Chemical Engineering

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.

• 22Mapped preparation courses
• 18Scheduled Winter 2027
• 18With open seats reported
• 62Current 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: MATH 1AH, ENGR 45, CHEM 12C, CHEM 12CL. 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. ENGR 35StaticsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 35 seats reported this term.
3. MATH 2ADifferential EquationsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 80 seats reported this term.
4. MATH 2BLinear AlgebraOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 80 seats reported this term.
5. PHYS 4AGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 112 seats reported this term.
6. PHYS 4BGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 112 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.

• ENGRMAE 10

  Introduction to Engineering Computations

  • C S 2A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in C++

  • or
    ENGR 11

    Programming & Problem-Solving in MATLAB

• ENGR 30

  Statics

  • ENGR 35

    Statics

• MATH 3D

  Elementary Differential Equations

  • MATH 2A

    Differential Equations

• MATH 2D

  Multivariable Calculus

  • MATH 1D

    Calculus

• MATH 3A

  Introduction to Linear Algebra

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• MATH 2B

  Single-Variable Calculus

  • MATH 1B

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1BH

    Honors Calculus II

• MATH 2E

  Multivariable Calculus

  • MATH 1D

    Calculus

• MATH 2A

  Single-Variable Calculus

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

• ENGR 54

  Principles of Materials Science and Engineering

  • ENGR 45

    Properties of Materials

• ENGR 1A + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C + CHEM 1LC + CHEM 1LD

  General Chemistry for Engineers

  • CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C

    General Chemistry · General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis

• CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C + CHEM 1LC + CHEM 1LD

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1B + CHEM 1A + CHEM 1C

    General Chemistry · 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)

• CHEM 51A + CHEM 51B + CHEM 51LB + CHEM 51C + CHEM 51LC

  Organic Chemistry

  • CHEM 12C + CHEM 12A + CHEM 12BL + CHEM 12AL + CHEM 12B + CHEM 12CL

    Organic Chemistry · Organic Chemistry Laboratory

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 PhysicsFoothill → UC Irvine
• Applied and Computational MathematicsFoothill → UC Irvine
• Art HistoryFoothill → UC Irvine
• ArtFoothill → UC Irvine

Common questions