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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.

• 13Mapped preparation courses
• 10Scheduled Winter 2027
• 10With open seats reported
• 32Current 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 C1003H, ENGL C1001H, ART 2C. 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. ART 4AFundamentals in DrawingOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 50 seats reported this term.
2. ART 5A2-D FoundationsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 15 seats reported this term.
3. ART 2FIntroduction to Asian ArtOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
4. ART 2BHistory of Western Art From the Middle Ages to the RenaissanceOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 20 seats reported this term.
5. ART 2BHHonors History of Western Art From the Middle Ages to the RenaissanceOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 12 seats reported this term.
6. ENGL C1003Critical Thinking and Writing Through LiteratureOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 510 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 C1003

    Critical Thinking and Writing Through Literature

  • or
    ENGL C1003H

    Critical Thinking and Writing Through Literature - Honors

• ENGL 2

  Critical Thinking and Writing

  • ENGL C1003

    Critical Thinking and Writing Through Literature

  • or
    ENGL C1003H

    Critical Thinking and Writing Through Literature - Honors

  • or
    ENGL C1001

    Critical Thinking and Writing

  • or
    ENGL C1001H

    Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors

  • or
    PHIL 1

    Critical Thinking & Writing

• ARTH 70A

  Art History, Prehistoric to Medieval

  • ART 2B + ART 2A

    History of Western Art From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance · History of Art: History of Western Art from Prehistory Through Early Christianity

  • or
    ART 2B + ART 2AH

    History of Western Art From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance · Honors History of Art: History of Western Art From Prehistory Through Early Christianity

  • or
    ART 2AH + ART 2BH

    Honors History of Art: History of Western Art From Prehistory Through Early Christianity · Honors History of Western Art From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance

• ARTH 70B

  Art History, Renaissance to Modern

  • ART 2B + ART 2C

    History of Western Art From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance · History of Western Art From the Baroque to Impressionism

  • or
    ART 2C + ART 2BH

    History of Western Art From the Baroque to Impressionism · Honors History of Western Art From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance

• ARTH 70C

  Arts of Asia

  • ART 2F

    Introduction to Asian Art

• ARTH 72

  Design in Society

  No Current Articulation

• DSGD 83

  Digital Applications: Basics

  No Current Articulation

• DSGD 63

  Fundamental Graphic Visualization

  • ART 5A

    2-D Foundations

• ART 12

  Two-Dimensional Design and Color Concepts

  • ART 5A

    2-D Foundations

• ANI 11

  Illustration Fundamentals I

  • ART 4A

    Fundamentals in Drawing

• ART 24

  Drawing I

  • ART 4A

    Fundamentals in Drawing

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 San Jose State majors from Foothill

• African-American StudiesFoothill → San Jose State
• Animation/IllustrationFoothill → San Jose State
• AnthropologyFoothill → San Jose State
• Anthropology, B.A. (SJSU Online)Foothill → San Jose State
• Applied Mathematics, Concentration in Computational ScienceFoothill → San Jose State
• Applied Mathematics, Concentration in Discrete MathematicsFoothill → San Jose State
• Art History and Visual CultureFoothill → San Jose State
• Art, Concentration in Digital Media ArtFoothill → San Jose State

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