Child Development

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.

• 25Mapped preparation courses
• 13Scheduled Winter 2027
• 13With open seats reported
• 46Current 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: POLS C1000, ENGL C1002, ENGL 22, CHLD 86B, THTR 8, ENGL C1000H, ENGL C1001H, CHLD 56, COMM C1000, STAT C1000, BIOL 15, ASTR 10B. 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. CHLD 86BPracticum Student Teaching in an Early Childhood ProgramNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
2. STAT C1000Introduction to StatisticsNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
3. CHLD 8Child, Family & CommunityOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 72 seats reported this term.
4. COMM 1BArgumentation & PersuasionOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 30 seats reported this term.
5. ENGL 31Latino/a LiteratureOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
6. GEOG 1Physical GeographyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 210 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

Left: what CSU Los Angeles requires. Right: the Foothill College course or courses ASSIST accepts for it. Alternatives are labelled or; courses joined by + are all required together.

• POLS 1000Check on ASSIST

  Power, Politics and Engagement: Introduction to Government in the U.S.

  • POLS C1000

    American Government and Politics

• ENGL 2700

  Why Literature Matters

  • ENGL C1002

    Introduction to Literature

• ENGL 2730

  Fictions of Gender and Sexuality

  • ENGL 22

    Women Writers

• SPAN 2420

  Hispanic Societies through Literature

  • ENGL 31

    Latino/a Literature

• CHDV 2200

  The Young Child

  • CHLD 86B

    Practicum Student Teaching in an Early Childhood Program

• LBS 2340

  Multicultural Arts, L.A.

  • THTR 8

    Multicultural Theatre Arts in Modern America

• CHDV 2200

  The Young Child

  • CHLD 86B

    Practicum Student Teaching in an Early Childhood Program

• CHDV 2500

  Child, Family and Community

  • CHLD 8

    Child, Family & Community

• ENGL 1010Check on ASSIST

  Accelerated College Writing

  • ENGL C1000

    Academic Reading and Writing

  • or
    ENGL C1000H

    Academic Reading and Writing - Honors

  • or
    ESLL 26

    Advanced Composition & Reading

• ENGL 1050Check on ASSIST

  Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking

  • ENGL C1001

    Critical Thinking and Writing

  • or
    ENGL C1001H

    Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors

• COMM 1200Check on ASSIST

  Argumentation

  • COMM 1B

    Argumentation & Persuasion

• PHIL 1600Check on ASSIST

  Critical Thinking and Composition

  • PHIL 1

    Critical Thinking & Writing

• HIST 2010

  Early American History

  • HIST 17A + HIST 17B

    History of the United States to 1815 · History of the United States from 1812 to 1914

• CHDV 1400

  Development Across the Lifespan (Conception to Adolescence)

  • CHLD 1 + CHLD 2

    Child Growth & Development: Prenatal through Early Childhood · Child Growth & Development II: Middle Childhood through Adolescence

• CHDV 2000

  Techniques for the Study of Children

  • CHLD 56

    Observation & Assessment

• COMM 1100

  Oral Communication

  • COMM C1000

    Introduction to Public Speaking

• MATH 1090

  Quantitative Reasoning with Statistics, with Lab

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

• MATH 1092

  Quantitative Reasoning with Statistics

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

• BIOL 1010Check on ASSIST

  General Biology

  • BIOL 15

    California Ecology/Natural History

• GEOG 1600Check on ASSIST

  Nature and Society: Physical Geography

  • GEOG 1

    Physical Geography

• ASTR 1600Check on ASSIST

  Space, Time and the Universe

  • ASTR 10L + ASTR 10B

    Astronomy Laboratory · General Astronomy: Stars, Galaxies, Cosmology

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 CSU Los Angeles majors from Foothill

• Business Administration, B.S. - Option in Business PrelegalFoothill → CSU Los Angeles
• AnthropologyFoothill → CSU Los Angeles
• Applied ScienceFoothill → CSU Los Angeles
• ArtFoothill → CSU Los Angeles
• Asian and Asian American StudiesFoothill → CSU Los Angeles
• Aviation AdministrationFoothill → CSU Los Angeles
• BiochemistryFoothill → CSU Los Angeles
• BiologyFoothill → CSU Los Angeles

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