Liberal Studies

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.

• 20Mapped preparation courses
• 11Scheduled Winter 2027
• 11With open seats reported
• 29Current 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: EDUC 2, HIST 3B, HIST 3A, GEOG 20, MATH 42, ART 19A, STAT C1000, MATH 17, PSE 20. 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. HIST 17AHistory of the United States to 1815Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 80 seats reported this term.
2. ART 4AFundamentals in DrawingOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 50 seats reported this term.
3. BIOL 10General Biology: Basic PrinciplesOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 139 seats reported this term.
4. ECON C2002Principles of Macroeconomics Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 200 seats reported this term.
5. EDUC 2Introduction to Elementary EducationNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
6. GEOG 20Introduction to Earth ScienceNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

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

• LS 242SCheck on ASSIST

  Service Learning in Public Schools

  • EDUC 2

    Introduction to Elementary Education

• GS 214Check on ASSIST

  Global History I: to 1500

  • HIST 3B + HIST 3A

    World History from 750 CE to 1750 CE · World History From Prehistory to 750 CE

• HCOM 251

  Introduction to US History

  • HIST 17A

    History of the United States to 1815

• SSCI 111

  United States History to 1890

  • HIST 17A

    History of the United States to 1815

• BIO 204Check on ASSIST

  Introduction to Life Sciences

  • BIOL 10

    General Biology: Basic Principles

• GEOL 210Check on ASSIST

  Earth Science for Teachers

  • GEOG 20

    Introduction to Earth Science

• MATH 100Check on ASSIST

  Quantitative Literacy

  • MATH 42

    Math for Elementary School Teachers

• HDFS 200Check on ASSIST

  Intro to Child Development

  • CHLD 2 + CHLD 1

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

  • or
    PSYC 14

    Child & Adolescent Development

• BUS 201

  Macro Economics

  • ECON C2002

    Principles of Macroeconomics

• VPA 215

  Beginning Drawing

  • ART 4A

    Fundamentals in Drawing

• VPA 218

  Intro to Painting

  • ART 19A

    Oil Painting I

  • or
    ART 19B

    Acrylic Painting I

• STAT 100

  Introduction to Statistics

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  • or
    SOC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  • or
    C S 8A

    Introduction to Data Science

• BUS 204

  Business Mathematics and Statistics

  • 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

• PHYS 121 + PHYS 121LCheck on ASSIST

  Integrated Physical Science

  • PSE 20

    Introduction to Physical Science

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 Monterey Bay majors from Foothill

• AccountingFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
• Agribusiness Supply Chain Management B.S., Agribusiness Risk and Marketing Management ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
• Agribusiness Supply Chain Management B.S., Supply Chain Management and Operations ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
• Agricultural Plant and Soil SciencesFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
• Biology B.S. + CredentialFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
• Biology B.S., Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
• Biology B.S., Molecular Biology ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
• Business Administration B.S., Business Analytics & Information Systems ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay

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