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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.

• 25Mapped preparation courses
• 16Scheduled Fall 2026
• 2With open seats reported
• 52Current 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 12BL, CHEM 12CL, MATH 1BH, MATH 17, STAT C1000, BIOL 1C, CHEM 12B, PHYS 2B, PHYS 2C. 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 12Calculus for Business & EconomicsWaitlist
   • 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 2BLinear AlgebraWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
3. CHEM 1AGeneral ChemistryWaitlist
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
4. CHEM 1BGeneral ChemistryWaitlist
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
5. CHEM 1CGeneral Chemistry & Qualitative AnalysisFull
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. PSYC 7Statistics for the Behavioral SciencesOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • 14 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.

• CHEM 6AL

  Laboratory Methods of Organic Chemistry

  • CHEM 12BL + CHEM 12CL + CHEM 12AL

    Organic Chemistry Laboratory

• MATH 3A

  Calculus with Applications, First Course

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

• MATH 34A

  Calculus for Social and Life Sciences

  • MATH 12

    Calculus for Business & Economics

• MATH 3B

  Calculus with Applications, Second Course

  • MATH 1B + MATH 1C

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1BH + MATH 1C

    Honors Calculus II · Calculus

• MATH 34B

  Calculus for Social and Life Sciences

  • MATH 12

    Calculus for Business & Economics

• PSTAT 5ARecommended

  Understanding Data

  • MATH 17

    Integrated Statistics II

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  • or
    SOC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  • or
    STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

• MATH 4ARecommended

  Linear Algebra with Applications

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C + CHEM 2AL + CHEM 2BL

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C

    General Chemistry · General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis

• CHEM 1A + CHEM 1AL + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1BL + CHEM 1C + CHEM 1CL

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1A + CHEM 1C + CHEM 1B

    General Chemistry · General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis

• MCDB 1A + MCDB 1B + MCDB 1LL + EEMB 2 + EEMB 2LL + EEMB 3

  Introductory Biology I

  • BIOL 1B + BIOL 1A + BIOL 1C

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

• CHEM 109A + CHEM 109B

  Organic Chemistry

  • CHEM 12A + CHEM 12B

    Organic Chemistry

  Lower division credit only

• PHYS 6A + PHYS 6AL + PHYS 6B + PHYS 6BL + PHYS 6C + PHYS 6CLRecommended

  Introductory Physics

  • PHYS 2A + PHYS 2B + PHYS 2C

    General Physics

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

• Actuarial ScienceFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• 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

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