Literary Journalism

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.

• 38Mapped preparation courses
• 17Scheduled Winter 2027
• 17With open seats reported
• 63Current 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: ENGL 11, ENGL 11H, ENGL 16, ENGL 16H, ENGL 24, ENGL 43A, ENGL 43AH, ENGL 43B, ENGL 43BH, ENGL 45A, ENGL 45AH, HIST 4A, HIST 4C, HIST 8, HIST 18, PHIL 20A, ENGL C1000H, ENGL C1001H, ENGL 10A, JAPN 6, SPAN 6. 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. ENGL 17Introduction to ShakespeareOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
2. ENGL 45BSurvey of American Literature II: 1865 to the PresentOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 20 seats reported this term.
3. ENGL 45BHHonors Survey of American Literature II: 1865 to the PresentOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 12 seats reported this term.
4. ENGL 11Introduction to PoetryNot currently offered
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
5. ENGL 11HHonors Introduction to PoetryNot currently offered
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
6. ENGL 16Introduction to LiteratureNot 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.

• LITERATURECheck on ASSIST
  • ENGL 11

    Introduction to Poetry

  • or
    ENGL 11H

    Honors Introduction to Poetry

  • or
    ENGL 16

    Introduction to Literature

  • or
    ENGL 16H

    Honors Introduction to Literature

  • or
    ENGL 17

    Introduction to Shakespeare

  • or
    ENGL 24

    Unmasking Comics: The Dawn of the Graphic Novel

  • or
    ENGL 43A

    Survey of British Literature I: Beowulf to the Late 18th Century

  • or
    ENGL 43AH

    Honors Survey of British Literature I: Beowulf to the Late 18th Century

  • or
    ENGL 43B

    Survey of British Literature II: the Romantic Period to the Present

  • or
    ENGL 43BH

    Honors Survey of British Literature II: The Romantic Period to the Present

  • or
    ENGL 45A

    Survey of American Literature I: Beginnings to 1865

  • or
    ENGL 45AH

    Honors Survey of American Literature I: Beginnings to 1865

  • or
    ENGL 45B

    Survey of American Literature II: 1865 to the Present

  • or
    ENGL 45BH

    Honors Survey of American Literature II: 1865 to the Present

• HISTORYCheck on ASSIST
  • HIST 4A

    History of Western Civilization to 800 CE

  • or
    HIST 4B

    History of Western Civilization: 700-1800

  • or
    HIST 4C

    History of Western Civilization: 1789-Present

  • or
    HIST 8

    History of Latin America

  • or
    HIST 17A

    History of the United States to 1815

  • or
    HIST 17B

    History of the United States from 1812 to 1914

  • or
    HIST 17C

    History of the United States from 1914 to the Present

  • or
    HIST 18

    Introduction to Middle Eastern Civilization

• PHILOSOPHYCheck on ASSIST
  • PHIL 2

    Introduction to Social & Political Philosophy

  • or
    PHIL 4

    Introduction to Philosophy

  • or
    PHIL 8

    Ethics

  • or
    PHIL 20A

    History of Western Philosophy from Socrates Through St. Thomas

  • or
    PHIL 20B

    History of Western Philosophy from the Rennissance Through Kant

• COMPOSITIONCheck on ASSIST
  • ENGL C1000

    Academic Reading and Writing

  • or
    ENGL C1000H

    Academic Reading and Writing - Honors

  • or
    ENGL 1B

    Composition, Critical Reading & Thinking Through Literature

  • or
    ENGL 1BH

    Honors Composition, Critical Reading, & Thinking Through Literature

  • or
    ENGL C1001

    Critical Thinking and Writing

  • or
    ENGL C1001H

    Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors

  • or
    ESLL 26

    Advanced Composition & Reading

  • or
    PHIL 1

    Critical Thinking & Writing

• LIT JRN 21

  Reporting for Literary Journalism

  Not Articulated

• LIT JRN 20

  Introduction to Literary Journalism

  Not Articulated

• ENGLISH 11

  Society, Law, and Literature

  No Course Articulated

• ENGLISH 15

  Introductory Seminar in English: Topics in Literary Studies

  No Course Articulated

• ENGLISH 9

  Shakespeare

  • ENGL 17

    Introduction to Shakespeare

• ENGLISH 17

  The Craft of Fiction

  No Course Articulated

• ENGLISH 16

  The Craft of Poetry

  No Course Articulated

• ENGLISH 10Check on ASSIST

  Topics in English and American Literature

  • ENGL 10A

    Literature & the Environment

  • or
    ENGL 11

    Introduction to Poetry

  • or
    ENGL 11H

    Honors Introduction to Poetry

  • or
    ENGL 16

    Introduction to Literature

  • or
    ENGL 24

    Unmasking Comics: The Dawn of the Graphic Novel

  • or
    ENGL 43A

    Survey of British Literature I: Beowulf to the Late 18th Century

  • or
    ENGL 43AH

    Honors Survey of British Literature I: Beowulf to the Late 18th Century

  • or
    ENGL 43B

    Survey of British Literature II: the Romantic Period to the Present

  • or
    ENGL 43BH

    Honors Survey of British Literature II: The Romantic Period to the Present

  • or
    ENGL 45A

    Survey of American Literature I: Beginnings to 1865

  • or
    ENGL 45AH

    Honors Survey of American Literature I: Beginnings to 1865

  • or
    ENGL 45B

    Survey of American Literature II: 1865 to the Present

  • or
    ENGL 45BH

    Honors Survey of American Literature II: 1865 to the Present

• Course work equivalent to sixth quarter (fourth semester) of study in a single language other than English (at the college level)
  • JAPN 6

    Intermediate Japanese III

  • or
    SPAN 6

    Intermediate Spanish III

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