Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

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.

• 37Mapped preparation courses
• 12Scheduled Fall 2026
• 3With open seats reported
• 16Current 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: THTR 20B, THTR 20C, THTR 43C, THTR 47A, THTR 47B, THTR 47C, THTR 47D, THTR 42, DANC 2A, DANC 2B, DANC 3A, DANC 3B, DANC 4A, DANC 4B, DANC 4C, DANC 11A, DANC 12A, DANC 13A, DANC 13B, DANC 14, DANC 18A, DANC 18B, MDIA 30, ART 4B, ART 5B. 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. MUS 10Music FundamentalsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 8 seats reported this term.
2. ART 5A2-D FoundationsWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
3. ART 5B3-D FoundationsNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
4. MUS 3ATheory & Musicianship IWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
5. PHOT 5Introduction to PhotographyFull
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. THTR 42Introduction to Theatre DesignNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.

Things to watch

Derived from this agreement and the current class data — not generic advice.

Major preparation

Left: what UC Santa Cruz requires. Right: the Foothill College course or courses ASSIST accepts for it. Alternatives are labelled or; courses joined by + are all required together.

• THEA 20

  Introductory Studies in Acting

  • THTR 20A

    Acting I

  • or
    THTR 20B

    Acting II

  • or
    THTR 20C

    Acting III

  • or
    THTR 43C

    Foundations in Classical Acting

  • or
    THTR 47A

    Introduction to Musical Theatre Production

  • or
    THTR 47B

    Intermediate Music Theatre Production Workshop

  • or
    THTR 47C

    Advanced Music Theatre Production Workshop

  • or
    THTR 47D

    Advanced Music Theatre Production Workshop II

  • or
    THTR 48C

    Musical Theatre Repertoire for Singers

  • or
    THTR 49A

    Performance Production I

  • or
    THTR 49B

    Performance Production II

  • or
    THTR 49C

    Performance Production III

  • or
    THTR 49D

    Performance Production IV

• MUSC 14

  Beginning Western Theory and Musicianship

  • MUS 10

    Music Fundamentals

• MUSC 30A

  Theory, Literature, and Musicianship I

  • MUS 3A

    Theory & Musicianship I

• THEA 10

  Introduction to Theater Design and Technology

  • THTR 42

    Introduction to Theatre Design

• THEA 30Check on ASSIST

  Introduction to Dance Theory and Technique

  • DANC 2A

    Beginning Modern Dance

  • or
    DANC 2B

    Intermediate Modern Dance

  • or
    DANC 3A

    Beginning Jazz Dance

  • or
    DANC 3B

    Intermediate Jazz Dance

  • or
    DANC 4A

    Beginning Ballroom & Social Dance

  • or
    DANC 4B

    Intermediate Ballroom & Social Dance

  • or
    DANC 4C

    Advanced Ballroom & Social Dance

  • or
    DANC 11A

    Repertory Dance I

  • or
    DANC 12A

    Repertory Dance II

  • or
    DANC 13A

    Introduction to Contemporary Dance

  • or
    DANC 13B

    Intermediate Contemporary Dance

  • or
    DANC 14

    Dance Conditioning

  • or
    DANC 18A

    Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance

  • or
    DANC 18B

    Intermediate Hip-Hop Dance

  Must be taken (in combination) for a minimum of 4 units to articulate

• ART 20I

  Introduction to Photography

  • PHOT 5

    Introduction to Photography

• FILM 20P

  Introduction to Production Technique

  • MDIA 20

    Fundamentals of Media Production

  • or
    MDIA 30

    Digital Video Editing I

• ART 20G

  Introduction to Print Media and Drawing

  No Course Articulated

• ART 10D

  2D Foundation

  • ART 5A

    2-D Foundations

• ART 20L

  Introduction to Drawing

  • ART 4A

    Fundamentals in Drawing

  • or
    ART 4B

    Intermediate Drawing

• ART 10E

  3D Foundation

  • ART 5B

    3-D Foundations

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 Cruz majors from Foothill

• AgroecologyFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
• Ancient StudiesFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
• Ancient Studies MinorFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
• AnthropologyFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
• Anthropology MinorFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
• Applied Linguistics and MultilingualismFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
• Applied MathematicsFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
• Applied Mathematics MinorFoothill → UC Santa Cruz

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