Journalism transfer requirements: Foothill College → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

These are the lower-division Journalism courses Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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: Cal Poly SLO.

3Cal Poly San Luis Obispo requirements
3have a Foothill College match
3offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
STAT 217 Introduction to Statistical Concepts and MethodsMATH 17or SOC 7or PSYC 7or STAT C1000
STAT 251 Statistical Inference for Management ISTAT C1000or MATH 17
STAT 218 Applied Statistics for the Life SciencesSOC 7or STAT C1000or MATH 17or PSYC 7

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as the receiving institution, and Journalism 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
SOC 72026 Fall20633Ben StefonikOpen
SOC 72027 Winter30767Eta LinOpen
PSYC 72026 Fall20632Ben StefonikOpen
PSYC 72027 Winter30766Eta LinOpen
STAT C10002026 Fall21560Staff MWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21491Staff MWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21537Lucinda RobledoWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21520Maria TomutiuWaitlist
ASSIST is the official source for CSU 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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Journalism from Foothill College to other campuses

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