Cognitive Sciences

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.

• 29Mapped preparation courses
• 20Scheduled Fall 2026
• 8With open seats reported
• 52Current 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: STAT C1000, PHIL 7, PSYC C1000H, PSYC C1000, MATH 1BH, PHYS 2CM, PHYS 2B, PHYS 2C, PHYS 2BM. 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 1DCalculusFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
2. MATH 2ADifferential EquationsFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
3. MATH 2BLinear AlgebraWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
4. PHIL 7Introduction to Symbolic LogicNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
5. PSYC C1000Introduction to PsychologyNot currently offered
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
6. PSYC C1000HIntroduction to Psychology - HonorsNot currently offered
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.

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.

• STATS 7Check on ASSIST

  Basic Statistics

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

• LPS 30Check on ASSIST

  Introduction to Symbolic Logic

  • PHIL 7

    Introduction to Symbolic Logic

• MATH 3ACheck on ASSIST

  Introduction to Linear Algebra

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• MATH 2DCheck on ASSIST

  Multivariable Calculus

  • MATH 1D

    Calculus

• MATH 3DCheck on ASSIST

  Elementary Differential Equations

  • MATH 2A

    Differential Equations

• MATH 2ECheck on ASSIST

  Multivariable Calculus

  • MATH 1D

    Calculus

• COGS 9A

  Psychology Fundamentals

  • PSYC C1000H + PSYC C1000 + PSYC 4

    Introduction to Psychology - Honors · Introduction to Psychology · Introduction to Biopsychology

• COGS 9C

  Psychology Fundamentals

  • PSYC C1000H + PSYC C1000 + PSYC 25 + PSYC 30

    Introduction to Psychology - Honors · Introduction to Psychology · Psychological Disorders & Their Treatments · Social Psychology

• COGS 9B

  Psychology Fundamentals

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• MATH 2B

  Single-Variable Calculus

  • MATH 1B

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1BH

    Honors Calculus II

• MATH 2A

  Single-Variable Calculus

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

• PHYSICS 3A + PHYSICS 3B + PHYSICS 3CCheck on ASSIST

  Basic Physics I

  • PHYS 2CM + PHYS 2AM + PHYS 2B + PHYS 2C + PHYS 2BM + PHYS 2A

    General Physics: Calculus Supplement · General Physics

• PHYSICS 7C + PHYSICS 7LC + PHYSICS 7D + PHYSICS 7LD + PHYSICS 7ECheck on ASSIST

  Classical Physics

  • PHYS 4A + PHYS 4B + PHYS 4C

    General Physics (Calculus)

• I&C SCI 31 + I&C SCI 32 + I&C SCI 33Check on ASSIST

  Introduction to Programming

  • C S 3B + C S 3C + C S 3A

    Intermediate Software Design in Python · Advanced Data Structures & Algorithms in Python · Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in PYTHON

  • or
    C S 2A + C S 2B

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in C++ · Intermediate Software Design in C++

• COGS 10A + COGS 10B + COGS 10C

  Probability and Statistics in Psychology I

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

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

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