Chemical 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.

• 21Mapped preparation courses
• 19Scheduled Winter 2027
• 19With open seats reported
• 71Current 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: CHEM 12C, CHEM 12CL. 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. BIOL 1APrinciples of Cell BiologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 56 seats reported this term.
2. MATH 2ADifferential EquationsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 80 seats reported this term.
3. PHYS 4AGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 112 seats reported this term.
4. PHYS 4BGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 112 seats reported this term.
5. PHYS 4CGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 56 seats reported this term.
6. MATH 1CCalculusOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 160 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

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

Major preparation

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

• MATH 46Recommended

  Intro to Ordinary Differential Equations

  • MATH 2A

    Differential Equations

• CS 10ARecommended

  Intro to Computer Science for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering I

  • C S 1A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in JAVA

  • or
    C S 2A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in C++

  • or
    C S 3A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in PYTHON

  An AP exam may be used to satisfy this course requirement

• PHYS 40B

  General Physics

  • PHYS 4C

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYS 40C

  General Physics

  • PHYS 4B

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYS 40A

  General Physics

  • PHYS 4A

    General Physics (Calculus)

• CHEM 8A + CHEM 8B + CHEM 8C + CHEM 8LA + CHEM 8LB + CHEM 8LCRecommended

  ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

  • CHEM 12B + CHEM 12A + CHEM 12C + CHEM 12AL + CHEM 12BL + CHEM 12CL

    Organic Chemistry · Organic Chemistry Laboratory

• MATH 10A + MATH 10BRecommended

  Calculus of Several Variables

  • MATH 1D + MATH 1C

    Calculus

• BIOL 5A + BIOL 5LA

  Intro to Cell and Molecular Biology

  • BIOL 1A

    Principles of Cell Biology

• CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C + CHEM 1LA + CHEM 1LB + CHEM 1LC

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1B + CHEM 1A + CHEM 1C

    General Chemistry · General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis

• MATH 9A + MATH 9B + MATH 9C

  First-Year Calculus

  • MATH 1B + MATH 1C + MATH 1A

    Calculus

Agreement year 2026-27, 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 Riverside majors from Foothill

• Actuarial ScienceFoothill → UC Riverside
• African American StudiesFoothill → UC Riverside
• Anthropology, B.A. orFoothill → UC Riverside
• Art HistoryFoothill → UC Riverside
• Art History/Administrative StudiesFoothill → UC Riverside
• Art History/Religious StudiesFoothill → UC Riverside
• ArtFoothill → UC Riverside
• Asian American StudiesFoothill → UC Riverside

Common questions