Materials Science and 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.

• 25Mapped preparation courses
• 20Scheduled Fall 2026
• 5With open seats reported
• 55Current 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 1BH, STAT C1000, PHYS 4D, ENGR 47, ENGR 45. 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. ENGR 35StaticsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 11 seats reported this term.
3. ENGR 37Introduction to Circuit AnalysisOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 22 seats reported this term.
4. PHYS 4CGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 7 seats reported this term.
5. CHEM 12AOrganic ChemistryFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. ENGR 45Properties of MaterialsNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's 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.

• ENGRMAE 10

  Introduction to Engineering Computations

  • C S 2A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in C++

  • or
    ENGR 11

    Programming & Problem-Solving in MATLAB

• MATH 2E

  Multivariable Calculus

  • MATH 1D

    Calculus

• MATH 3A

  Introduction to Linear Algebra

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• MATH 2A

  Single-Variable Calculus

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

• MATH 3D

  Elementary Differential Equations

  • MATH 2A

    Differential Equations

• PHYSICS 7E

  Classical Physics

  • PHYS 4C

    General Physics (Calculus)

• MATH 2B

  Single-Variable Calculus

  • MATH 1B

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1BH

    Honors Calculus II

• MATH 2D

  Multivariable Calculus

  • MATH 1D

    Calculus

• CHEM 51A

  Organic Chemistry

  • CHEM 12A

    Organic Chemistry

• STATS 7

  Basic Statistics

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

• BIO SCI 93

  DNA to Organisms

  • BIOL 1A

    Principles of Cell Biology

  • or
    BIOL 1B

    Form & Function in Plants & Animals

• PHYSICS 51A

  Modern Physics

  • PHYS 4D

    General Physics (Calculus)

• ENGRMAE 80

  Dynamics

  • ENGR 47

    Dynamics

• ENGR 54

  Principles of Materials Science and Engineering

  • ENGR 45

    Properties of Materials

• ENGRCEE 30

  Statics

  • ENGR 35

    Statics

• EECS 70A

  NETWORK ANALYSIS I

  • ENGR 37

    Introduction to Circuit Analysis

• ENGR 1A + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C + CHEM 1LCCheck on ASSIST

  General Chemistry for Engineers

  • CHEM 1A + CHEM 1C + CHEM 1B

    General Chemistry · General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis

• CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C + CHEM 1LCCheck on ASSIST

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1C + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1A

    General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis · General Chemistry

• PHYSICS 7C + PHYSICS 7LC

  Classical Physics

  • PHYS 4A

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYSICS 7D + PHYSICS 7LD

  Classical Physics

  • PHYS 4B

    General Physics (Calculus)

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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