MAE: Aerospace 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.

• 12Mapped preparation courses
• 11Scheduled Winter 2027
• 11With open seats reported
• 50Current 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. 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. PHYS 4BGeneral Physics (Calculus)Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 112 seats reported this term.
2. CHEM 1AGeneral ChemistryOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 168 seats reported this term.
3. ENGR 11Programming & Problem-Solving in MATLABOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 35 seats reported this term.
4. MATH 1BCalculusOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 360 seats reported this term.
5. MATH 2ADifferential EquationsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 80 seats reported this term.
6. MATH 2BLinear AlgebraOpen
   • 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.

• CHEM 6A

  General Chemistry I

  • CHEM 1A

    General Chemistry

• PHYS 2CL

  Physics Laboratory - Electricity and Magnetism

  • PHYS 4B

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYS 2A

  Physics - Mechanics

  • PHYS 4A

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYS 2B

  Physics - Electricity and Magnetism

  • PHYS 4B

    General Physics (Calculus)

• PHYS 2C

  Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics

  • PHYS 4C

    General Physics (Calculus)

• MAE 2

  Introduction to Aerospace Engineering

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• MATH 20C

  Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering

  • MATH 1C + MATH 1D

    Calculus

• MATH 20B

  Calculus for Science and Engineering

  • MATH 1B

    Calculus

• MATH 20D

  Introduction to Differential Equations

  • MATH 2A

    Differential Equations

• MATH 20E

  Vector Calculus

  • MATH 1C + MATH 1D

    Calculus

• MATH 18

  Linear Algebra

  • MATH 2B

    Linear Algebra

• MATH 20A

  Calculus for Science and Engineering

  • MATH 1A

    Calculus

  • or
    MATH 1AH

    Honors Calculus I

• MAE 8

  MATLAB Programming for Engineering Analysis

  • ENGR 11

    Programming & Problem-Solving in MATLAB

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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