Biological Sciences transfer requirements: Foothill College → Sacramento State

These are the lower-division Biological Sciences courses Sacramento State 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: Sac State, CSU Sacramento.

9Sacramento State requirements
9have a Foothill College match
10offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

Sacramento State requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
MATH 26A Calculus I for the Social and Life SciencesMATH 1A
MATH 30 Calculus IMATH 1AHor MATH 1A
PHYS 5A General Physics: Mechanics, Heat, SoundPHYS 2A + PHYS 2B
PHYS 5B General Physics: Light, Electricity and Magnetism, Modern PhysicsPHYS 2B + PHYS 2C
CHEM 1A General Chemistry ICHEM 1A + CHEM 1B
CHEM 1B General Chemistry IICHEM 1B + CHEM 1C
STAT 1 Introduction to StatisticsSTAT C1000
CHEM 20 Organic Chemistry Lecture--Brief CourseCHEM 12A + CHEM 12B
CHEM 24 Organic Chemistry Lecture ICHEM 12A + CHEM 12B

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, Sacramento State 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
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
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20024Amid SalariWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20025Amid SalariWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20516Kelley LiuWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20517Nayereh RezaeiWaitlist
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
STAT C10002026 Fall21560Staff MWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21491Staff MWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21537Lucinda RobledoWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21520Maria TomutiuWaitlist
CHEM 12A2026 Fall20519Stephanie SteppWaitlist
CHEM 12A2026 Fall20521Brendan MarClosed
CHEM 12A2027 Winter32501Kathy ArmstrongOpen
CHEM 12B2027 Winter32711Stephanie SteppOpen
CHEM 12B2027 Winter30723Brendan MarOpen
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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