PHYSICS, Engineering and Applied Physics Emphasis

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.

• 28Mapped preparation courses
• 24Scheduled Winter 2027
• 24With open seats reported
• 113Current 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, MATH 1AH, 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. ENGR 11Programming & Problem-Solving in MATLABOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 35 seats reported this term.
2. PHYS 4AGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 112 seats reported this term.
3. C S 1AObject-Oriented Programming Methodologies in JAVAOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 80 seats reported this term.
4. C S 2AObject-Oriented Programming Methodologies in C++Open
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 80 seats reported this term.
5. C S 3AObject-Oriented Programming Methodologies in PYTHONOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 160 seats reported this term.
6. MATH 1BCalculusOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 360 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.

• CSE 019Recommended

  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

• ME 021Recommended

  Engineering Computing

  • ENGR 11

    Programming & Problem-Solving in MATLAB

• BIOE 021Recommended

  Introduction to Computing with Python

  No Course Articulated

• CSE 022Recommended

  Introduction to Programming

  • 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

• ENGR 057Recommended

  Statics and Dynamics

  • ENGR 35 + ENGR 47

    Statics · Dynamics

• 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

• 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

• MATH 023Recommended

  Vector Calculus

  • MATH 1C + MATH 1D

    Calculus

• MATH 024Recommended

  Linear Algebra and Differential Equations

  • MATH 2A + MATH 2B

    Differential Equations · Linear Algebra

• PHYS 010Recommended

  Introductory Physics III

  • PHYS 4C + PHYS 4D

    General Physics (Calculus)

• 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)

• CHEM 002 + CHEM 002LRecommended

  General Chemistry I

  • CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B

    General Chemistry

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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