Marine Biology transfer requirements: Foothill College → UC San Diego

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.

Also searched as: UCSD.

20UC San Diego requirements
20have a Foothill College match
18offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC San Diego requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
MATH 10C Calculus IIIMATH 1C
MATH 20A Calculus for Science and EngineeringMATH 1AHor MATH 1A
MATH 20B Calculus for Science and EngineeringMATH 1B
MATH 20C Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and EngineeringMATH 1C + MATH 1D
PHYS 1A MechanicsPHYS 2AM + PHYS 2A
PHYS 1AL Mechanics LaboratoryPHYS 2A + PHYS 2AM
PHYS 1B Electricity and MagnetismPHYS 2BM + PHYS 2B
PHYS 1BL Electricity and Magnetism LaboratoryPHYS 2BM + PHYS 2B
PHYS 1C Waves, Optics, and Modern PhysicsPHYS 2C + PHYS 2CM
PHYS 1CL Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics LaboratoryPHYS 2CM + PHYS 2C
PHYS 2A Physics - MechanicsPHYS 4A
PHYS 2B Physics - Electricity and MagnetismPHYS 4B
PHYS 2C Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and OpticsPHYS 4C
CHEM 6B General Chemistry IICHEM 1B
CHEM 6A General Chemistry ICHEM 1A
CHEM 6C General Chemistry IIICHEM 1C
CHEM 7L Introductory Inorganic Chemistry LaboratoryCHEM 1C + CHEM 1B
BILD 3 Organismic and Evolutionary BiologyBIOL 1C + BIOL 1A + BIOL 1B
BILD 2 Multicellular LifeBIOL 1A + BIOL 1B + BIOL 1C
BILD 1 The CellBIOL 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.

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
MATH 1C2026 Fall20777Matthew LitrusClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall20330Shobha OrugantiOpen
MATH 1C2026 Fall20362Phuong LamClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall20430Phuong LamClosed
MATH 1AH2026 Fall20753Ryan PughWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20047Shobha OrugantiWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20048Quynh Lam HaClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall20325Staff MWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20614Sarah WilliamsClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall20878Marnie FranciscoWaitlist
MATH 1B2026 Fall20755Matthew LitrusWaitlist
MATH 1B2026 Fall20328Lucinda RobledoClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall20329Diana UilecanClosed
MATH 1D2026 Fall20097Wilson Florero SalinasClosed
MATH 1D2026 Fall22424Daniel NguyenWaitlist
MATH 1D2026 Fall22425Daniel NguyenWaitlist
MATH 1D2027 Winter31052Young Hee Park LeeOpen
PHYS 2AM2026 Fall20887David MarascoClosed
PHYS 2A2026 Fall20061Traptilisa KumarClosed
PHYS 2A2026 Fall20090Traptilisa KumarWaitlist
PHYS 2A2026 Fall21599Thihongha VuongClosed
PHYS 2A2027 Winter30811Staff MOpen
PHYS 2BM2027 Winter31091Staff MClosed
PHYS 2B2027 Winter31279Staff MOpen
PHYS 2B2027 Winter31394Staff MOpen
PHYS 4A2026 Fall20062Bobby LauClosed
PHYS 4A2026 Fall20154Bobby LauClosed
PHYS 4A2026 Fall20063Frank CascaranoClosed
PHYS 4A2026 Fall20091Kashi NathClosed
PHYS 4B2026 Fall20581John ToderascWaitlist
PHYS 4B2026 Fall20883Masoud VakiliWaitlist
PHYS 4B2026 Fall20582Masoud VakiliWaitlist
PHYS 4B2027 Winter30814Caleb ZergerOpen
PHYS 4C2026 Fall20884David MarascoOpen
PHYS 4C2027 Winter31344Caleb ZergerOpen
PHYS 4C2027 Winter32425Staff MOpen
CHEM 1B2026 Fall20027Gail KatsirClosed
CHEM 1B2026 Fall20146Gail KatsirClosed
CHEM 1B2026 Fall20026Nadia BiglariClosed
CHEM 1B2027 Winter31060Sandhya RaoOpen
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20024Amid SalariWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20025Amid SalariWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20516Kelley LiuWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20517Nayereh RezaeiWaitlist
CHEM 1C2026 Fall20527Ron PainterWaitlist
CHEM 1C2026 Fall20856Ron PainterClosed
CHEM 1C2027 Winter30722Ron PainterOpen
CHEM 1C2027 Winter31748Ron PainterOpen
BIOL 1C2027 Winter30741Lisa SchultheisOpen
BIOL 1A2026 Fall20134Karen EricksonClosed
BIOL 1A2026 Fall20649Karen EricksonClosed
BIOL 1A2026 Fall21593Dadbeh RouhbakhshClosed
BIOL 1A2027 Winter30640Karen EricksonOpen
BIOL 1B2026 Fall20078Lisa SchultheisWaitlist
BIOL 1B2026 Fall20915Lisa SchultheisClosed
BIOL 1B2027 Winter31729Lisa SchultheisOpen
BIOL 1B2027 Winter31730Lisa SchultheisOpen
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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