Computer Engineering

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.

• 19Mapped preparation courses
• 17Scheduled Fall 2026
• 4With open seats reported
• 49Current 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 1BH, 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. MATH 1CCalculusWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 3 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
2. MATH 2BLinear AlgebraWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
3. C S 3AObject-Oriented Programming Methodologies in PYTHONOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
4. ENGR 35StaticsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 11 seats reported this term.
5. PHYS 4CGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 7 seats reported this term.
6. C S 10Computer Architecture & OrganizationWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open 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.

• ECE 9Recommended

  Statics and Mechanics of Materials

  • ENGR 35

    Statics

• CSE 20Recommended

  Beginning Programming in Python

  • C S 3A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in PYTHON

• MATH 19ACheck on ASSIST

  Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

• MATH 19BCheck on ASSIST

  Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

  • MATH 1B + MATH 1C

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1BH + MATH 1C

    Honors Calculus II · Calculus

• AM 20Check on ASSIST

  Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineers

  • MATH 2A

    Differential Equations

• CSE 12Check on ASSIST

  Computer Systems and Assembly Language and Lab

  • C S 10

    Computer Architecture & Organization

• CSE 16Check on ASSIST

  Applied Discrete Mathematics

  • C S 18

    Discrete Mathematics

  • or
    MATH 22

    Discrete Mathematics

• CSE 30Check on ASSIST

  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

• CSE 13S

  Computer Systems and C Programming

  No Course Articulated

• AM 10

  Linear Algebra for Engineers

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• MATH 21

  Linear Algebra

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• AM 30

  Multivariate Calculus for Engineers

  • MATH 1C + MATH 1D

    Calculus

• MATH 23A

  Vector Calculus

  • MATH 1C

    Calculus

• PHYS 5B + PHYS 5MRecommended

  Introduction to Physics II

  • PHYS 4C

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYS 5A + PHYS 5LCheck on ASSIST

  Introduction to Physics I

  • PHYS 4A

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYS 5C + PHYS 5NCheck on ASSIST

  Introduction to Physics III

  • PHYS 4B

    General Physics (Calculus)

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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