Liberal Studies transfer requirements: Foothill College → CSU Long Beach

These are the lower-division Liberal Studies courses CSU Long Beach 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: Long Beach State, CSULB.

22CSU Long Beach requirements
22have a Foothill College match
15offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

CSU Long Beach requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
ENGL 180 Appreciation of LiteratureENGL 16
ENGL 250A Survey of English LiteratureENGL 43A
ENGL 250B Survey of English LiteratureENGL 43B
ENGL 270A Survey of American LiteratureENGL 45A
ENGL 270B Survey of American LiteratureENGL 45B
ASAM 100B Composition IIENGL C1000
CHLS 104B Composition IIENGL C1000
ENGL 100B Composition IIENGL C1000
AFRS 100B Composition IIENGL C1000
HIST 172 Early United States HistoryHIST 17B + HIST 17A
PHIL 160 Ethics and SocietyPHIL 8
PHIL 203 History of Early Western PhilosophyPHIL 20A
PHIL 204 History of Modern Western PhilosophyPHIL 20B
PHIL 100 Introduction to PhilosophyPHIL 4
CWL 124 Introduction to World Theatre and DramaTHTR 1
THEA 122 Theatre for the 21st CenturyTHTR 1
COMM 131 Essentials of ArgumentationCOMM 1B
ENGL 102 Critical Reading and WritingENGL 1BHor ENGL 1B
PHIL 170 Critical ReasoningPHIL 1
POSC 100 Introduction to American GovtPOLS C1000
GEOG 100 World Regional GeographyGEOG 2
COMM 130 Essential Public SpeakingCOMM C1000

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, CSU Long Beach as the receiving institution, and Liberal 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
ENGL 45A2026 Fall22072Amber La PianaClosed
ENGL 45B2027 Winter33257Amber La PianaClosed
ENGL C10002026 Fall20035Stephanie KingWaitlist
ENGL C10002026 Fall21458Rachael DworskyWaitlist
ENGL C10002026 Fall21143Isabel SperryWaitlist
ENGL C10002026 Fall20279Benjamin ArmerdingClosed
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
PHIL 82026 Fall20254Brian TapiaClosed
PHIL 82026 Fall20806Brian TapiaClosed
PHIL 82027 Winter32353Jason ChangOpen
PHIL 82027 Winter30807Brian TapiaClosed
PHIL 20A2026 Fall20410Brian TapiaClosed
PHIL 20B2027 Winter31196Brian TapiaClosed
PHIL 42026 Fall20621Brian TapiaOpen
PHIL 42026 Fall20059Jason ChangWaitlist
PHIL 42027 Winter30668Brian TapiaOpen
PHIL 42027 Winter31292Brian TapiaClosed
THTR 12026 Fall20105Joshua WaterstoneClosed
THTR 12027 Winter30728Francine Torres KellyClosed
COMM 1B2026 Fall22431Staff MOpen
COMM 1B2027 Winter33478Staff MOpen
PHIL 12026 Fall20620David HoekengaClosed
PHIL 12027 Winter30806Jason ChangClosed
POLS C10002026 Fall21472Joel PowellOpen
POLS C10002026 Fall21474Kimberly KeenanWaitlist
POLS C10002026 Fall21475Sara CallowClosed
POLS C10002027 Winter32865Kerri RyerClosed
GEOG 22027 Winter31103Staff MClosed
COMM C10002026 Fall20030Zaki HasanWaitlist
COMM C10002026 Fall20590Karin PogosianWaitlist
COMM C10002026 Fall20664Douglas ThreetOpen
COMM C10002026 Fall20276Anju Vriksha JosephWaitlist
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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