MARINE SCIENCES

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.

• 23Mapped preparation courses
• 19Scheduled Winter 2027
• 19With open seats reported
• 58Current 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: MATH 1AH, PHYS 2C, 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. BIOL 1APrinciples of Cell BiologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 56 seats reported this term.
2. BIOL 1CEvolution, Systematics & EcologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 28 seats reported this term.
3. CHEM 1BGeneral ChemistryOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 112 seats reported this term.
4. MATH 1ACalculusOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 255 seats reported this term.
5. MATH 1BCalculusOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 360 seats reported this term.
6. MATH 1BHHonors Calculus IIOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

Left: what Cal Poly San Luis Obispo requires. Right: the Foothill College course or courses ASSIST accepts for it. Alternatives are labelled or; courses joined by + are all required together.

• MATH 1261

  Calculus I

  • MATH 1A + MATH 1AH + MATH 1B + MATH 1BH

    Calculus · Honors Calculus I · Honors Calculus II

• MATH 1264

  Calculus for Data Science I

  • MATH 1A + MATH 1AH + MATH 1B + MATH 1BH

    Calculus · Honors Calculus I · Honors Calculus II

• PHYS 1121

  College Physics I

  • PHYS 2A + PHYS 2B

    General Physics

  Labs must be completed in person

• PHYS 1141

  General Physics I

  • PHYS 4A + PHYS 4B

    General Physics (Calculus)

  Labs must be completed in person

• PHYS 1123

  College Physics II

  • PHYS 2B + PHYS 2C

    General Physics

  Labs must be completed in person

• PHYS 1143

  General Physics II

  • PHYS 4B + PHYS 4C

    General Physics (Calculus)

  Labs must be completed in person

• CHEM 1120

  Fundamentals of Chemical Structure and Properties

  • CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B

    General Chemistry

• BIO 1150

  Life: History and Diversity

  • BIOL 1C

    Evolution, Systematics & Ecology

• STAT 1110

  Applied Statistical Concepts and Methods

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics II

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  • or
    SOC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

• BIO 1151

  Life: Molecules and Cells

  • BIOL 1A

    Principles of Cell Biology

• CHEM 1122

  Fundamentals of Chemical Reactivity

  • CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C

    General Chemistry · General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis

• CHEM 2242

  Organic Chemistry I

  • CHEM 12A + CHEM 12AL + CHEM 12B + CHEM 12BL

    Organic Chemistry · Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Agreement year 2026-27, 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 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo majors from Foothill

• AEROSPACE ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• AGRICULTURAL SCIENCEFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENTFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• ANIMAL SCIENCEFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHYFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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