Environmental Science and Policy

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.

• 21Mapped preparation courses
• 17Scheduled Winter 2027
• 17With open seats reported
• 41Current 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, PHYS 2AM, PHYS 2C, PHYS 2CM. 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. STAT C1000Introduction to StatisticsNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 3 separate requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
2. BIOL 1CEvolution, Systematics & EcologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 28 seats reported this term.
3. BIOL 9Environmental BiologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
4. PHYS 4AGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 112 seats reported this term.
5. PHYS 4BGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 112 seats reported this term.
6. PHYS 4CGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 56 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 7E

  Classical Physics

  • PHYS 4C

    General Physics (Calculus)

• SOCECOL 10

  Research Design

  • PSYC 10

    Research Methods & Designs

  • or
    SOC 10

    Social Research Methods & Designs

• UPPP 8

  Introduction to Environmental Analysis and Design

  • BIOL 9

    Environmental Biology

• BIO SCI 93

  DNA to Organisms

  • BIOL 1A

    Principles of Cell Biology

  • or
    BIOL 1B

    Form & Function in Plants & Animals

• BIO SCI 94

  Organisms to Ecosystems

  • BIOL 1C

    Evolution, Systematics & Ecology

• STATS 8

  Introduction to Biological Statistics

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

• STATS 7

  Basic Statistics

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

• SOCECOL 13

  Statistical Analysis in Social Ecology

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  • or
    SOC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

• PHYSICS 3A + PHYSICS 3B + PHYSICS 3LB + PHYSICS 3C + PHYSICS 3LC

  Basic Physics I

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

    General Physics · General Physics: Calculus Supplement

• PHYSICS 7C + PHYSICS 7LC

  Classical Physics

  • PHYS 4A

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYSICS 7D + PHYSICS 7LD

  Classical Physics

  • PHYS 4B

    General Physics (Calculus)

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

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1B + CHEM 1A + CHEM 1C

    General Chemistry · General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis

• SOC SCI 10A + SOC SCI 10B + SOC SCI 10C

  Probability and Statistics in the Social Sciences 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

Common questions