CRITICAL RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES

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.

• 18Mapped preparation courses
• 14Scheduled Winter 2027
• 14With open seats reported
• 66Current 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 C1000H, ENGL C1001H, ENGL 12, ENGL 5. 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. SOC 23Race & Ethnic RelationsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
2. ANTH 14Linguistic AnthropologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
3. ETHN 5Introduction to Asian American StudiesOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
4. MUS 1Introduction to MusicOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 60 seats reported this term.
5. ENGL 12African American LiteratureNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
6. ENGL 5Loud & Queer- Literature of Sexual/Gender IdentityNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

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

• WRI 001

  Academic Writing

  • ENGL C1000

    Academic Reading and Writing

  • or
    ENGL C1000H

    Academic Reading and Writing - Honors

  • or
    ESLL 26

    Advanced Composition & Reading

• WRI 010

  College Reading and Composition

  • 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

• ENG 031Recommended

  Black Literatures, Black Lives

  • ENGL 12

    African American Literature

• GASP 007Recommended

  Music in Society

  • MUS 1

    Introduction to Music

• CRES 020Recommended

  Introduction to Asian American Studies

  • ETHN 5

    Introduction to Asian American Studies

• HIST 017Recommended

  Twentieth-Century America

  • HIST 17C + HIST 17B

    History of the United States from 1914 to the Present · History of the United States from 1812 to 1914

• ENG 064Recommended

  LGBT Fiction

  • ENGL 5

    Loud & Queer- Literature of Sexual/Gender Identity

• SOC 038Recommended

  Sociology of Race and Racism

  • SOC 23

    Race & Ethnic Relations

• COGS 005Recommended

  Introduction to Language and Linguistics

  • ANTH 14

    Linguistic Anthropology

• CRES 001Recommended

  Introduction to Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

  • ETHN 1

    Introduction to Ethnic Studies

  • or
    MDIA 8A

    Race and Gender in American Media

  • or
    SOC 23

    Race & Ethnic Relations

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 Merced majors from Foothill

• SOCIOLOGY, Race and Racial Justice EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
• ACCOUNTING, B.S. (*Updated* - Transfer Starting Spring 2027)Foothill → UC Merced
• AEROSPACE ENGINEERINGFoothill → UC Merced
• ANTHROPOLOGYFoothill → UC Merced
• APPLIED MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, Computational Biology EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
• APPLIED MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, Computational and Data Sciences EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
• APPLIED MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, Computer Science EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
• APPLIED MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, Economics EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced

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