INFORMATION SYSTEMS, B.S. - Option in Software Technology

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
• 20Scheduled Winter 2027
• 20With open seats reported
• 77Current 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: STAT C1000, MATH 17, ACTG 1BH, ACTG 1CH, BUSI 19. 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. BUSI 11Introduction to Information SystemsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
2. C S 10Computer Architecture & OrganizationOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
3. ECON 1APrinciples of Macroeconomics Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 200 seats reported this term.
4. ECON 1BPrinciples of MicroeconomicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 160 seats reported this term.
5. MATH 12Calculus for Business & EconomicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
6. ACTG 1AFinancial Accounting IOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 320 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

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

• MATH 140BUS

  Introductory Statistics for Business

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics II

• ACCT 220

  Introduction to Financial Accounting

  • ACTG 1B + ACTG 1A

    Financial Accounting II · Financial Accounting I

  • or
    ACTG 1A + ACTG 1BH

    Financial Accounting I · Honors Financial Accounting II

• ECON 160

  Principles of Microeconomics

  • ECON 1B

    Principles of Microeconomics

• ACCT 230

  Introduction to Managerial Accounting

  • ACTG 1C

    Managerial Accounting

  • or
    ACTG 1CH

    Honors Managerial Accounting

• BLAW 280

  Business Law I

  • BUSI 18

    Business Law I

  • or
    BUSI 19

    Business Law II

• IS 212

  Information Systems for Business Users

  • BUSI 11

    Introduction to Information Systems

• ECON 161

  Principles of Macroeconomics

  • ECON 1A

    Principles of Macroeconomics

• MATH 150A

  Calculus I

  • MATH 1B + MATH 1A

    Calculus

• MATH 255A

  Calculus for the Life Sciences I

  No Course Articulated

• MATH 103

  Mathematical Methods for Business

  • MATH 12

    Calculus for Business & Economics

• COMP 122 + COMP 122L

  Computer Architecture and Assembly Language

  • C S 10

    Computer Architecture & Organization

• COMP 182 + COMP 182L

  Data Structures and Program Design

  • C S 1B + C S 1C

    Intermediate Software Design in JAVA · Advanced Data Structures & Algorithims in JAVA

  • or
    C S 2C + C S 2B

    Advanced Data Structures & Algorithims in C++ · Intermediate Software Design in C++

  • or
    C S 3B + C S 3C

    Intermediate Software Design in Python · Advanced Data Structures & Algorithms in Python

• COMP 110 + COMP 110L

  Introduction to Algorithms and Programming

  • C S 1A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in JAVA

  • or
    C S 2A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in C++

  • or
    C S 3A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in PYTHON

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 Northridge majors from Foothill

• ACCOUNTANCY, B.S. - Option in Information SystemsFoothill → CSU Northridge
• ACCOUNTANCY, B.S. - Option in Professional AccountancyFoothill → CSU Northridge
• AFRICANA STUDIES, B.A. - Option in African and African-American Humanities and Cultural StudiesFoothill → CSU Northridge
• AFRICANA STUDIES, B.A. - Option in African and African-American Social SciencesFoothill → CSU Northridge
• AFRICANA STUDIES, B.A. - Option in African-American Urban EducationFoothill → CSU Northridge
• ANTHROPOLOGYFoothill → CSU Northridge
• ARTFoothill → CSU Northridge
• ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIESFoothill → CSU Northridge

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