Data Science

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.

• 15Mapped preparation courses
• 13Scheduled Fall 2026
• 4With open seats reported
• 48Current 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: BIOL 1C, 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. PSYC 10Research Methods & DesignsWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
2. ECON 1APrinciples of Macroeconomics Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 47 seats reported this term.
3. ECON 1BPrinciples of MicroeconomicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 12 seats reported this term.
4. MATH 1BCalculusWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
5. MATH 2BLinear AlgebraWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
6. BIOL 1APrinciples of Cell BiologyFull
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate 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 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.

• SOCI 60

  Practice of Social Research

  • SOC 10

    Social Research Methods & Designs

  • or
    PSYC 10

    Research Methods & Designs

• BILD 1

  The Cell

  • BIOL 1B + BIOL 1C + BIOL 1A

    Form & Function in Plants & Animals · Evolution, Systematics & Ecology · Principles of Cell Biology

• BILD 3

  Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

  • BIOL 1C + BIOL 1A + BIOL 1B

    Evolution, Systematics & Ecology · Principles of Cell Biology · Form & Function in Plants & Animals

• POLI 30

  Political Inquiry

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• POLI 5

  Data Analytics for the Social Sciences

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• ECON 3

  Principles of Macroeconomics

  • ECON 1A

    Principles of Macroeconomics

• ECON 1

  Principles of Microeconomics

  • ECON 1B

    Principles of Microeconomics

• 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

• MATH 18

  Linear Algebra

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• MATH 20B

  Calculus for Science and Engineering

  • MATH 1B

    Calculus

• MATH 20C

  Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering

  • MATH 1C + MATH 1D

    Calculus

• MATH 20A

  Calculus for Science and Engineering

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

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 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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