Mechanical Engineering transfer requirements: Foothill College → CSU Los Angeles

These are the lower-division Mechanical Engineering courses CSU Los Angeles 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 State LA.

5CSU Los Angeles requirements
5have a Foothill College match
5offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

CSU Los Angeles requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
PHYS 2100 General Physics I: MechanicsPHYS 4A
MATH 2120 Calculus IIMATH 1B
MATH 2110 Calculus IMATH 1A
MATH 2130 Calculus IIIMATH 1C
PHYS 2200 General Physics II: Electromagnetism and CircuitsPHYS 4B

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, CSU Los Angeles as the receiving institution, and Mechanical 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.

CourseTermCRNInstructorStatus
PHYS 4A2026 Fall20062Bobby LauClosed
PHYS 4A2026 Fall20154Bobby LauClosed
PHYS 4A2026 Fall20063Frank CascaranoClosed
PHYS 4A2026 Fall20091Kashi NathClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall20878Marnie FranciscoWaitlist
MATH 1B2026 Fall20755Matthew LitrusWaitlist
MATH 1B2026 Fall20328Lucinda RobledoClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall20329Diana UilecanClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall20047Shobha OrugantiWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20048Quynh Lam HaClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall20325Staff MWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20614Sarah WilliamsClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall20777Matthew LitrusClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall20330Shobha OrugantiOpen
MATH 1C2026 Fall20362Phuong LamClosed
MATH 1C2026 Fall20430Phuong LamClosed
PHYS 4B2026 Fall20581John ToderascWaitlist
PHYS 4B2026 Fall20883Masoud VakiliWaitlist
PHYS 4B2026 Fall20582Masoud VakiliWaitlist
PHYS 4B2027 Winter30814Caleb ZergerOpen
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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Mechanical Engineering from Foothill College to other campuses

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