Cognitive Science B.S. Specialization in Design and Interaction

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.

• 12Mapped preparation courses
• 10Scheduled Winter 2027
• 10With open seats reported
• 36Current 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, 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. C S 1AObject-Oriented Programming Methodologies in JAVAOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 80 seats reported this term.
2. MATH 1BCalculusOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 360 seats reported this term.
3. MATH 1CCalculusOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 160 seats reported this term.
4. MATH 2BLinear AlgebraOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 80 seats reported this term.
5. PSYC 10Research Methods & DesignsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 48 seats reported this term.
6. PSYC 4Introduction to BiopsychologyOpen
   • 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 San Diego requires. Right: the Foothill College course or courses ASSIST accepts for it. Alternatives are labelled or; courses joined by + are all required together.

• MATH 10C

  Calculus III

  • MATH 1C

    Calculus

• MATH 20A

  Calculus for Science and Engineering

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

• MATH 20B

  Calculus for Science and Engineering

  • MATH 1B

    Calculus

• MATH 18

  Linear Algebra

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• COGS 14A

  Introduction to Research Methods

  • PSYC 10

    Research Methods & Designs

• COGS 14B

  Introduction to Statistical Analysis

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

• COGS 1

  Introduction to Cognitive Science

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• COGS 17

  Neurobiology of Cognition

  • PSYC 4

    Introduction to Biopsychology

• CSE 11

  Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated Pace

  • C S 1B

    Intermediate Software Design in JAVA

  • or
    C S 3A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in PYTHON

• CSE 8A

  Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving I

  • C S 1A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in JAVA

Agreement year 2026-27, 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 San Diego majors from Foothill

• Accounting Minor: Rady School of ManagementFoothill → UC San Diego
• Anthropology B.A. with Concentration in ArchaeologyFoothill → UC San Diego
• Anthropology B.A. with Concentration in Biological AnthropologyFoothill → UC San Diego
• Anthropology B.A. with Concentration in Climate Change and Human SolutionsFoothill → UC San Diego
• Anthropology B.A. with Concentration in Sociocultural AnthropologyFoothill → UC San Diego
• Anthropology: Biological AnthropologyFoothill → UC San Diego
• Anthropology: Environmental AnthropologyFoothill → UC San Diego
• Art: Art History/Criticism B.A. (Visual Arts)Foothill → UC San Diego

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