PLANT 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.

• 15Mapped preparation courses
• 11Scheduled Fall 2026
• 6With open seats reported
• 37Current 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: HORT 90L, HORT 31, 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. ACTG 1AFinancial Accounting IOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 13 seats reported this term.
2. SPAN 1Elementary Spanish IOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 22 seats reported this term.
3. SPAN 2Elementary Spanish IIOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 19 seats reported this term.
4. BIOL 41MicrobiologyFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
5. CHEM 1AGeneral ChemistryWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. CHEM 1BGeneral ChemistryWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's 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 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.

• PLSC 124

  Plant Propagation

  • HORT 90L + HORT 31

    Plant Propagation: Basic Skills · Horticultural Practices: Plant Propagation

• BUS 212

  Financial Accounting for Nonbusiness Majors

  • ACTG 1A

    Financial Accounting I

• MCRO 221

  Microbiology

  • BIOL 41

    Microbiology

• SPAN 101

  Elementary Spanish I

  • SPAN 1

    Elementary Spanish I

• SPAN 102

  Elementary Spanish II

  • SPAN 2

    Elementary Spanish II

• SPAN 103

  Elementary Spanish III

  • SPAN 3

    Elementary Spanish III

• CHEM 128

  General Chemistry for Agriculture and Life Science II

  • CHEM 1B

    General Chemistry

• STAT 218

  Applied Statistics for the Life Sciences

  • 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

• MATH 118

  Pre-Calculus Algebra

  • MATH 48A + MATH 48B

    Precalculus I · Precalculus II

• CHEM 127

  General Chemistry for Agriculture and Life Science I

  • CHEM 1A

    General Chemistry

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 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo majors from Foothill

• AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• BIOCHEMISTRYFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• CIVIL ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• PHYSICSFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• RECREATION, PARKS AND TOURISM ADMINISTRATIONFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• LIBERAL STUDIESFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• BIORESOURCE AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• COMMUNICATION STUDIESFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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