Data Science transfer requirements: Foothill College → UC San Diego

These are the lower-division Data 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.

Also searched as: UCSD.

11UC San Diego requirements
11have a Foothill College match
15offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC San Diego requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
SOCI 60 Practice of Social ResearchPSYC 10or SOC 10
BILD 1 The CellBIOL 1B + BIOL 1C + BIOL 1A
BILD 3 Organismic and Evolutionary BiologyBIOL 1C + BIOL 1A + BIOL 1B
ECON 3 Principles of MacroeconomicsECON C2002
ECON 1 Principles of MicroeconomicsECON C2001
COGS 14A Introduction to Research MethodsPSYC 10
COGS 14B Introduction to Statistical AnalysisSTAT C1000or PSYC 7
MATH 18 Linear AlgebraMATH 2B
MATH 20B Calculus for Science and EngineeringMATH 1B
MATH 20C Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and EngineeringMATH 1C + MATH 1D
MATH 20A Calculus for Science and EngineeringMATH 1AHor MATH 1A

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, UC San Diego as the receiving institution, and Data 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
SOC 102026 Fall20635Eta LinOpen
SOC 102026 Fall20634Mark BauermeisterWaitlist
SOC 102027 Winter31114Ben StefonikOpen
SOC 102027 Winter31111Mark BauermeisterClosed
BIOL 1B2026 Fall20078Lisa SchultheisWaitlist
BIOL 1B2026 Fall20915Lisa SchultheisClosed
BIOL 1B2027 Winter31729Lisa SchultheisOpen
BIOL 1B2027 Winter31730Lisa SchultheisOpen
BIOL 1C2027 Winter30741Lisa SchultheisOpen
BIOL 1A2026 Fall20134Karen EricksonClosed
BIOL 1A2026 Fall20649Karen EricksonClosed
BIOL 1A2026 Fall21593Dadbeh RouhbakhshClosed
BIOL 1A2027 Winter30640Karen EricksonOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall20654Brian EvansOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall20514Malkiat SandhuOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall20085Aditi GrossmanOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall20255Angelica DupreeWaitlist
ECON C20012026 Fall20333Angelica DupreeOpen
ECON C20012026 Fall20658Brian EvansOpen
ECON C20012026 Fall20115Julian KearnsWaitlist
ECON C20012026 Fall22141Selvasodan SelvaretnamClosed
STAT C10002026 Fall21560Staff MWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21491Staff MWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21537Lucinda RobledoWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21520Maria TomutiuWaitlist
PSYC 72026 Fall20632Ben StefonikOpen
PSYC 72027 Winter30766Eta LinOpen
MATH 2B2026 Fall20406Jeff AndersonWaitlist
MATH 2B2026 Fall20485Ryker RykerWaitlist
MATH 2B2027 Winter31054Young Hee Park LeeOpen
MATH 2B2027 Winter30799Jeff AndersonOpen
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 1D2026 Fall20097Wilson Florero SalinasClosed
MATH 1D2026 Fall22424Daniel NguyenWaitlist
MATH 1D2026 Fall22425Daniel NguyenWaitlist
MATH 1D2027 Winter31052Young Hee Park LeeOpen
MATH 1AH2026 Fall20753Ryan PughWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20047Shobha OrugantiWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20048Quynh Lam HaClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall20325Staff MWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20614Sarah WilliamsClosed
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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