Biological Sciences transfer requirements: Foothill College → CSU San Marcos

These are the lower-division Biological Sciences courses CSU San Marcos 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: CSUSM.

10CSU San Marcos requirements
10have a Foothill College match
12offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

CSU San Marcos requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
BIOL 211 Introduction to Organismal and Population BiologyBIOL 1A + BIOL 1B + BIOL 1C
BIOL 210 Introduction to Cellular and Molecular BiologyBIOL 1C + BIOL 1B + BIOL 1A
CHEM 160 General Chemistry IICHEM 1B + CHEM 1C
CHEM 150L General Chemistry LaboratoryCHEM 1B + CHEM 1A
CHEM 201L Organic Chemistry LaboratoryCHEM 12A
CHEM 201 Organic ChemistryCHEM 12A
CHEM 150 General ChemistryCHEM 1A + CHEM 1B
MATH 160 Calculus with Applications, IMATH 1Bor MATH 1B + MATH 1Aor MATH 1AH
PHYS 101 Introduction to Physics IPHYS 2A + PHYS 2B
PHYS 102 Introduction to Physics IIPHYS 2B + PHYS 2C

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, CSU San Marcos as the receiving institution, and Biological Sciences 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
BIOL 1A2026 Fall20134Karen EricksonClosed
BIOL 1A2026 Fall20649Karen EricksonClosed
BIOL 1A2026 Fall21593Dadbeh RouhbakhshClosed
BIOL 1A2027 Winter30640Karen EricksonOpen
BIOL 1B2026 Fall20078Lisa SchultheisWaitlist
BIOL 1B2026 Fall20915Lisa SchultheisClosed
BIOL 1B2027 Winter31729Lisa SchultheisOpen
BIOL 1B2027 Winter31730Lisa SchultheisOpen
BIOL 1C2027 Winter30741Lisa SchultheisOpen
CHEM 1B2026 Fall20027Gail KatsirClosed
CHEM 1B2026 Fall20146Gail KatsirClosed
CHEM 1B2026 Fall20026Nadia BiglariClosed
CHEM 1B2027 Winter31060Sandhya RaoOpen
CHEM 1C2026 Fall20527Ron PainterWaitlist
CHEM 1C2026 Fall20856Ron PainterClosed
CHEM 1C2027 Winter30722Ron PainterOpen
CHEM 1C2027 Winter31748Ron PainterOpen
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20024Amid SalariWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20025Amid SalariWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20516Kelley LiuWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20517Nayereh RezaeiWaitlist
CHEM 12A2026 Fall20519Stephanie SteppWaitlist
CHEM 12A2026 Fall20521Brendan MarClosed
CHEM 12A2027 Winter32501Kathy ArmstrongOpen
MATH 1B2026 Fall20878Marnie FranciscoWaitlist
MATH 1B2026 Fall20755Matthew LitrusWaitlist
MATH 1B2026 Fall20328Lucinda RobledoClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall20329Diana UilecanClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall20047Shobha OrugantiWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20048Quynh Lam HaClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall20325Staff MWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20614Sarah WilliamsClosed
MATH 1AH2026 Fall20753Ryan PughWaitlist
PHYS 2A2026 Fall20061Traptilisa KumarClosed
PHYS 2A2026 Fall20090Traptilisa KumarWaitlist
PHYS 2A2026 Fall21599Thihongha VuongClosed
PHYS 2A2027 Winter30811Staff MOpen
PHYS 2B2027 Winter31279Staff MOpen
PHYS 2B2027 Winter31394Staff MOpen
ASSIST is the official source for CSU 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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