Discover Your Village!

For this year's Commencement, all graduates will line up by Village and march into the main hall with fellow grads from their Village.

Click each of the red bars below to see a list of degrees that are associated with the six Villages at De Anza College. Visit the Villages website to learn more.


Artistic Expression

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Artistic Expression Degrees

  • Art History
  • Ceramics
  • Film and Television
  • Graphic and Interactive Design
  • Liberal Arts: Arts and Letters Emphasis (or, you can choose the Language and Communication Village)
  • Music
  • Painting
  • Photographic Arts
  • Professional Photography
  • Sculpture
  • Studio Arts
  • Spatial Art

Business and Finance

Business and Finance

Business + Finance Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Business Administration and Business Administration for Transfer
  • Liberal Arts: Business and Computer Information Systems emphasis (or, you can choose the Physical Sciences and Technology Village)
  • Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Project Management (or, you can choose the Physical Sciences and Technology Village)
  • Real Estate

Health and Life Sciences

Health and Life Sciences

Health + Life Sciences Degrees

  • Biology and Biological Sciences
  • Energy Management and Building Science
  • Environmental Resource Management and Pollution Prefention
  • Environmental Studies
  • Facility and Sustainable Building Management
  • Health Technologies (Medical Assisting)
  • Kinesiology
  • Liberal Arts: Science, Math and Engineering Emphasis (or, you can choose the Physical Sciences and Technology Village)
  • Medical Laboratory Technology
  • Nursing (Registered Nurse and LVN Transition to RN)

Language and Communication

Language and Communication

Language + Communication Degrees

  • Communication Studies
  • English
  • Journalism
  • Liberal Arts: Arts and Letters Emphasis (or, you can choose the Artistic Expression Village)
  • World Languages

Physical Sciences and Technology

Physical Sciences and Technology

Physical Sciences + Technology Degrees

  • Automotive Technician
  • Automotive Technology
  • Computer Information Systems 
  • Design and Manufacturing Technologies:
    • CNC Machinist
    • CNC R&D Machinist
    • Product Model Making
  • Liberal Arts: Business and Computer Information Systems Emphasis (or, you can choose the Business and Finance Village)
  • Liberal Arts: Science, Math and Engineering Emphasis (or, you can choose the Health and Life Sciences Village)
  • Mathematics
  • Project Management (or, you can choose the Business and Finance Village)

Social Sciences and Humanities

Social Sciences and Humanities

Social Sciences + Humanities Degrees

  • Administration of Justice
    • Corrections/Probation
    • Law Enforcement
    • Law, Public Policy and Society
    • Private Security
  • Anthropology
  • Child Development and Early Childhood Education
  • Economics
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Global (International) Studies
  • History
  • Intercultural Studies
  • Liberal Arts: Social and Behavioral Sciences Emphasis
  • Paralegal Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Social Justice Studies
  • Sociology

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