NUTRITION, DIETETICS, AND FOOD SCIENCE, B.S. - Option in Food Science

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.

• 27Mapped preparation courses
• 24Scheduled Winter 2027
• 24With open seats reported
• 93Current 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, 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. BIOL 1APrinciples of Cell BiologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 56 seats reported this term.
2. BIOL 10General Biology: Basic PrinciplesOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 139 seats reported this term.
3. BIOL 41MicrobiologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 144 seats reported this term.
4. CHEM 30ASurvey of Inorganic & Organic ChemistryOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 192 seats reported this term.
5. CHEM 30BSurvey of Organic & BiochemistryOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 64 seats reported this term.
6. PHYS 2AGeneral PhysicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 56 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.

• BIOL 281

  Human Physiology

  • BIOL 40B + BIOL 40A + BIOL 40C

    Human Anatomy & Physiology II · Human Anatomy & Physiology I · Human Anatomy & Physiology III

• FCS 207

  Nutrition for Life

  • BIOL 8

    Basic Nutrition

  • or
    BIOL 45

    Introduction to Human Nutrition

• MATH 140

  Introductory Statistics

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics II

• MATH 150A

  Calculus I

  • MATH 1B + MATH 1A

    Calculus

• BLAW 280

  Business Law I

  • BUSI 18

    Business Law I

  • or
    BUSI 19

    Business Law II

• BIOL 101 + BIOL 101L

  General Biology

  • BIOL 10

    General Biology: Basic Principles

• BIOL 106 + BIOL 106L

  Biological Principles I

  • BIOL 1C + BIOL 1B + BIOL 1A

    Evolution, Systematics & Ecology · Form & Function in Plants & Animals · Principles of Cell Biology

• BIOL 107 + BIOL 107L

  Biological Principles II

  • BIOL 1A

    Principles of Cell Biology

• BIOL 215 + BIOL 215L

  Introductory Microbiology

  • BIOL 41

    Microbiology

• CHEM 235 + CHEM 235L

  Introductory Organic Chemistry

  • CHEM 12A + CHEM 12BL + CHEM 12AL + CHEM 12B

    Organic Chemistry · Organic Chemistry Laboratory

• CHEM 101 + CHEM 101L + CHEM 101D

  General Chemistry I

  • CHEM 1B + CHEM 1A

    General Chemistry

• CHEM 102 + CHEM 102L + CHEM 102D

  General Chemistry II

  • CHEM 1C + CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B

    General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis · General Chemistry

• CHEM 104 + CHEM 104L

  Introductory Chemistry II

  • CHEM 30B

    Survey of Organic & Biochemistry

• CHEM 103 + CHEM 103L

  Introductory Chemistry I

  • CHEM 30A

    Survey of Inorganic & Organic Chemistry

• PHYS 100B + PHYS 100BL

  General Physics II

  • PHYS 2B

    General Physics

• PHYS 100A + PHYS 100AL

  General Physics I

  • PHYS 2A

    General Physics

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

Common questions