Communication: Media Industries and Communication

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.

• 21Mapped preparation courses
• 12Scheduled Fall 2026
• 7With open seats reported
• 85Current 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: EWRT 40, EWRT 41, EWRT 42, THEA 1, CIS 36A, STAT C1000H, MATH 17, SOC 14, ACCT 1AH. 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 11Foundations of Data Science for AllOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 2 seats reported this term.
3. CIS 41APython ProgrammingOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 20 seats reported this term.
4. PSYC 2Research Methods in Psychology Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 5 seats reported this term.
5. THEA 20ATheory and Technique of Acting (Introduction)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 8 seats reported this term.
6. EWRT 40Fiction WritingNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.

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.

• LTWR 8A

  Writing Fiction

  • EWRT 40

    Fiction Writing

• LTWR 8B

  Writing Poetry

  • EWRT 41

    Poetry Writing

• LTWR 8C

  Writing Nonfiction

  • EWRT 42

    Introduction to Creative Nonfiction and Memoir Writing

• TDAC 1

  Introduction to Acting

  • THEA 20A

    Theory and Technique of Acting (Introduction)

• TDGE 1

  Introduction to Theatre

  • THEA 1

    Appreciation of Theatre

• COGS 1

  Introduction to Cognitive Science

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• COGS 18

  Introduction to Python

  • CIS 40

    Introduction to Programming in Python

• CSE 6R

  Introduction to Computer Science and Object-Oriented Programming: Python

  • CIS 41A

    Python Programming

• 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

• DSC 10

  Principles of Data Science

  • CIS 11

    Foundations of Data Science for All

• COGS 14A

  Introduction to Research Methods

  • PSYC 2

    Research Methods in Psychology

• POLI 5

  Data Analytics for the Social Sciences

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• PSYC 60

  Introduction to Statistics

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    STAT C1000H

    Introduction to Statistics - HONORS

  • or
    MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics 2

  • or
    PSYC 15

    Statistics and Research Methods in Social Science

  • or
    POLI 20

    Introduction to Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

• SOCI 60

  Practice of Social Research

  • SOC 14

    The Process of Social Research

• VIS 10

  Computing in the Arts Lecture Series

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• ECON 1

  Principles of Microeconomics

  • ECON 2

    Principles of Microeconomics

  • or
    ECON 2H

    Principles of Microeconomics - HONORS

• MGT 45

  Principles of Accounting

  • ACCT 1A

    Financial Accounting I

  • or
    ACCT 1AH

    Financial Accounting I - 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 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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