Psychology transfer requirements: Foothill College → UC San Diego

These are the lower-division Psychology courses UC San Diego 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: UCSD.

30UC San Diego requirements
30have a Foothill College match
30offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC San Diego requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
CHEM 4 Basic ChemistryCHEM 25
BILD 2 Multicellular LifeBIOL 1A + BIOL 1B + BIOL 1C
BILD 3 Organismic and Evolutionary BiologyBIOL 1C + BIOL 1A + BIOL 1B
BILD 1 The CellBIOL 1B + BIOL 1C + BIOL 1A
BILD 10 Fundamental Concepts of Modern BiologyBIOL 10
BILD 20 Human Genetics in Modern SocietyBIOL 12
CHEM 6A General Chemistry ICHEM 1A
CHEM 6C General Chemistry IIICHEM 1C
CHEM 6B General Chemistry IICHEM 1B
COGS 17 Neurobiology of CognitionPSYC 4
PSYC 2 General Psychology: Biological FoundationsPSYC 4
PHYS 10 Concepts in PhysicsPHYS 2Aor PHYS 2Bor PHYS 12or PHYS 2C
PHYS 1B Electricity and MagnetismPHYS 2BM + PHYS 2B
PHYS 2B Physics - Electricity and MagnetismPHYS 4B
PHYS 11 Survey of PhysicsPHYS 6
PHYS 2A Physics - MechanicsPHYS 4A
PHYS 1C Waves, Optics, and Modern PhysicsPHYS 2C + PHYS 2CM
PHYS 1A MechanicsPHYS 2AM + PHYS 2A
PHYS 2C Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and OpticsPHYS 4C
CSE 8A Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving IC S 1A
MAE 8 MATLAB Programming for Engineering AnalysisENGR 11
CSE 12 Basic Data Structures and Object-Oriented DesignC S 2Cor C S 1C
CSE 11 Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated PaceC S 1Bor C S 3A
COGS 14B Introduction to Statistical AnalysisSTAT C1000or PSYC 7
PSYC 60 Introduction to StatisticsPSYC 7or STAT C1000
MATH 11 Calculus Based Elementary Probability and StatisticsSTAT C1000
MATH 20A Calculus for Science and EngineeringMATH 1AHor MATH 1A
MATH 20B Calculus for Science and EngineeringMATH 1B
PSYC 70 Research Methods in PsychologyPSYC 10
COGS 14A Introduction to Research MethodsPSYC 10

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, UC San Diego as the receiving institution, and Psychology 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
CHEM 252026 Fall20522Rosa NguyenClosed
CHEM 252026 Fall20523Rosa NguyenClosed
CHEM 252026 Fall20524Niloofar SalehiWaitlist
CHEM 252026 Fall20208Niloofar SalehiWaitlist
BIOL 1A2026 Fall20134Karen EricksonClosed
BIOL 1A2026 Fall20649Karen EricksonClosed
BIOL 1A2026 Fall21593Dadbeh RouhbakhshClosed
BIOL 1A2027 Winter30640Karen EricksonOpen
BIOL 1B2026 Fall20078Lisa SchultheisWaitlist
BIOL 1B2026 Fall20915Lisa SchultheisClosed
BIOL 1B2027 Winter31729Lisa SchultheisOpen
BIOL 1B2027 Winter31730Lisa SchultheisOpen
BIOL 1C2027 Winter30741Lisa SchultheisOpen
BIOL 102026 Fall20108Christopher DemarcoWaitlist
BIOL 102026 Fall20196Christopher DemarcoOpen
BIOL 102026 Fall20016Guido BordignonWaitlist
BIOL 102026 Fall20417Guido BordignonWaitlist
BIOL 122026 Fall20903Christopher DemarcoOpen
BIOL 122027 Winter31315Christopher DemarcoOpen
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20024Amid SalariWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20025Amid SalariWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20516Kelley LiuWaitlist
CHEM 1A2026 Fall20517Nayereh RezaeiWaitlist
CHEM 1C2026 Fall20527Ron PainterWaitlist
CHEM 1C2026 Fall20856Ron PainterClosed
CHEM 1C2027 Winter30722Ron PainterOpen
CHEM 1C2027 Winter31748Ron PainterOpen
CHEM 1B2026 Fall20027Gail KatsirClosed
CHEM 1B2026 Fall20146Gail KatsirClosed
CHEM 1B2026 Fall20026Nadia BiglariClosed
CHEM 1B2027 Winter31060Sandhya RaoOpen
PSYC 42026 Fall20065Ben StefonikClosed
PSYC 42026 Fall20811Florina PetcuWaitlist
PSYC 42027 Winter33263Florina PetcuClosed
PSYC 42027 Winter30765Carley ZandersClosed
PHYS 2A2026 Fall20061Traptilisa KumarClosed
PHYS 2A2026 Fall20090Traptilisa KumarWaitlist
PHYS 2A2026 Fall21599Thihongha VuongClosed
PHYS 2A2027 Winter30811Staff MOpen
PHYS 2B2027 Winter31279Staff MOpen
PHYS 2B2027 Winter31394Staff MOpen
PHYS 122026 Fall21485David MarascoWaitlist
PHYS 2BM2027 Winter31091Staff MClosed
PHYS 4B2026 Fall20581John ToderascWaitlist
PHYS 4B2026 Fall20883Masoud VakiliWaitlist
PHYS 4B2026 Fall20582Masoud VakiliWaitlist
PHYS 4B2027 Winter30814Caleb ZergerOpen
PHYS 4A2026 Fall20062Bobby LauClosed
PHYS 4A2026 Fall20154Bobby LauClosed
PHYS 4A2026 Fall20063Frank CascaranoClosed
PHYS 4A2026 Fall20091Kashi NathClosed
PHYS 2AM2026 Fall20887David MarascoClosed
PHYS 4C2026 Fall20884David MarascoOpen
PHYS 4C2027 Winter31344Caleb ZergerOpen
PHYS 4C2027 Winter32425Staff MOpen
C S 1A2026 Fall20316Bita MazloomOpen
C S 1A2026 Fall20424Baba Kofi WeusijanaClosed
C S 1A2026 Fall20157Lalitha KrishnamurthyClosed
C S 1A2027 Winter30840Baba Kofi WeusijanaClosed
ENGR 112026 Fall21550Jeff AndersonClosed
ENGR 112027 Winter31249Jeff AndersonOpen
C S 2C2026 Fall20542David HardenWaitlist
C S 2C2027 Winter30842David HardenClosed
C S 1C2026 Fall20126Bita MazloomClosed
C S 1C2027 Winter30841Bita MazloomClosed
C S 1B2026 Fall20206Baba Kofi WeusijanaClosed
C S 1B2027 Winter32536Baba Kofi WeusijanaClosed
C S 1B2027 Winter33374Bita MazloomOpen
C S 3A2026 Fall20301Mike MurphyOpen
C S 3A2026 Fall20319Maneesh DhagatClosed
C S 3A2026 Fall20458Mike MurphyWaitlist
C S 3A2026 Fall20555Bita MazloomClosed
STAT C10002026 Fall21560Staff MWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21491Staff MWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21537Lucinda RobledoWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall21520Maria TomutiuWaitlist
PSYC 72026 Fall20632Ben StefonikOpen
PSYC 72027 Winter30766Eta LinOpen
MATH 1AH2026 Fall20753Ryan PughWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20047Shobha OrugantiWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20048Quynh Lam HaClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall20325Staff MWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall20614Sarah WilliamsClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall20878Marnie FranciscoWaitlist
MATH 1B2026 Fall20755Matthew LitrusWaitlist
MATH 1B2026 Fall20328Lucinda RobledoClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall20329Diana UilecanClosed
PSYC 102026 Fall20441Eta LinWaitlist
PSYC 102026 Fall20631Mark BauermeisterClosed
PSYC 102027 Winter31121Ben StefonikOpen
PSYC 102027 Winter31123Mark BauermeisterClosed
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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