Geography, B.A. - Geographic Information Science Emphasis

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.

• 35Mapped preparation courses
• 28Scheduled Winter 2027
• 28With 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: GEOG 11, STAT C1000, MATH 17, MATH 1AH, PSYC C1000, PSYC C1000H, POLI 15H. 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. ANTH 14Linguistic AnthropologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
2. BIOL 10General Biology: Basic PrinciplesOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 139 seats reported this term.
3. ECON 1APrinciples of Macroeconomics Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 200 seats reported this term.
4. ECON 1BPrinciples of MicroeconomicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 160 seats reported this term.
5. GEOG 1Physical GeographyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 210 seats reported this term.
6. GEOG 2Human GeographyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 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.

• GEOG 4

  Land, Water and Life

  • GEOG 1

    Physical Geography

• GEOG 5

  People, Place and Environment

  • GEOG 2

    Human Geography

• GEOG 12

  Maps and Spatial Reasoning

  • GEOG 11

    Introduction to Mapping & Spatial Reasoning

  • or
    GIST 11

    Introduction to Mapping & Spatial Reasoning

• COMM 87

  Statistical Analysis for Communication

  • PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  • or
    SOC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

  • or
    STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

• 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

• CHEM 1A

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B

    General Chemistry

• ENV S 2

  Introduction to Environmental Science

  • BIOL 9L + BIOL 9

    Environmental Biology Laboratory · Environmental Biology

• MCDB 20

  Concepts of Biology

  • BIOL 10

    General Biology: Basic Principles

• 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

• MATH 3ARecommended

  Calculus with Applications, First Course

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

• ECON 1

  Principles of Economics-Micro

  • ECON 1B

    Principles of Microeconomics

• ANTH 2

  Introductory Cultural Anthropology

  • ANTH 2A

    Cultural Anthropology

  • or
    ANTH 2AH

    Honors Cultural Anthropology

• LING 20

  Language and Linguistics

  • ANTH 14

    Linguistic Anthropology

• PSY 1

  Introduction to Psychology

  • PSYC C1000

    Introduction to Psychology

  • or
    PSYC C1000H

    Introduction to Psychology - Honors

• ANTH 5

  Introductory Biological Anthropology

  • ANTH 1

    Introduction to Biological Anthropology

  • or
    ANTH 1H

    Honors Introduction to Biological Anthropology

• SOC 1

  Introduction to Sociology

  • SOC 1

    Introduction to Sociology

  • or
    SOC 1H

    Honors Introduction to Sociology

• POL S 7

  Introduction to International Relations

  • POLI 15

    International Relations/World Politics

  • or
    POLI 15H

    Honors International Relations/World Politics

• ECON 2

  Principles of Economics-Macro

  • ECON 1A

    Principles of Macroeconomics

• EEMB 2 + EEMB 2LL

  Introductory Biology II - Ecology and Evolution

  • BIOL 1A + BIOL 1C + BIOL 1B

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

• PHYS 6A + PHYS 6AL

  Introductory Physics

  • PHYS 2A

    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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