Applied Physics

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
• 15Scheduled Winter 2027
• 15With open seats reported
• 53Current 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: PHYS 4D, MATH 1AH. 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 1DCalculusOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 80 seats reported this term.
2. PHYS 4BGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 112 seats reported this term.
3. PHYS 4CGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 56 seats reported this term.
4. PHYS 4DGeneral Physics (Calculus)Not currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
5. CHEM 1CGeneral Chemistry & Qualitative AnalysisOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 56 seats reported this term.
6. MATH 2ADifferential EquationsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 80 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

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

• PHYSICS 61A

  Modern Physics

  • PHYS 4D

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYSICS 51A

  Modern Physics

  • PHYS 4D

    General Physics (Calculus)

• MATH 3D

  Elementary Differential Equations

  • MATH 2A

    Differential Equations

• MATH 3A

  Introduction to Linear Algebra

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• MATH 2D

  Multivariable Calculus

  • MATH 1D

    Calculus

• MATH 2E

  Multivariable Calculus

  • MATH 1D

    Calculus

• MATH 2A

  Single-Variable Calculus

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

• MATH 2B

  Single-Variable Calculus

  • MATH 1B

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1BH

    Honors Calculus II

• PHYSICS 7E

  Classical Physics

  • PHYS 4C

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYSICS 52B

  Fundamentals of Experimental Physics

  • PHYS 4B

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYSICS 52A

  Fundamentals of Experimental Physics

  • PHYS 4C

    General Physics (Calculus)

• EECS 12

  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

• PHYSICS 53

  Introduction to C and Numerical Analysis

  • C S 2A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in C++

  • or
    C S 2B

    Intermediate Software Design in C++

• EECS 10

  Computational Methods in Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • 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

• I&C SCI 45C

  Programming in C/C++ as a Second Language

  • C S 2B + C S 2C

    Intermediate Software Design in C++ · Advanced Data Structures & Algorithims in C++

• CHEM 1C + CHEM 1LC

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1C

    General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis

• PHYSICS 7C + PHYSICS 7LC

  Classical Physics

  • PHYS 4A

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYSICS 7D + PHYSICS 7LD

  Classical Physics

  • PHYS 4B

    General Physics (Calculus)

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 Irvine majors from Foothill

• Accounting (Minor in)Foothill → UC Irvine
• Aerospace EngineeringFoothill → UC Irvine
• African American StudiesFoothill → UC Irvine
• AnthropologyFoothill → UC Irvine
• Applied and Computational MathematicsFoothill → UC Irvine
• Art HistoryFoothill → UC Irvine
• ArtFoothill → UC Irvine
• Asian American StudiesFoothill → UC Irvine

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