NEUROSCIENCE, Molecular, Cellular and System Emphasis, B.S. (Transfer Starting Fall 2027)

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.

• 31Mapped preparation courses
• 24Scheduled Fall 2026
• 9With open seats reported
• 122Current 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: PSYC C1000, MATH 1BH, ENGL C1000H, ENGL C1001H, STAT C1000, MATH 17, BIOL 1C. 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. MATH 48CPrecalculus IIIOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 23 seats reported this term.
2. BIOL 1APrinciples of Cell BiologyFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
3. CHEM 25Fundamentals of ChemistryWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
4. PHYS 4AGeneral Physics (Calculus)Full
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
5. PSYC C1000Introduction to PsychologyNot 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. PSYC 7Statistics for the Behavioral SciencesOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 3 separate requirements.
   • 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 Merced requires. Right: the Foothill College course or courses ASSIST accepts for it. Alternatives are labelled or; courses joined by + are all required together.

• CHEM 001

  Preparatory Chemistry

  • CHEM 25

    Fundamentals of Chemistry

• CSE 019

  Introduction to Computing

  • 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 005

  Preparatory Calculus

  • MATH 48C

    Precalculus III

• PSY 001

  Introduction to Psychology

  • PSYC C1000

    Introduction to Psychology

• MATH 022

  Calculus II for Physical Sciences & Engineering

  • MATH 1C + MATH 1B

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1C + MATH 1BH

    Calculus · Honors Calculus II

• MATH 021

  Calculus I for Physical Sciences & Engineering

  • MATH 1A + MATH 1B

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1BH + MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus II · Honors Calculus I

• 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

• BIO 018

  Data Science for Life Sciences

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics II

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

• PH 010

  Introduction to Biostatistics

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics II

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

• PSY 010

  Analysis of Psychological Data

  • PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  • or
    STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics II

• BIO 011 + BIO 011L

  Introduction to Molecular Biology

  • BIOL 1A

    Principles of Cell Biology

• CHEM 002 + CHEM 002L

  General Chemistry I

  • CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B

    General Chemistry

• CHEM 010 + CHEM 010L

  General Chemistry II

  • CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C

    General Chemistry · General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis

• PHYS 008 + PHYS 008L

  Introductory Physics I for Physical Sciences

  • PHYS 4A

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYS 009 + PHYS 009L

  Introductory Physics II for Physical Sciences

  • PHYS 4B + PHYS 4C

    General Physics (Calculus)

• BIO 012 + BIO 012L

  Introduction to Organismal Biology

  • BIOL 1B + BIOL 1C

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

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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