Global Studies transfer requirements: Foothill College → UC Santa Barbara

These are the lower-division Global Studies 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.

19UC Santa Barbara requirements
19have a Foothill College match
21offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Santa Barbara requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
HIST 2A World HistoryHIST 3A
HIST 2B World HistoryHIST 3B
HIST 2C World HistoryHIST 3C
HIST 4A The Ancient Mediterranean and West AsiaHIST 4A
HIST 46B The Middle East: From the Nineteenth Century to the PresentHIST 18
HIST 4B Medieval and Early Modern EuropeHIST 4B
HIST 4C Modern EuropeHIST 4C
HIST 17C The American PeopleHIST 17C
HIST 17B The American PeopleHIST 17B
HIST 17A The American PeopleHIST 17A
GLOBL 1 Global History, Culture and IdeologyGLST 1or GLST 1H
GLOBL 2 Global Socioeconomic and Political ProcessesGLST 2
GEOG 5 People, Place and EnvironmentGEOG 2
SOC 1 Introduction to SociologySOC 1or SOC 1H
ECON 1 Principles of Economics-MicroECON C2001
ANTH 2 Introductory Cultural AnthropologyANTH 2AHor ANTH 2A
POL S 7 Introduction to International RelationsPOLI 15Hor POLI 15
POL S 6 Introduction to Comparative PoliticsPOLI 2Hor POLI 2
ECON 2 Principles of Economics-MacroECON C2002

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, UC Santa Barbara as the receiving institution, and Global 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
HIST 3B2026 Fall21457David BushClosed
HIST 3C2027 Winter32826Staff MClosed
HIST 4A2026 Fall20902Dolores DavisonClosed
HIST 182026 Fall22223Dolores DavisonClosed
HIST 4B2027 Winter30667Dolores DavisonClosed
HIST 4C2026 Fall20369David BushClosed
HIST 17C2026 Fall20041Steve BathamOpen
HIST 17C2026 Fall20042Bill ZiegenhornWaitlist
HIST 17C2027 Winter30691Steve BathamClosed
HIST 17B2026 Fall20040Steve BathamClosed
HIST 17B2027 Winter31531Bill ZiegenhornOpen
HIST 17B2027 Winter32823Steve BathamClosed
HIST 17A2026 Fall20520Bill ZiegenhornOpen
HIST 17A2026 Fall20368Steve BathamClosed
HIST 17A2027 Winter31346Bill ZiegenhornClosed
HIST 17A2027 Winter33395Steve BathamClosed
GLST 12026 Fall20836Kathryn MaurerOpen
GLST 12027 Winter32633Miloni GandhiClosed
GLST 1H2026 Fall20835Kathryn MaurerOpen
GLST 22026 Fall21454Julie JenkinsClosed
GLST 22027 Winter33273Kathryn MaurerOpen
GEOG 22027 Winter31103Staff MClosed
SOC 12026 Fall20511John FoxOpen
SOC 12026 Fall20103Patricia Gibbs StayteOpen
SOC 12026 Fall20350Patricia Gibbs StayteWaitlist
SOC 12026 Fall20411Staff MWaitlist
SOC 1H2027 Winter31000John FoxOpen
ECON C20012026 Fall20333Angelica DupreeOpen
ECON C20012026 Fall20658Brian EvansOpen
ECON C20012026 Fall20115Julian KearnsWaitlist
ECON C20012026 Fall22141Selvasodan SelvaretnamClosed
ANTH 2AH2026 Fall22097Julie JenkinsOpen
ANTH 2AH2026 Fall20703Julie JenkinsOpen
ANTH 2AH2027 Winter32303Samuel ConnellOpen
ANTH 2A2026 Fall20639Julie JenkinsOpen
ANTH 2A2026 Fall22094Julie JenkinsOpen
ANTH 2A2026 Fall20011Max DavidsonWaitlist
ANTH 2A2027 Winter30686Samuel ConnellOpen
POLI 152027 Winter32964Kerri RyerClosed
POLI 22026 Fall20607Sara CallowWaitlist
POLI 22027 Winter30931Sara CallowClosed
POLI 22027 Winter33287Sara CallowClosed
ECON C20022026 Fall20654Brian EvansOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall20514Malkiat SandhuOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall20085Aditi GrossmanOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall20255Angelica DupreeWaitlist
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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