Anthropology transfer requirements: Foothill College → UC Santa Cruz

These are the lower-division Anthropology courses UC Santa Cruz expects you to finish before you transfer, taken from the 2025–26 ASSIST agreement, and matched to the Foothill College courses that satisfy each one.

Also searched as: UCSC.

3UC Santa Cruz requirements
3have a Foothill College match
6offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Santa Cruz requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
ANTH 3 Introduction to ArchaeologyANTH 8Hor ANTH 8
ANTH 1 Introduction to Biological AnthropologyANTH 1Hor ANTH 1
ANTH 2 Introduction to Cultural AnthropologyANTH 2Bor ANTH 2Aor ANTH 2AH

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, UC Santa Cruz as the receiving institution, and Anthropology as the major. ASSIST is the only official source, and agreements change between catalog years.

Which of these you can actually take in 2025–26

Matched against the official Foothill College schedule for 2026 Fall and 2027 Winter. Seat status changes daily — the planner shows the live figures.

CourseTermCRNInstructorStatus
ANTH 8H2026 Fall21464Samuel ConnellWaitlist
ANTH 82026 Fall21463Samuel ConnellClosed
ANTH 1H2026 Fall20531Samuel ConnellOpen
ANTH 1H2026 Fall20769Samuel ConnellOpen
ANTH 1H2026 Fall21086John WolfOpen
ANTH 1H2027 Winter32830John WolfOpen
ANTH 12026 Fall20638Samuel ConnellWaitlist
ANTH 12026 Fall20642Samuel ConnellOpen
ANTH 12026 Fall20009John WolfOpen
ANTH 12026 Fall20101Kathryn MaurerClosed
ANTH 2A2026 Fall20639Julie JenkinsOpen
ANTH 2A2026 Fall22094Julie JenkinsOpen
ANTH 2A2026 Fall20011Max DavidsonWaitlist
ANTH 2A2027 Winter30686Samuel ConnellOpen
ANTH 2AH2026 Fall22097Julie JenkinsOpen
ANTH 2AH2026 Fall20703Julie JenkinsOpen
ANTH 2AH2027 Winter32303Samuel ConnellOpen
ASSIST is the official source for UC articulation, but it tells you which courses count, not when they run or who teaches them. The planner puts both together and warns you about time conflicts.
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Anthropology from Foothill College to other campuses

Same major from De Anza College → UC Santa Cruz