These are the lower-division Marine Biology courses UC San Diego 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.
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| UC San Diego requirement | Foothill College course that satisfies it |
|---|---|
| MATH 10C Calculus III | MATH 1C |
| MATH 20A Calculus for Science and Engineering | MATH 1AHor MATH 1A |
| MATH 20B Calculus for Science and Engineering | MATH 1B |
| MATH 20C Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering | MATH 1C + MATH 1D |
| PHYS 1A Mechanics | PHYS 2AM + PHYS 2A |
| PHYS 1AL Mechanics Laboratory | PHYS 2A + PHYS 2AM |
| PHYS 1B Electricity and Magnetism | PHYS 2BM + PHYS 2B |
| PHYS 1BL Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory | PHYS 2BM + PHYS 2B |
| PHYS 1C Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics | PHYS 2C + PHYS 2CM |
| PHYS 1CL Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory | PHYS 2CM + PHYS 2C |
| PHYS 2A Physics - Mechanics | PHYS 4A |
| PHYS 2B Physics - Electricity and Magnetism | PHYS 4B |
| PHYS 2C Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics | PHYS 4C |
| CHEM 6B General Chemistry II | CHEM 1B |
| CHEM 6A General Chemistry I | CHEM 1A |
| CHEM 6C General Chemistry III | CHEM 1C |
| CHEM 7L Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory | CHEM 1C + CHEM 1B |
| BILD 3 Organismic and Evolutionary Biology | BIOL 1C + BIOL 1A + BIOL 1B |
| BILD 2 Multicellular Life | BIOL 1A + BIOL 1B + BIOL 1C |
| BILD 1 The Cell | BIOL 1B + BIOL 1C + BIOL 1A |
Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, UC San Diego as the receiving institution, and Marine Biology as the major. ASSIST is the only official source, and agreements change between catalog years.
Matched against the official Foothill College schedule for 2026 Fall and 2027 Winter. Seat status changes daily — the planner shows the live figures.
| Course | Term | CRN | Instructor | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MATH 1C | 2026 Fall | 20777 | Matthew Litrus | Closed |
MATH 1C | 2026 Fall | 20330 | Shobha Oruganti | Open |
MATH 1C | 2026 Fall | 20362 | Phuong Lam | Closed |
MATH 1C | 2026 Fall | 20430 | Phuong Lam | Closed |
MATH 1AH | 2026 Fall | 20753 | Ryan Pugh | Waitlist |
MATH 1A | 2026 Fall | 20047 | Shobha Oruganti | Waitlist |
MATH 1A | 2026 Fall | 20048 | Quynh Lam Ha | Closed |
MATH 1A | 2026 Fall | 20325 | Staff M | Waitlist |
MATH 1A | 2026 Fall | 20614 | Sarah Williams | Closed |
MATH 1B | 2026 Fall | 20878 | Marnie Francisco | Waitlist |
MATH 1B | 2026 Fall | 20755 | Matthew Litrus | Waitlist |
MATH 1B | 2026 Fall | 20328 | Lucinda Robledo | Closed |
MATH 1B | 2026 Fall | 20329 | Diana Uilecan | Closed |
MATH 1D | 2026 Fall | 20097 | Wilson Florero Salinas | Closed |
MATH 1D | 2026 Fall | 22424 | Daniel Nguyen | Waitlist |
MATH 1D | 2026 Fall | 22425 | Daniel Nguyen | Waitlist |
MATH 1D | 2027 Winter | 31052 | Young Hee Park Lee | Open |
PHYS 2AM | 2026 Fall | 20887 | David Marasco | Closed |
PHYS 2A | 2026 Fall | 20061 | Traptilisa Kumar | Closed |
PHYS 2A | 2026 Fall | 20090 | Traptilisa Kumar | Waitlist |
PHYS 2A | 2026 Fall | 21599 | Thihongha Vuong | Closed |
PHYS 2A | 2027 Winter | 30811 | Staff M | Open |
PHYS 2BM | 2027 Winter | 31091 | Staff M | Closed |
PHYS 2B | 2027 Winter | 31279 | Staff M | Open |
PHYS 2B | 2027 Winter | 31394 | Staff M | Open |
PHYS 4A | 2026 Fall | 20062 | Bobby Lau | Closed |
PHYS 4A | 2026 Fall | 20154 | Bobby Lau | Closed |
PHYS 4A | 2026 Fall | 20063 | Frank Cascarano | Closed |
PHYS 4A | 2026 Fall | 20091 | Kashi Nath | Closed |
PHYS 4B | 2026 Fall | 20581 | John Toderasc | Waitlist |
PHYS 4B | 2026 Fall | 20883 | Masoud Vakili | Waitlist |
PHYS 4B | 2026 Fall | 20582 | Masoud Vakili | Waitlist |
PHYS 4B | 2027 Winter | 30814 | Caleb Zerger | Open |
PHYS 4C | 2026 Fall | 20884 | David Marasco | Open |
PHYS 4C | 2027 Winter | 31344 | Caleb Zerger | Open |
PHYS 4C | 2027 Winter | 32425 | Staff M | Open |
CHEM 1B | 2026 Fall | 20027 | Gail Katsir | Closed |
CHEM 1B | 2026 Fall | 20146 | Gail Katsir | Closed |
CHEM 1B | 2026 Fall | 20026 | Nadia Biglari | Closed |
CHEM 1B | 2027 Winter | 31060 | Sandhya Rao | Open |
CHEM 1A | 2026 Fall | 20024 | Amid Salari | Waitlist |
CHEM 1A | 2026 Fall | 20025 | Amid Salari | Waitlist |
CHEM 1A | 2026 Fall | 20516 | Kelley Liu | Waitlist |
CHEM 1A | 2026 Fall | 20517 | Nayereh Rezaei | Waitlist |
CHEM 1C | 2026 Fall | 20527 | Ron Painter | Waitlist |
CHEM 1C | 2026 Fall | 20856 | Ron Painter | Closed |
CHEM 1C | 2027 Winter | 30722 | Ron Painter | Open |
CHEM 1C | 2027 Winter | 31748 | Ron Painter | Open |
BIOL 1C | 2027 Winter | 30741 | Lisa Schultheis | Open |
BIOL 1A | 2026 Fall | 20134 | Karen Erickson | Closed |
BIOL 1A | 2026 Fall | 20649 | Karen Erickson | Closed |
BIOL 1A | 2026 Fall | 21593 | Dadbeh Rouhbakhsh | Closed |
BIOL 1A | 2027 Winter | 30640 | Karen Erickson | Open |
BIOL 1B | 2026 Fall | 20078 | Lisa Schultheis | Waitlist |
BIOL 1B | 2026 Fall | 20915 | Lisa Schultheis | Closed |
BIOL 1B | 2027 Winter | 31729 | Lisa Schultheis | Open |
BIOL 1B | 2027 Winter | 31730 | Lisa Schultheis | Open |