Economics transfer requirements: Foothill College → UC Santa Barbara

These are the lower-division Economics courses UC Santa Barbara 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: UCSB.

6UC Santa Barbara requirements
6have a Foothill College match
8offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Santa Barbara requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
ECON 1 Principles of Economics-MicroECON C2001
ECON 2 Principles of Economics-MacroECON C2002
MATH 3A Calculus with Applications, First CourseMATH 1AHor MATH 1A
MATH 34A Calculus for Social and Life SciencesMATH 12
MATH 34B Calculus for Social and Life SciencesMATH 12
MATH 3B Calculus with Applications, Second CourseMATH 1BH + MATH 1Cor MATH 1B + MATH 1C

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, UC Santa Barbara as the receiving institution, and Economics 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
ECON C20012026 Fall20333Angelica DupreeOpen
ECON C20012026 Fall20658Brian EvansOpen
ECON C20012026 Fall20115Julian KearnsWaitlist
ECON C20012026 Fall22141Selvasodan SelvaretnamClosed
ECON C20022026 Fall20654Brian EvansOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall20514Malkiat SandhuOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall20085Aditi GrossmanOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall20255Angelica DupreeWaitlist
MATH 1AH2026 Fall20753Ryan PughWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20047Shobha OrugantiWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20048Quynh Lam HaClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall20325Staff MWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20614Sarah WilliamsClosed
MATH 122026 Fall20344Sarah WilliamsClosed
MATH 122027 Winter30996Sarah WilliamsClosed
MATH 1BH2027 Winter32983Ryan PughOpen
MATH 1C2026 Fall20777Matthew LitrusClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall20330Shobha OrugantiOpen
MATH 1C2026 Fall20362Phuong LamClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall20430Phuong LamClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall20878Marnie FranciscoWaitlist
MATH 1B2026 Fall20755Matthew LitrusWaitlist
MATH 1B2026 Fall20328Lucinda RobledoClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall20329Diana UilecanClosed
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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