SOCIOLOGY, Community Studies 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.

• 17Mapped preparation courses
• 14Scheduled Winter 2027
• 14With open seats reported
• 60Current 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: SOC 15, 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. PSYC 10Research Methods & DesignsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 48 seats reported this term.
2. PSYC 7Statistics for the Behavioral SciencesOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 30 seats reported this term.
3. SOC 14Sociology of CrimeOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
4. SOC 20Major Social ProblemsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
5. SOC 23Race & Ethnic RelationsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
6. SOC 28Sociology of GenderOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 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.

• SOC 001Recommended

  Introduction to Sociology

  • SOC 1

    Introduction to Sociology

  • or
    SOC 1H

    Honors Introduction to Sociology

• SOC 020Recommended

  Social Problems

  • SOC 20

    Major Social Problems

• SOC 030Recommended

  Social Inequality

  • SOC 15

    Law & Society

• SOC 038Recommended

  Sociology of Race and Racism

  • SOC 23

    Race & Ethnic Relations

• SOC 060Recommended

  Introduction to Sociology of Gender

  • SOC 28

    Sociology of Gender

• SOC 070Recommended

  Introduction to Crime and Deviance

  • SOC 14

    Sociology of Crime

• SOC 010Recommended

  Statistics for Sociology

  • PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

• SOC 015Recommended

  Sociological Research Methods

  • PSYC 10

    Research Methods & Designs

• 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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