Physical Science, BA: Teaching

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.

• 26Mapped preparation courses
• 20Scheduled Fall 2026
• 8With open seats reported
• 63Current 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: ASTR 10A, STAT C1000, BIOL 1C, PHYS 2C, PHYS 2B, PHYS 4D. 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. CHEM 1BGeneral ChemistryWaitlist
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
2. C S 1AObject-Oriented Programming Methodologies in JAVAOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 57 seats reported this term.
3. C S 2AObject-Oriented Programming Methodologies in C++Open
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 42 seats reported this term.
4. C S 3AObject-Oriented Programming Methodologies in PYTHONOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
5. MATH 48BPrecalculus IIOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 13 seats reported this term.
6. MATH 48CPrecalculus IIIOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 23 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

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

• ASTR 100

  Desriptive Astronomy

  • ASTR 10A

    General Astronomy: Solar System

  • or
    ASTR 10B

    General Astronomy: Stars, Galaxies, Cosmology

• CS 115

  Programming I

  • 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

• MATH 165

  Elementary Applied Statistics

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  • or
    SOC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

• CHEM 115B

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C

    General Chemistry · General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis

• BIOL 130

  Diversity of Life

  No Course Articulated

• CHEM 115A

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1B + CHEM 1A

    General Chemistry

• BIOL 131

  Genetics, Evolution & Ecology

  • BIOL 1B + BIOL 1C

    Form & Function in Plants & Animals · Evolution, Systematics & Ecology

• MATH 161

  Differential & Integral Calc I

  • MATH 1A + MATH 1B

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH + MATH 1B

    Honors Calculus I · Calculus

• MATH 160

  Precalculus Mathematics

  • MATH 48A + MATH 48C + MATH 48B

    Precalculus I · Precalculus III · Precalculus II

• PHYS 210A + PHYS 209A + PHYS 210B + PHYS 209B

  General Physics

  • PHYS 2A + PHYS 2C + PHYS 2B

    General Physics

• PHYS 114 + PHYS 116 + PHYS 214 + PHYS 216

  Introduction to Physics I

  • PHYS 4D + PHYS 4A + PHYS 4C + PHYS 4B

    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 Sonoma State majors from Foothill

• Business AdministrationFoothill → Sonoma State
• Physics, B.S.: Astrophysics ConcentrationFoothill → Sonoma State
• Women and Gender StudiesFoothill → Sonoma State
• ==> Critical Race Studies Graduation RequirementFoothill → Sonoma State
• Music, B.M.: Jazz Studies ConcentrationFoothill → Sonoma State
• Theatre Arts, B.A.: Acting ConcentrationFoothill → Sonoma State
• Biology, B.S.: Biomedical ConcentrationFoothill → Sonoma State
• FrenchFoothill → Sonoma State

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