Data 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.

• 12Mapped preparation courses
• 10Scheduled Fall 2026
• 3With 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: MATH 17, STAT C1000. 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. C S 3AObject-Oriented Programming Methodologies in PYTHONOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
2. C S 3CAdvanced Data Structures & Algorithms in PythonWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
3. MATH 1BCalculusWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
4. MATH 1CCalculusWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
5. MATH 2BLinear AlgebraWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. PSYC 7Statistics for the Behavioral SciencesOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 14 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

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

• MAT 022A

  Linear Algebra

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• MAT 021A

  Calculus

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH + MATH 1AHP

    Honors Calculus I · Honors Calculus I Seminar

• MAT 021B

  Calculus

  • MATH 1B

    Calculus

• MAT 021C

  Calculus

  • MATH 1C

    Calculus

• ECS 032B

  Introduction to Data Structures

  • C S 3C

    Advanced Data Structures & Algorithms in Python

• ECS 032A

  Introduction to Programming

  • C S 3A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in PYTHON

• STA 013

  Elementary Statistics

  • MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics II

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  • or
    SOC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  • or
    STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

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 UC Davis majors from Foothill

• Medicinal Chemistry & Drug DesignFoothill → UC Davis
• Aerospace Science & EngineeringFoothill → UC Davis
• African American & African StudiesFoothill → UC Davis
• Agricultural & Environmental EducationFoothill → UC Davis
• Agricultural & Environmental TechnologyFoothill → UC Davis
• American StudiesFoothill → UC Davis
• Animal BiologyFoothill → UC Davis
• Animal Science & ManagementFoothill → UC Davis

Common questions