Software 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.

• 15Mapped preparation courses
• 13Scheduled Fall 2026
• 6With open seats reported
• 36Current 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, C S 40A. 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. C S 2CAdvanced Data Structures & Algorithims in C++Waitlist
   • 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 22Discrete MathematicsFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
3. C S 40ASoftware Engineering MethodologiesNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
4. MATH 2BLinear AlgebraWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
5. C S 2BIntermediate Software Design in C++Open
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 37 seats reported this term.
6. C S 1BIntermediate Software Design in JAVAOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 10 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.

• MATH 2A

  Single-Variable Calculus

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

• MATH 2B

  Single-Variable Calculus

  • MATH 1B

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1BH

    Honors Calculus II

• I&C SCI 45C

  Programming in C/C++ as a Second Language

  • C S 2B + C S 2C

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

• I&C SCI 45J

  Programming in Java as a Second Language

  • C S 1B

    Intermediate Software Design in JAVA

  • or
    C S 1C

    Advanced Data Structures & Algorithims in JAVA

• I&C SCI 46

  Data Structure Implementation and Analysis

  • C S 2C

    Advanced Data Structures & Algorithims in C++

• IN4MATX 43

  Introduction to Software Engineering

  • C S 40A

    Software Engineering Methodologies

• I&C SCI 6B

  Boolean Logic and Discrete Structures

  • MATH 22

    Discrete Mathematics

• I&C SCI 6D

  Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science

  • MATH 22

    Discrete Mathematics

• MATH 3A

  Introduction to Linear Algebra

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• I&C SCI 31 + I&C SCI 32 + I&C SCI 33

  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++

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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