20 seats reported this term.
3. PSYC 2Research Methods in Psychology Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 5 seats reported this term.
4. MATH 12Introductory Calculus for Business and Social ScienceWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
5. PSYC 24Introduction to PsychobiologyWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. CIS 22ABeginning Programming Methodologies in C++Open
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 5 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

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

• MATH 10A

  Calculus I

  • MATH 12

    Introductory Calculus for Business and Social Science

• MATH 20A

  Calculus for Science and Engineering

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus I

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Calculus I - HONORS

• MATH 20B

  Calculus for Science and Engineering

  • MATH 1B

    Calculus II

  • or
    MATH 1BH

    Calculus II - HONORS

• MATH 18

  Linear Algebra

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

  • or
    MATH 2BH

    Linear Algebra - HONORS

• COGS 14A

  Introduction to Research Methods

  • PSYC 2

    Research Methods in Psychology

• COGS 14B

  Introduction to Statistical Analysis

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    PSYC 15

    Statistics and Research Methods in Social Science

• COGS 1

  Introduction to Cognitive Science

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• COGS 17

  Neurobiology of Cognition

  • PSYC 24

    Introduction to Psychobiology

• COGS 18

  Introduction to Python

  • CIS 40

    Introduction to Programming in Python

• CSE 11

  Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated Pace

  • CIS 35A

    Java Programming

  • or
    CIS 36B

    Intermediate Problem Solving in Java

• CSE 8A

  Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving I

  • CIS 22A

    Beginning Programming Methodologies in C++

  • or
    CIS 36A

    Introduction to Computer Programming Using Java

  • or
    CIS 40

    Introduction to Programming in Python

• CSE 6R

  Introduction to Computer Science and Object-Oriented Programming: Python

  • CIS 41A

    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 San Diego majors from De Anza

• Accounting Minor: Rady School of ManagementDe Anza → UC San Diego
• Anthropology B.A. with Concentration in ArchaeologyDe Anza → UC San Diego
• Anthropology B.A. with Concentration in Biological AnthropologyDe Anza → UC San Diego
• Anthropology B.A. with Concentration in Climate Change and Human SolutionsDe Anza → UC San Diego
• Anthropology B.A. with Concentration in Sociocultural AnthropologyDe Anza → UC San Diego
• Anthropology: Biological AnthropologyDe Anza → UC San Diego
• Anthropology: Environmental AnthropologyDe Anza → UC San Diego
• Art: Art History/Criticism B.A. (Visual Arts)De Anza → UC San Diego

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