PSYCHOLOGY

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.

• 20Mapped preparation courses
• 13Scheduled Fall 2026
• 8With open seats reported
• 80Current 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, STAT C1000, MATH 17, POLS C1000, SOC 1H, ENGL C1000H, ENGL C1001H. 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. ANTH 2ACultural AnthropologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 8 seats reported this term.
2. HLTH 20Introduction to Public HealthFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
3. POLS C1000American Government and PoliticsNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
4. PSYC 10Research Methods & DesignsWaitlist
   • 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. ECON 1APrinciples of Macroeconomics Open
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 47 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.

• PSY 001Recommended

  Introduction to Psychology

  • PSYC C1000

    Introduction to Psychology

• PSY 010Recommended

  Analysis of Psychological Data

  • PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  • or
    STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics II

• PSY 015Recommended

  Research Methods in Psychology

  • PSYC 10

    Research Methods & Designs

• ECON 001Recommended

  Introduction to Economics

  • ECON 1B + ECON 1A

    Principles of Microeconomics · Principles of Macroeconomics

• PH 001Recommended

  Introduction to Public Health

  • HLTH 20

    Introduction to Public Health

• POLI 001Recommended

  Introduction to American Politics

  • POLS C1000

    American Government and Politics

• SOC 001Recommended

  Introduction to Sociology

  • SOC 1

    Introduction to Sociology

  • or
    SOC 1H

    Honors Introduction to Sociology

• ANTH 001Recommended

  Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology

  • ANTH 2A

    Cultural Anthropology

• 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

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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