Cognitive Science transfer requirements: Foothill College → UC San Diego

These are the lower-division Cognitive Science courses UC San Diego 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.

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8UC San Diego requirements
8have a Foothill College match
10offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC San Diego requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
COGS 14A Introduction to Research MethodsPSYC 10
COGS 17 Neurobiology of CognitionPSYC 4
CSE 8A Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving IC S 1A
CSE 11 Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated PaceC S 1Bor C S 3A
MATH 18 Linear AlgebraMATH 2B
MATH 20A Calculus for Science and EngineeringMATH 1AHor MATH 1A
MATH 20B Calculus for Science and EngineeringMATH 1B
MATH 10C Calculus IIIMATH 1C

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, UC San Diego as the receiving institution, and Cognitive Science 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
PSYC 102026 Fall20441Eta LinWaitlist
PSYC 102026 Fall20631Mark BauermeisterClosed
PSYC 102027 Winter31121Ben StefonikOpen
PSYC 102027 Winter31123Mark BauermeisterClosed
PSYC 42026 Fall20065Ben StefonikClosed
PSYC 42026 Fall20811Florina PetcuWaitlist
PSYC 42027 Winter33263Florina PetcuClosed
PSYC 42027 Winter30765Carley ZandersClosed
C S 1A2026 Fall20316Bita MazloomOpen
C S 1A2026 Fall20424Baba Kofi WeusijanaClosed
C S 1A2026 Fall20157Lalitha KrishnamurthyClosed
C S 1A2027 Winter30840Baba Kofi WeusijanaClosed
C S 1B2026 Fall20206Baba Kofi WeusijanaClosed
C S 1B2027 Winter32536Baba Kofi WeusijanaClosed
C S 1B2027 Winter33374Bita MazloomOpen
C S 3A2026 Fall20301Mike MurphyOpen
C S 3A2026 Fall20319Maneesh DhagatClosed
C S 3A2026 Fall20458Mike MurphyWaitlist
C S 3A2026 Fall20555Bita MazloomClosed
MATH 2B2026 Fall20406Jeff AndersonWaitlist
MATH 2B2026 Fall20485Ryker RykerWaitlist
MATH 2B2027 Winter31054Young Hee Park LeeOpen
MATH 2B2027 Winter30799Jeff AndersonOpen
MATH 1AH2026 Fall20753Ryan PughWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20047Shobha OrugantiWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20048Quynh Lam HaClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall20325Staff MWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20614Sarah WilliamsClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall20878Marnie FranciscoWaitlist
MATH 1B2026 Fall20755Matthew LitrusWaitlist
MATH 1B2026 Fall20328Lucinda RobledoClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall20329Diana UilecanClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall20777Matthew LitrusClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall20330Shobha OrugantiOpen
MATH 1C2026 Fall20362Phuong LamClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall20430Phuong LamClosed
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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