Computer Science transfer requirements: Foothill College → UC Santa Cruz

These are the lower-division Computer Science courses UC Santa Cruz 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: UCSC.

9UC Santa Cruz requirements
9have a Foothill College match
12offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Santa Cruz requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
MATH 19A Calculus for Science, Engineering, and MathematicsMATH 1Aor MATH 1AH
MATH 19B Calculus for Science, Engineering, and MathematicsMATH 1B + MATH 1Cor MATH 1BH + MATH 1C
CSE 12 Computer Systems and Assembly Language and LabC S 10
CSE 16 Applied Discrete MathematicsMATH 22or C S 18
CSE 30 Programming Abstractions: PythonC S 1Cor C S 3Cor C S 2C
AM 10 Linear Algebra for EngineersMATH 2B
MATH 21 Linear AlgebraMATH 2B
AM 30 Multivariate Calculus for EngineersMATH 1C + MATH 1D
MATH 23A Vector CalculusMATH 1C

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, UC Santa Cruz as the receiving institution, and Computer 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
MATH 1A2026 Fall20047Shobha OrugantiWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20048Quynh Lam HaClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall20325Staff MWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20614Sarah WilliamsClosed
MATH 1AH2026 Fall20753Ryan PughWaitlist
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
MATH 1BH2027 Winter32983Ryan PughOpen
C S 102026 Fall20320Thomas RiordanOpen
C S 102026 Fall20652Thomas RiordanClosed
C S 102027 Winter30777Thomas RiordanOpen
C S 102027 Winter32333Thomas RiordanClosed
MATH 222026 Fall20336Wilson Florero SalinasWaitlist
MATH 222026 Fall20682Charles WitschorikClosed
MATH 222026 Fall20798Charles WitschorikClosed
MATH 222027 Winter31056Charles WitschorikOpen
C S 1C2026 Fall20126Bita MazloomClosed
C S 1C2027 Winter30841Bita MazloomClosed
C S 3C2026 Fall21168Zi Bin YangClosed
C S 3C2027 Winter31146Geri LambleClosed
C S 2C2026 Fall20542David HardenWaitlist
C S 2C2027 Winter30842David HardenClosed
MATH 2B2026 Fall20406Jeff AndersonWaitlist
MATH 2B2026 Fall20485Ryker RykerWaitlist
MATH 2B2027 Winter31054Young Hee Park LeeOpen
MATH 2B2027 Winter30799Jeff AndersonOpen
MATH 1D2026 Fall20097Wilson Florero SalinasClosed
MATH 1D2026 Fall22424Daniel NguyenWaitlist
MATH 1D2026 Fall22425Daniel NguyenWaitlist
MATH 1D2027 Winter31052Young Hee Park LeeOpen
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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