Communication Studies transfer requirements: Foothill College → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

These are the lower-division Communication Studies courses Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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: Cal Poly SLO.

6Cal Poly San Luis Obispo requirements
6have a Foothill College match
7offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
COMS 211 Interpersonal CommunicationCOMM 2
COMS 217 Small Group CommunicationCOMM 4
STAT 217 Introduction to Statistical Concepts and MethodsMATH 17or SOC 7or PSYC 7or STAT C1000
STAT 218 Applied Statistics for the Life SciencesSOC 7or STAT C1000or MATH 17or PSYC 7
JPNS 103 Elementary Japanese IIIJAPN 3
SPAN 103 Elementary Spanish IIISPAN 3

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as the receiving institution, and Communication Studies 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
COMM 22026 Fall20031Staff MOpen
COMM 22026 Fall20032Douglas ThreetOpen
COMM 22026 Fall20271Oldooz MohammadiOpen
COMM 22026 Fall20349Lauren VelascoWaitlist
COMM 42026 Fall20193Cherakah CunninghamClosed
COMM 42027 Winter31156Karin PogosianOpen
SOC 72026 Fall20633Ben StefonikOpen
SOC 72027 Winter30767Eta LinOpen
PSYC 72026 Fall20632Ben StefonikOpen
PSYC 72027 Winter30766Eta LinOpen
STAT C10002026 Fall21560Staff MWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21491Staff MWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21537Lucinda RobledoWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21520Maria TomutiuWaitlist
JAPN 32027 Winter30962Ikuko RakowClosed
JAPN 32027 Winter32578Ikuko RakowClosed
SPAN 32026 Fall20394Patricia Crespo-MartinClosed
SPAN 32027 Winter31042Julio Rivera-MontanezClosed
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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