Sociology transfer requirements: Foothill College → UC Merced

These are the lower-division Sociology 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.

10UC Merced requirements
10have a Foothill College match
14offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC Merced requirementFoothill College course that satisfies it
SOC 020 Social ProblemsSOC 20
SOC 030 Social InequalitySOC 15
SOC 038 Sociology of Race and RacismSOC 23
SOC 060 Introduction to Sociology of GenderSOC 28
SOC 070 Introduction to Crime and DevianceSOC 14
WRI 001 Academic WritingESLL 26or ENGL C1000Hor ENGL C1000
WRI 010 College Reading and CompositionENGL 1Bor PHIL 1or ENGL C1001Hor ENGL C1001or ENGL 1BH
SOC 001 Introduction to SociologySOC 1or SOC 1H
SOC 010 Statistics for SociologyPSYC 7
SOC 015 Sociological Research MethodsPSYC 10

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose Foothill College as your sending institution, UC Merced as the receiving institution, and Sociology 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
SOC 202027 Winter30946Jacquelynne LoggClosed
SOC 232026 Fall20561Liz RobertsClosed
SOC 232027 Winter31020John FoxOpen
SOC 282026 Fall20510John FoxOpen
SOC 282027 Winter32922Staff MClosed
SOC 142027 Winter32293Liz RobertsClosed
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
PHIL 12026 Fall20620David HoekengaClosed
PHIL 12027 Winter30806Jason ChangClosed
ENGL C1001H2026 Fall21480Brian LewisOpen
ENGL C1001H2027 Winter32205Stephanie ChanOpen
ENGL C10012026 Fall20340Joel TomfohrClosed
ENGL C10012027 Winter30763Stephanie ChanClosed
SOC 12026 Fall20511John FoxOpen
SOC 12026 Fall20103Patricia Gibbs StayteOpen
SOC 12026 Fall20350Patricia Gibbs StayteWaitlist
SOC 12026 Fall20411Staff MWaitlist
SOC 1H2027 Winter31000John FoxOpen
PSYC 72026 Fall20632Ben StefonikOpen
PSYC 72027 Winter30766Eta LinOpen
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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