Earth System 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.

• 20Mapped preparation courses
• 17Scheduled Fall 2026
• 8With open seats reported
• 51Current 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: ENGL C1001H, STAT C1000, PHYS 2B. 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 10General Biology: Basic PrinciplesWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
2. BIOL 9Environmental BiologyWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
3. PHYS 4AGeneral Physics (Calculus)Full
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
4. ENGL 1BComposition, Critical Reading & Thinking Through LiteratureOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 67 seats reported this term.
5. ENGL 1BHHonors Composition, Critical Reading, & Thinking Through LiteratureOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 21 seats reported this term.
6. ANTH 2ACultural AnthropologyOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 8 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

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

• ENGL 1B

  Argument and Analysis

  • ENGL 1B

    Composition, Critical Reading & Thinking Through Literature

  • or
    ENGL 1BH

    Honors Composition, Critical Reading, & Thinking Through Literature

• ENGL 2

  Critical Thinking and Writing

  • ENGL 1B

    Composition, Critical Reading & Thinking Through Literature

  • or
    ENGL 1BH

    Honors Composition, Critical Reading, & Thinking Through Literature

  • or
    ENGL C1001

    Critical Thinking and Writing

  • or
    ENGL C1001H

    Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors

  • or
    PHIL 1

    Critical Thinking & Writing

• ENVS 1

  Introduction to Environmental Issues

  • BIOL 9

    Environmental Biology

• ANTH 11

  Cultural Anthropology

  • ANTH 2A

    Cultural Anthropology

  • or
    ANTH 2AH

    Honors Cultural Anthropology

• MATH 19

  Precalculus

  • MATH 48B + MATH 48C + MATH 48A

    Precalculus II · Precalculus III · Precalculus I

• CHEM 1A

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B

    General Chemistry

• BIOL 10

  The Living World

  • BIOL 10

    General Biology: Basic Principles

• STAT 95

  Elementary Statistics

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  • or
    SOC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

• PHYS 2A

  Fundamentals of Physics

  • PHYS 2B + PHYS 2A

    General Physics

• PHYS 50

  General Physics I: Mechanics

  • PHYS 4A

    General Physics (Calculus)

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 San Jose State majors from Foothill

• FrenchFoothill → San Jose State
• DanceFoothill → San Jose State
• Public Health, Concentration in Population Data ScienceFoothill → San Jose State
• GeologyFoothill → San Jose State
• Interdisciplinary Studies, Concentration in Educational and Community Leadership, B.A. (SJSU Online)Foothill → San Jose State
• Engineering - Interdisciplinary Engineering, B.S. (SJSU Online)Foothill → San Jose State
• DanceFoothill → San Jose State
• Public HealthFoothill → San Jose State

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