Foothill College
C S 3B
INTERMEDIATE SOFTWARE DESIGN IN PYTHON · 4.5 units · used in 42 transfer pathways
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Where this page’s information comes from
- Foothill catalogcourse record · 2026-2027
- FHDA class listingsWinter 2027 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
Systematic treatment of intermediate concepts in computer science through the study of Python object-oriented programming (OOP). Coding topics include Python sequences, user-defined classes and interfaces, modules, packages, collection classes, threads, lambda expressions, list comprehensions, regular expressions and multi-dimensional arrays. Concept topics include OOP project design, recursion, inheritance, polymorphism, functional programming, linked-lists, FIFOs, LIFOs, event-driven parsing, exceptions, and guarded code.
Sections this term
Winter 2027 · updated Oct 18, 11:09 PM UTCC S 3BINTERMEDIATE SOFTWARE DESIGN IN PYTHONOpen3 sections · 120 seats reported · 3 instructors
- CRN 31163 · 02WOpen · 40
- CRN 31393 · 03WOpen · 40
- CRN 31635 · 01YOpen · 40
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
C S 3AOBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING METHODOLOGIES IN PYTHONCatalog wording: “C S 3A.”
Advisory: “Advisory: Demonstrated proficiency in English by placement via multiple measures OR through an equivalent placement process OR completion of ESLL 125 & ESLL 249.”
What this course unlocks
Foothill courses that list C S 3B as a prerequisite.
Transfer pathways that use C S 3B
ASSIST maps C S 3B to a requirement in 42 published pathways from Foothill College — 24 shown.
- COMPUTER ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- COMPUTER SCIENCEFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- LIBERAL ARTS AND ENGINEERING STUDIESFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- MATHEMATICSFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- STATISTICSFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Business Information ManagementFoothill → UC Irvine
- Cognitive SciencesFoothill → UC Irvine
- Computer Science and EngineeringFoothill → UC Irvine
- Computer ScienceFoothill → UC Irvine
- Data ScienceFoothill → UC Irvine
- InformaticsFoothill → UC Irvine
- Software EngineeringFoothill → UC Irvine
- Actuarial ScienceFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- Applied MathematicsFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- Electrical EngineeringFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- Financial Mathematics and StatisticsFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- MathematicsFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- MathematicsFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- Statistics and Data ScienceFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- Statistics and Data ScienceFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- Computer EngineeringFoothill → CSU Chico
- Computer Information SystemsFoothill → CSU Chico
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