International Development 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.

• 15Mapped preparation courses
• 11Scheduled Winter 2027
• 11With open seats reported
• 32Current 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, GEOG 10, 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. ECON 1APrinciples of Macroeconomics Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 200 seats reported this term.
2. ECON 1BPrinciples of MicroeconomicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 160 seats reported this term.
3. GEOG 2Human GeographyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
4. HIST 3CWorld History from 1750 CE to the PresentOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
5. SOC 1Introduction to SociologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 145 seats reported this term.
6. SOC 10Social Research Methods & DesignsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 16 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

Derived from this agreement and the current class data — not generic advice.

Major preparation

Left: what UCLA requires. Right: the Foothill College course or courses ASSIST accepts for it. Alternatives are labelled or; courses joined by + are all required together.

• ANTHRO 3Check on ASSIST

  CULTURE AND SOCIETY

  • ANTH 2A + ANTH 2AH

    Cultural Anthropology · Honors Cultural Anthropology

• HIST 22Check on ASSIST

  Contemporary World History, 1760 to Present

  • HIST 3C

    World History from 1750 CE to the Present

• POL SCI 20Check on ASSIST

  World Politics

  • POLI 15 + POLI 15H

    International Relations/World Politics · Honors International Relations/World Politics

• POL SCI 50Check on ASSIST

  Introduction to Comparative Politics

  • POLI 2 + POLI 2H

    Comparative Government & Politics · Honors Comparative Government & Politics

• SOCIOL 1Check on ASSIST

  Introductory Sociology

  • SOC 1

    Introduction to Sociology

• GEOG 3Check on ASSIST

  Cultural Geography

  • GEOG 2

    Human Geography

• GEOG 6Check on ASSIST

  World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues

  • GEOG 10

    World Regional Geography

• SOCIOL 20

  Introduction to Sociological Research Methods

  • SOC 10

    Social Research Methods & Designs

• ECON 41

  Probability and Statistics for Economists

  This Course is Never Articulated

• HIST 96W

  Introduction to Historical Practice

  This Course is Never Articulated

• ECON 2

  Principles of Economics(Macroeconomics)

  • ECON 1A

    Principles of Macroeconomics

• ECON 1

  Principles of Economics(Microeconomics)

  • ECON 1B

    Principles of Microeconomics

• STATS 10 + STATS 12

  Introduction to Statistical Reasoning

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  Acceptable substitute

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 UCLA majors from Foothill

• Aerospace EngineeringFoothill → UCLA
• African American StudiesFoothill → UCLA
• African and Middle Eastern StudiesFoothill → UCLA
• American Indian StudiesFoothill → UCLA
• American Literature and CultureFoothill → UCLA
• Ancient Near East and EgyptologyFoothill → UCLA
• AnthropologyFoothill → UCLA
• AnthropologyFoothill → UCLA

Common questions