International Studies

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.

• 20Mapped preparation courses
• 14Scheduled Winter 2027
• 14With open seats reported
• 37Current 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: POLI 15H, POLI 2H, ECON 25, GEOG 10, MATH 1AH, STAT C1000. 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. ANTH 2ACultural AnthropologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 65 seats reported this term.
2. JAPN 5Intermediate Japanese IIOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 70 seats reported this term.
3. SPAN 5Intermediate Spanish IIOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 10 seats reported this term.
4. GEOG 10World Regional GeographyNot 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. C S 2AObject-Oriented Programming Methodologies in C++Open
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 80 seats reported this term.
6. C S 2BIntermediate Software Design in C++Open
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 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.

• JAPANSE 2B

  Intermediate Japanese

  • JAPN 5

    Intermediate Japanese II

• SPANISH 2B

  Intermediate Spanish

  • SPAN 5

    Intermediate Spanish II

• SOC SCI 3A

  Computer-Based Research in the Social Sciences

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• I&C SCI 31

  Introduction to Programming

  • C S 2A + C S 2B + C S 3A

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

  • or
    C S 2B + C S 2C

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

  Please refer to additional important General Information section above

• INTL ST 14

  Introduction to International Relations

  • POLI 15

    International Relations/World Politics

  • or
    POLI 15H

    Honors International Relations/World Politics

• POL SCI 51A

  Introduction to Politics Around the World

  • POLI 2

    Comparative Government & Politics

  • or
    POLI 2H

    Honors Comparative Government & Politics

• ANTHRO 2A

  Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology

  • ANTH 2A

    Cultural Anthropology

• INTL ST 13

  Global Economy

  • ECON 25 + ECON 25H

    The Global Economy · Honors The Global Economy

• SOC SCI 5D

  U.S. and World Geography

  • GEOG 10

    World Regional Geography

• School of Social Sciences Math RequirementCheck on ASSIST
  • MATH 1AH + MATH 1A + MATH 1B + MATH 1BH +

    Honors Calculus I · Calculus · Honors Calculus II

  • or
    PSYC 7 + STAT C1000

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences · Introduction to Statistics

• 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