History of Policy, Law, and Governance

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.

• 33Mapped preparation courses
• 22Scheduled Fall 2026
• 14With open seats reported
• 44Current 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: HIST 3A, HIST 3C, HIST 4B, POLI 2H, POLS C1000, POLI 15, POLI 15H, SOC 1H, PHIL 7, MATH 17, STAT C1000. 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. ECON 1APrinciples of Macroeconomics Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 47 seats reported this term.
2. ECON 1BPrinciples of MicroeconomicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 12 seats reported this term.
3. HIST 17AHistory of the United States to 1815Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 8 seats reported this term.
4. HIST 17BHistory of the United States from 1812 to 1914Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 3 seats reported this term.
5. HIST 17CHistory of the United States from 1914 to the PresentOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 19 seats reported this term.
6. HIST 18Introduction to Middle Eastern CivilizationOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 9 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.

• HIST 2A

  World History

  • HIST 3A

    World History From Prehistory to 750 CE

• HIST 2B

  World History

  • HIST 3B

    World History from 750 CE to 1750 CE

• HIST 2C

  World History

  • HIST 3C

    World History from 1750 CE to the Present

• HIST 4A

  The Ancient Mediterranean and West Asia

  • HIST 4A

    History of Western Civilization to 800 CE

• HIST 4B

  Medieval and Early Modern Europe

  • HIST 4B

    History of Western Civilization: 700-1800

• HIST 4C

  Modern Europe

  • HIST 4C

    History of Western Civilization: 1789-Present

• HIST 17A

  The American People

  • HIST 17A

    History of the United States to 1815

• HIST 17B

  The American People

  • HIST 17B

    History of the United States from 1812 to 1914

• HIST 17C

  The American People

  • HIST 17C

    History of the United States from 1914 to the Present

• HIST 46B

  The Middle East: From the Nineteenth Century to the Present

  • HIST 18

    Introduction to Middle Eastern Civilization

• POL S 6

  Introduction to Comparative Politics

  • POLI 2

    Comparative Government & Politics

  • or
    POLI 2H

    Honors Comparative Government & Politics

• POL S 12

  American Government and Politics

  • POLS C1000

    American Government and Politics

• 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

• POL S 7

  Introduction to International Relations

  • POLI 15

    International Relations/World Politics

  • or
    POLI 15H

    Honors International Relations/World Politics

• ANTH 2

  Introductory Cultural Anthropology

  • ANTH 2A

    Cultural Anthropology

  • or
    ANTH 2AH

    Honors Cultural Anthropology

• ECON 1

  Principles of Economics-Micro

  • ECON 1B

    Principles of Microeconomics

• ECON 2

  Principles of Economics-Macro

  • ECON 1A

    Principles of Macroeconomics

• SOC 1

  Introduction to Sociology

  • SOC 1

    Introduction to Sociology

  • or
    SOC 1H

    Honors Introduction to Sociology

• GLOBL 2

  Global Socioeconomic and Political Processes

  • GLST 2

    Global Issues

• GLOBL 1

  Global History, Culture and Ideology

  • GLST 1

    Introduction to Global Studies

  • or
    GLST 1H

    Honors Introduction to Global Studies

• PHIL 3

  Critical Thinking

  • PHIL 7

    Introduction to Symbolic Logic

• PHIL 4

  Introduction to Ethics

  • PHIL 8

    Ethics

• AS AM 1

  Introduction to Asian American History, 1850-Present

  • ETHN 5

    Introduction to Asian American Studies

• EACS 4A

  East Asian Traditions: Pre-Modern

  This Course is Never Articulated

• EACS 4B

  East Asian Traditions: Modern

  This Course is Never Articulated

• 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

• PSTAT 109Recommended

  Statistics for Economics

  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

• 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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