Actuarial Science

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.

• 20Mapped preparation courses
• 17Scheduled Fall 2026
• 9With open seats reported
• 66Current 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, PHIL 7, ACTG 1AH. 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 2AObject-Oriented Programming Methodologies in C++Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 42 seats reported this term.
2. ECON 1APrinciples of Macroeconomics Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 47 seats reported this term.
3. ECON 1BPrinciples of MicroeconomicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 12 seats reported this term.
4. PHIL 8EthicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 4 seats reported this term.
5. MATH 2ADifferential EquationsFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. MATH 2BLinear AlgebraWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 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 Santa Barbara requires. Right: the Foothill College course or courses ASSIST accepts for it. Alternatives are labelled or; courses joined by + are all required together.

• MATH 3B

  Calculus with Applications, Second Course

  • MATH 1B + MATH 1C

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1BH + MATH 1C

    Honors Calculus II · Calculus

• MATH 3A

  Calculus with Applications, First Course

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

• MATH 6B

  Vector Calculus with Applications, Second Course

  • MATH 1C + MATH 1D

    Calculus

• MATH 4B

  Differential Equations

  • MATH 2A

    Differential Equations

• MATH 6A

  Vector Calculus with Applications, First Course

  • MATH 1C + MATH 1D

    Calculus

• MATH 4A

  Linear Algebra with Applications

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• ECON 10ARecommended

  Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• PHIL 3Recommended

  Critical Thinking

  • PHIL 7

    Introduction to Symbolic Logic

• PHIL 4Recommended

  Introduction to Ethics

  • PHIL 8

    Ethics

• ECON 2Recommended

  Principles of Economics-Macro

  • ECON 1A

    Principles of Macroeconomics

• ECON 3ARecommended

  Financial Accounting

  • ACTG 1A

    Financial Accounting I

  • or
    ACTG 1AH

    Honors Financial Accounting I

• ECON 1Recommended

  Principles of Economics-Micro

  • ECON 1B

    Principles of Microeconomics

• CMPSC 16

  Problem Solving with Computers I

  • C S 2A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in C++

• CMPSC 9

  Intermediate Python Programming

  • C S 3C + C S 3B

    Advanced Data Structures & Algorithms in Python · Intermediate Software Design in Python

• CMPSC 8

  Introduction to Computer Science

  • C S 1A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in JAVA

  • or
    C S 3A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in PYTHON

  • or
    C S 49

    Foundations of Computer Programming

• WRIT 107A

  Writing for Accounting Economics

  This Course is Never Articulated

• WRIT 107B

  Business and Administrative Writing

  This Course is Never Articulated

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 Santa Barbara majors from Foothill

• AnthropologyFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• Anthropology, B.A. - Archaeology EmphasisFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• Anthropology, B.A. - Biological EmphasisFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• Anthropology, B.A. - Cultural EmphasisFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• Applied MathematicsFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• Aquatic BiologyFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• ArtFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• Asian American StudiesFoothill → UC Santa Barbara

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