Cognitive Science

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.

• 8Mapped preparation courses
• 6Scheduled Fall 2026
• 2With open seats reported
• 17Current sections

Sections offered at Foothill College this term for the courses listed in this agreement. Open one to see instructors, meeting times and CRNs.

Not scheduled at Foothill College this term: STAT C1000, MATH 17. 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. C S 8AIntroduction to Data ScienceOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 14 seats reported this term.
2. PSYC 4Introduction to BiopsychologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 17 seats reported this term.
3. ENGR 11Programming & Problem-Solving in MATLABWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
4. MATH 22Discrete MathematicsFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
5. MATH 1ACalculusWaitlist
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. MATH 1AHHonors Calculus I Waitlist
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate 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 Berkeley requires. Right: the Foothill College course or courses ASSIST accepts for it. Alternatives are labelled or; courses joined by + are all required together.

• PSYCH C61

  Brain, Mind, and Behavior

  • PSYC 4

    Introduction to Biopsychology

• MATH 55

  Discrete Mathematics

  • MATH 22

    Discrete Mathematics

• COMPSCI 70

  Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• ENGIN 7

  Introduction to Computer Programming for Scientists and Engineers (MATLAB)

  • ENGR 11

    Programming & Problem-Solving in MATLAB

  Effective next fall, this articulation will be revised

• DATA C88C

  Computational Structures in Data Science

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• COMPSCI C8

  Foundations of Data Science

  • C S 8A

    Introduction to Data Science

• STAT 2

  Introduction to Statistics

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics II

• STAT 20

  Introduction to Probability and Statistics

  No Course Articulated

  This course has a prerequisite of one semester of calculus

• MATH 16A

  Analytic Geometry and Calculus

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

• MATH 51

  Calculus I

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

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

De Anza 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 Foothill 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 Berkeley majors from Foothill

• Aerospace EngineeringFoothill → UC Berkeley
• African American StudiesFoothill → UC Berkeley
• American StudiesFoothill → UC Berkeley
• AnalyticsFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Ancient Greek and Roman CivilizationsFoothill → UC Berkeley
• AnthropologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
• ArchitectureFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Art (Practice of)Foothill → UC Berkeley

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