History transfer requirements: Foothill College → UC Santa Barbara

These are the lower-division History 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.

10UC Santa Barbara requirements
10have a Foothill College match
9offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Santa Barbara requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
HIST 2C World HistoryHIST 3C
HIST 2A World HistoryHIST 3A
HIST 2B World HistoryHIST 3B
HIST 4A The Ancient Mediterranean and West AsiaHIST 4A
HIST 4B Medieval and Early Modern EuropeHIST 4B
HIST 4C Modern EuropeHIST 4C
HIST 46B The Middle East: From the Nineteenth Century to the PresentHIST 18
HIST 17A The American PeopleHIST 17A
HIST 17B The American PeopleHIST 17B
HIST 17C The American PeopleHIST 17C

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, UC Santa Barbara as the receiving institution, and History 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 3C2027 Winter32826Staff MClosed
HIST 3B2026 Fall21457David BushClosed
HIST 4A2026 Fall20902Dolores DavisonClosed
HIST 4B2027 Winter30667Dolores DavisonClosed
HIST 4C2026 Fall20369David BushClosed
HIST 182026 Fall22223Dolores DavisonClosed
HIST 17A2026 Fall20520Bill ZiegenhornOpen
HIST 17A2026 Fall20368Steve BathamClosed
HIST 17A2027 Winter31346Bill ZiegenhornClosed
HIST 17A2027 Winter33395Steve BathamClosed
HIST 17B2026 Fall20040Steve BathamClosed
HIST 17B2027 Winter31531Bill ZiegenhornOpen
HIST 17B2027 Winter32823Steve BathamClosed
HIST 17C2026 Fall20041Steve BathamOpen
HIST 17C2026 Fall20042Bill ZiegenhornWaitlist
HIST 17C2027 Winter30691Steve BathamClosed
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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History from Foothill College to other campuses

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