Political Science transfer requirements: Foothill College → San Francisco State University

These are the lower-division Political Science courses San Francisco State University 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: SFSU, SF State.

4San Francisco State University requirements
4have a Foothill College match
5offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

San Francisco State University requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
PLSI 275 Introduction to Political TheoryPOLI 3Hor POLI 3
PLSI 200 Introduction to American PoliticsPOLS C1000
PLSI 250 Comparative PoliticsPOLI 2Hor POLI 2
PLSI 150 Contemporary Moral/Political IssuesPHIL 8

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, San Francisco State University as the receiving institution, and Political Science 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
POLI 3H2026 Fall22111Thomas MeredithWaitlist
POLI 3H2027 Winter30930Thomas MeredithClosed
POLI 32026 Fall20994Thomas MeredithClosed
POLI 32027 Winter30929Thomas MeredithClosed
POLS C10002026 Fall21472Joel PowellOpen
POLS C10002026 Fall21474Kimberly KeenanWaitlist
POLS C10002026 Fall21475Sara CallowClosed
POLS C10002027 Winter32865Kerri RyerClosed
POLI 22026 Fall20607Sara CallowWaitlist
POLI 22027 Winter30931Sara CallowClosed
POLI 22027 Winter33287Sara CallowClosed
PHIL 82026 Fall20254Brian TapiaClosed
PHIL 82026 Fall20806Brian TapiaClosed
PHIL 82027 Winter32353Jason ChangOpen
PHIL 82027 Winter30807Brian TapiaClosed
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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Political Science from Foothill College to other campuses

Same major from De Anza College → San Francisco State University