Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics

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.

• 21Mapped preparation courses
• 18Scheduled Winter 2027
• 18With open seats reported
• 56Current 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: MATH 1AH, CHEM 12C, C S 18. 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. CHEM 1AGeneral ChemistryOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 3 separate requirements.
   • 168 seats reported this term.
2. CHEM 1BGeneral ChemistryOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 3 separate requirements.
   • 112 seats reported this term.
3. CHEM 1CGeneral Chemistry & Qualitative AnalysisOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 3 separate requirements.
   • 56 seats reported this term.
4. MATH 2BLinear AlgebraOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 80 seats reported this term.
5. BIOL 1APrinciples of Cell BiologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 56 seats reported this term.
6. PHIL 8EthicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 80 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 Cruz requires. Right: the Foothill College course or courses ASSIST accepts for it. Alternatives are labelled or; courses joined by + are all required together.

• AM 10

  Linear Algebra for Engineers

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• MATH 21

  Linear Algebra

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• PHIL 22

  Introduction to Ethical Theory

  • PHIL 8

    Ethics

• CHEM 3A

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1A

    General Chemistry

• CHEM 3B

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1B

    General Chemistry

• CHEM 3C

  General Chemistry

  • CHEM 1C

    General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis

• CHEM 4A

  Advanced General Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Reactivity

  • CHEM 1C + CHEM 1B + CHEM 1A

    General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis · General Chemistry

• CHEM 4B

  Advanced General Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Reactivity

  • CHEM 1A + CHEM 1C + CHEM 1B

    General Chemistry · General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis

• BIOL 20A

  Cell and Molecular Biology

  • BIOL 1A

    Principles of Cell Biology

• MATH 19A

  Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

• MATH 19B

  Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

  • MATH 1B + MATH 1C

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1BH + MATH 1C

    Honors Calculus II · Calculus

• CHEM 8A

  Organic Chemistry

  • CHEM 12B + CHEM 12A

    Organic Chemistry

• CHEM 8B

  Organic Chemistry

  • CHEM 12C + CHEM 12B

    Organic Chemistry

• PHYS 5A

  Introduction to Physics I

  • PHYS 4A

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYS 5B

  Introduction to Physics II

  • PHYS 4C

    General Physics (Calculus)

• CSE 16

  Applied Discrete Mathematics

  • C S 18

    Discrete Mathematics

  • or
    MATH 22

    Discrete Mathematics

• CSE 30

  Programming Abstractions: Python

  • C S 1C

    Advanced Data Structures & Algorithims in JAVA

  • or
    C S 2C

    Advanced Data Structures & Algorithims in C++

  • or
    C S 3C

    Advanced Data Structures & Algorithms in Python

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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