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.

• 19Mapped preparation courses
• 13Scheduled Fall 2026
• 6With open seats reported
• 28Current 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: HIST 3A, MATH 42, ART 19B, 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.
   • 8 seats reported this term.
2. ECON 1APrinciples of Macroeconomics Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 47 seats reported this term.
3. EDUC 2Introduction to Elementary EducationOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 21 seats reported this term.
4. GEOG 20Introduction to Earth ScienceOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 5 seats reported this term.
5. ART 4AFundamentals in DrawingFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. BIOL 10General Biology: Basic PrinciplesWaitlist
   • 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 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 242S

  Service Learning in Public Schools

  • EDUC 2

    Introduction to Elementary Education

• GS 214

  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 204

  Introduction to Life Sciences

  • BIOL 10

    General Biology: Basic Principles

• GEOL 210

  Earth Science for Teachers

  • GEOG 20

    Introduction to Earth Science

• MATH 100

  Quantitative Literacy

  • MATH 42

    Math for Elementary School Teachers

• HDFS 200

  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 1A

    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

• 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 121L

  Integrated Physical Science

  • PSE 20

    Introduction to Physical Science

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 CSU Monterey Bay majors from Foothill

• Japanese Language and CultureFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
• Computer Science B.S., Software Engineering ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
• Environmental Studies B.A., Sustainable Communities ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
• Biology B.S., Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
• Agricultural Plant and Soil SciencesFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
• Computer Science B.S., Game Development ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
• Business Administration B.S., Management & International Business ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
• Biology B.S. + CredentialFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay

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