Environmental 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.

• 39Mapped preparation courses
• 30Scheduled Winter 2027
• 30With open seats reported
• 86Current 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: GLST 1H, PSYC C1000, PSYC C1000H, POLI 2H, POLI 15H, POLS C1000, MATH 17, STAT C1000, MATH 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. MATH 12Calculus for Business & EconomicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
2. ECON 1APrinciples of Macroeconomics Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 200 seats reported this term.
3. ECON 1BPrinciples of MicroeconomicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 160 seats reported this term.
4. GEOG 1Physical GeographyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 210 seats reported this term.
5. GEOG 2Human GeographyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
6. GLST 2Global IssuesOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 25 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.

• ENV S 2

  Introduction to Environmental Science

  • BIOL 9L + BIOL 9

    Environmental Biology Laboratory · Environmental Biology

• ECON 1

  Principles of Economics-Micro

  • ECON 1B

    Principles of Microeconomics

• ECON 2

  Principles of Economics-Macro

  • ECON 1A

    Principles of Macroeconomics

• GEOG 4

  Land, Water and Life

  • GEOG 1

    Physical Geography

• PHIL 4

  Introduction to Ethics

  • PHIL 8

    Ethics

• POL S 1

  Introduction to Political Philosophy

  • POLI 3

    Introduction to Political Philosophy/Political Theory

  • or
    POLI 3H

    Honors Introduction to Political Philosophy/Political Theory

• ANTH 2

  Introductory Cultural Anthropology

  • ANTH 2A

    Cultural Anthropology

  • or
    ANTH 2AH

    Honors Cultural Anthropology

• GEOG 5

  People, Place and Environment

  • GEOG 2

    Human Geography

• GLOBL 1

  Global History, Culture and Ideology

  • GLST 1

    Introduction to Global Studies

  • or
    GLST 1H

    Honors Introduction to Global Studies

• GLOBL 2

  Global Socioeconomic and Political Processes

  • GLST 2

    Global Issues

• PSY 1

  Introduction to Psychology

  • PSYC C1000

    Introduction to Psychology

  • or
    PSYC C1000H

    Introduction to Psychology - Honors

• SOC 1

  Introduction to Sociology

  • SOC 1

    Introduction to Sociology

  • or
    SOC 1H

    Honors Introduction to Sociology

• POL S 6

  Introduction to Comparative Politics

  • POLI 2

    Comparative Government & Politics

  • or
    POLI 2H

    Honors Comparative Government & Politics

• POL S 7

  Introduction to International Relations

  • POLI 15

    International Relations/World Politics

  • or
    POLI 15H

    Honors International Relations/World Politics

• POL S 12

  American Government and Politics

  • POLS C1000

    American Government and Politics

• PSTAT 5A

  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

• ECON 5

  Statistics for Economics

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• 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

• 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

• MCDB 1A + MCDB 1LL + EEMB 2

  Introductory Biology I

  • BIOL 1C + BIOL 1A + BIOL 1B

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

• ENV S 15A + ENV S 15B + ENV S 15BL

  Environmental Chemistry 1

  No Course Articulated

• CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B + CHEM 2AL

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C

    General Chemistry · General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis

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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