Materials Science and Engineering transfer requirements: Foothill College → UC Merced

These are the lower-division Materials Science and Engineering courses UC Merced 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: UCM.

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Course-by-course articulation

Also listed in this agreement

ASSIST lists these Foothill College courses under this major without naming a single UC Merced course they map to — usually because they sit inside a “choose from the following” group. They are part of the agreement, so treat them as in scope and check the exact grouping on ASSIST.

• BIOL 1A
• CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C
• PHYS 4A
• PHYS 4B + PHYS 4C
• CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, UC Merced as the receiving institution, and Materials Science and Engineering 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.

Materials Science and Engineering from Foothill College to other campuses

• UC Berkeley
• UC Irvine
• UC Riverside

Same major from De Anza College → UC Merced