Philosophy transfer requirements: Foothill College → UC Merced

These are the lower-division Philosophy 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.

6UC Merced requirements
6have a Foothill College match
11offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Merced requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
PHIL 004 Critical ReasoningPHIL 1
PHIL 005 Introduction to LogicPHIL 7
PHIL 002 Introduction to EthicsPHIL 8or PHIL 2
WRI 001 Academic WritingESLL 26or ENGL C1000Hor ENGL C1000
WRI 010 College Reading and CompositionENGL 1Bor PHIL 1or ENGL C1001Hor ENGL C1001or ENGL 1BH
PHIL 001 Introduction to PhilosophyPHIL 20Aor PHIL 20Bor PHIL 4or PHIL 11

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, UC Merced as the receiving institution, and Philosophy 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
PHIL 12026 Fall20620David HoekengaClosed
PHIL 12027 Winter30806Jason ChangClosed
PHIL 82026 Fall20254Brian TapiaClosed
PHIL 82026 Fall20806Brian TapiaClosed
PHIL 82027 Winter32353Jason ChangOpen
PHIL 82027 Winter30807Brian TapiaClosed
PHIL 22027 Winter31250David HoekengaClosed
ESLL 262026 Fall22133Katie HaOpen
ESLL 262026 Fall22134Katie HaClosed
ESLL 262027 Winter33342Staff MClosed
ESLL 262027 Winter33341David MccormickOpen
ENGL C1000H2026 Fall21473Stephanie ChanOpen
ENGL C1000H2027 Winter33254Staff MOpen
ENGL C10002026 Fall20035Stephanie KingWaitlist
ENGL C10002026 Fall21458Rachael DworskyWaitlist
ENGL C10002026 Fall21143Isabel SperryWaitlist
ENGL C10002026 Fall20279Benjamin ArmerdingClosed
ENGL C1001H2026 Fall21480Brian LewisOpen
ENGL C1001H2027 Winter32205Stephanie ChanOpen
ENGL C10012026 Fall20340Joel TomfohrClosed
ENGL C10012027 Winter30763Stephanie ChanClosed
PHIL 20A2026 Fall20410Brian TapiaClosed
PHIL 20B2027 Winter31196Brian TapiaClosed
PHIL 42026 Fall20621Brian TapiaOpen
PHIL 42026 Fall20059Jason ChangWaitlist
PHIL 42027 Winter30668Brian TapiaOpen
PHIL 42027 Winter31292Brian TapiaClosed
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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