Communication Studies transfer requirements: Foothill College → San Francisco State University

These are the lower-division Communication Studies courses San Francisco State University 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: SFSU, SF State.

3San Francisco State University requirements
3have a Foothill College match
3offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

San Francisco State University requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
COMM 250 Introduction to Group Discussion and TeamworkCOMM 4
COMM 230 Introduction to Argumentation and DebateCOMM 1BHor COMM 1B
COMM 120 Language, Culture and PowerCOMM 12

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, San Francisco State University 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 42026 Fall20193Cherakah CunninghamClosed
COMM 42027 Winter31156Karin PogosianOpen
COMM 1B2026 Fall22431Staff MOpen
COMM 1B2027 Winter33478Staff MOpen
COMM 122026 Fall20230Lauren VelascoWaitlist
COMM 122026 Fall22084Lauren VelascoWaitlist
COMM 122027 Winter30813Lauren VelascoClosed
COMM 122027 Winter30785Roxanne CnuddeClosed
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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Communication Studies from Foothill College to other campuses

Same major from De Anza College → San Francisco State University