Biotechnology transfer requirements: Foothill College → CSU San Marcos

These are the lower-division Biotechnology 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.

12CSU San Marcos requirements
12have a Foothill College match
14offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

CSU San Marcos requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
CHEM 160 General Chemistry IICHEM 1B + CHEM 1C
CHEM 201L Organic Chemistry LaboratoryCHEM 12A
CHEM 150 General ChemistryCHEM 1A + CHEM 1B
CHEM 150L General Chemistry LaboratoryCHEM 1B + CHEM 1A
CHEM 202 Organic ChemistryCHEM 12B
CHEM 201 Organic ChemistryCHEM 12A
SOC 101 Introduction to SociologySOC 1Hor SOC 1
PSYC 100 Introduction to PsychologyPSYC C1000or PSYC C1000H
BIOL 210 Introduction to Cellular and Molecular BiologyBIOL 1C + BIOL 1B + BIOL 1A
BIOL 211 Introduction to Organismal and Population BiologyBIOL 1A + BIOL 1B + BIOL 1C
ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial AccountingACTG 1BH + ACTG 1Aor ACTG 1B + ACTG 1A
ACCT 202 Introduction to Managerial AccountingACTG 1Cor ACTG 1CH

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, CSU San Marcos as the receiving institution, and Biotechnology 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
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 12A2026 Fall20519Stephanie SteppWaitlist
CHEM 12A2026 Fall20521Brendan MarClosed
CHEM 12A2027 Winter32501Kathy ArmstrongOpen
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20024Amid SalariWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20025Amid SalariWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20516Kelley LiuWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20517Nayereh RezaeiWaitlist
CHEM 12B2027 Winter32711Stephanie SteppOpen
CHEM 12B2027 Winter30723Brendan MarOpen
SOC 1H2027 Winter31000John FoxOpen
SOC 12026 Fall20511John FoxOpen
SOC 12026 Fall20103Patricia Gibbs StayteOpen
SOC 12026 Fall20350Patricia Gibbs StayteWaitlist
SOC 12026 Fall20411Staff MWaitlist
PSYC C10002026 Fall20630Florina PetcuWaitlist
PSYC C10002026 Fall21134Tiffany RideauxWaitlist
PSYC C10002026 Fall20081Eta LinWaitlist
PSYC C10002026 Fall21831Allison ClarkWaitlist
BIOL 1C2027 Winter30741Lisa SchultheisOpen
BIOL 1B2026 Fall20078Lisa SchultheisWaitlist
BIOL 1B2026 Fall20915Lisa SchultheisClosed
BIOL 1B2027 Winter31729Lisa SchultheisOpen
BIOL 1B2027 Winter31730Lisa SchultheisOpen
BIOL 1A2026 Fall20134Karen EricksonClosed
BIOL 1A2026 Fall20649Karen EricksonClosed
BIOL 1A2026 Fall21593Dadbeh RouhbakhshClosed
BIOL 1A2027 Winter30640Karen EricksonOpen
ACTG 1A2026 Fall20487Joe TorrettoOpen
ACTG 1A2026 Fall20795Subha GopalOpen
ACTG 1A2026 Fall20003Filsun JamaWaitlist
ACTG 1A2026 Fall20587Filsun JamaWaitlist
ACTG 1B2026 Fall20837Filsun JamaOpen
ACTG 1B2026 Fall20200Uroosa UsmaniWaitlist
ACTG 1B2026 Fall20109Uroosa UsmaniClosed
ACTG 1B2026 Fall20210Aileen HuangClosed
ACTG 1C2026 Fall20005Lloyd BensonWaitlist
ACTG 1C2026 Fall20116Lloyd BensonWaitlist
ACTG 1C2026 Fall20596Ben BensonClosed
ACTG 1C2027 Winter30662Lloyd BensonClosed
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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