Geophysics

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.

• 16Mapped preparation courses
• 13Scheduled Fall 2026
• 2With open seats reported
• 48Current 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: PHYS 2B, PHYS 2BM, BIOL 1C. 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 2ADifferential EquationsFull
   • 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 1CCalculusWaitlist
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
3. PHYS 2AMGeneral Physics: Calculus SupplementOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 25 seats reported this term.
4. PHYS 4CGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 7 seats reported this term.
5. BIOL 1APrinciples of Cell BiologyFull
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. BIOL 1BForm & Function in Plants & AnimalsWaitlist
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • No open 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 7ACheck on ASSIST

  Calculus for Life Sciences

  No Course Articulated

  An AP exam may be used to satisfy this course requirement

• MATH 46Check on ASSIST

  Intro to Ordinary Differential Equations

  • MATH 2A

    Differential Equations

• MATH 7BCheck on ASSIST

  Calculus for Life Sciences

  No Course Articulated

  An AP exam may be used to satisfy this course requirement

• MATH 46Check on ASSIST

  Intro to Ordinary Differential Equations

  • MATH 2A

    Differential Equations

• MATH 9A + MATH 9B + MATH 9CCheck on ASSIST

  First-Year Calculus

  • MATH 1B + MATH 1C + MATH 1A

    Calculus

• PHYS 40A + PHYS 40BCheck on ASSIST

  General Physics

  • PHYS 4A + PHYS 4C

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYS 2A + PHYS 2LA + PHYS 2B + PHYS 2LBCheck on ASSIST

  General Physics

  • PHYS 2B + PHYS 2BM + PHYS 2AM + PHYS 2A

    General Physics · General Physics: Calculus Supplement

• MATH 10A + MATH 10BCheck on ASSIST

  Calculus of Several Variables

  • MATH 1D + MATH 1C

    Calculus

• CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1LA + CHEM 1LBCheck on ASSIST

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B

    General Chemistry

• BIOL 5A + BIOL 5B + BIOL 5C + BIOL 5LACheck on ASSIST

  Intro to Cell and Molecular Biology

  • BIOL 1C + BIOL 1B + BIOL 1A

    Evolution, Systematics & Ecology · Form & Function in Plants & Animals · Principles of Cell Biology

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 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