Political Science transfer requirements: Foothill College → UC Santa Barbara

These are the lower-division Political Science courses UC Santa Barbara 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: UCSB.

6UC Santa Barbara requirements
6have a Foothill College match
7offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Santa Barbara requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
POL S 6 Introduction to Comparative PoliticsPOLI 2Hor POLI 2
POL S 12 American Government and PoliticsPOLS C1000
POL S 1 Introduction to Political PhilosophyPOLI 3Hor POLI 3
POL S 7 Introduction to International RelationsPOLI 15Hor POLI 15
ECON 1 Principles of Economics-MicroECON C2001
ECON 2 Principles of Economics-MacroECON C2002

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, UC Santa Barbara 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 22026 Fall20607Sara CallowWaitlist
POLI 22027 Winter30931Sara CallowClosed
POLI 22027 Winter33287Sara CallowClosed
POLS C10002026 Fall21472Joel PowellOpen
POLS C10002026 Fall21474Kimberly KeenanWaitlist
POLS C10002026 Fall21475Sara CallowClosed
POLS C10002027 Winter32865Kerri RyerClosed
POLI 3H2026 Fall22111Thomas MeredithWaitlist
POLI 3H2027 Winter30930Thomas MeredithClosed
POLI 32026 Fall20994Thomas MeredithClosed
POLI 32027 Winter30929Thomas MeredithClosed
POLI 152027 Winter32964Kerri RyerClosed
ECON C20012026 Fall20333Angelica DupreeOpen
ECON C20012026 Fall20658Brian EvansOpen
ECON C20012026 Fall20115Julian KearnsWaitlist
ECON C20012026 Fall22141Selvasodan SelvaretnamClosed
ECON C20022026 Fall20654Brian EvansOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall20514Malkiat SandhuOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall20085Aditi GrossmanOpen
ECON C20022026 Fall20255Angelica DupreeWaitlist
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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