History of Policy, Law, and Governance, B.A. Transfer Requirements: Foothill College → UC Santa Barbara
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Barbara’s History of Policy, Law, and Governance, B.A. major from Foothill College — i.e. exactly which Foothill College courses satisfy each UC Santa Barbara major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Foothill College → UC Santa Barbara)
World History
Take at Foothill College: HIST 3A
World History
Take at Foothill College: HIST 3B
World History
Take at Foothill College: HIST 3C
The Ancient Mediterranean and West Asia
Take at Foothill College: HIST 4A
Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Take at Foothill College: HIST 4B
Modern Europe
Take at Foothill College: HIST 4C
The American People
Take at Foothill College: HIST 17A
The American People
Take at Foothill College: HIST 17B
The American People
Take at Foothill College: HIST 17C
The Middle East: From the Nineteenth Century to the Present
Take at Foothill College: HIST 18
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Take at Foothill College: POLI 2H or POLI 2
American Government and Politics
Take at Foothill College: POLS C1000
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Take at Foothill College: POLI 3H or POLI 3
Introduction to International Relations
Take at Foothill College: POLI 15H or POLI 15
Introductory Cultural Anthropology
Take at Foothill College: ANTH 2AH or ANTH 2A
Principles of Economics-Micro
Take at Foothill College: ECON 1B
Principles of Economics-Macro
Take at Foothill College: ECON 1A
Introduction to Sociology
Take at Foothill College: SOC 1 or SOC 1H
Global Socioeconomic and Political Processes
Take at Foothill College: GLST 2
Global History, Culture and Ideology
Take at Foothill College: GLST 1 or GLST 1H
Critical Thinking
Take at Foothill College: PHIL 7
Introduction to Ethics
Take at Foothill College: PHIL 8
Introduction to Asian American History, 1850-Present
Take at Foothill College: ETHN 5
East Asian Traditions: Pre-Modern
No Foothill College equivalent — complete after transfer.
East Asian Traditions: Modern
No Foothill College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Understanding Data
Take at Foothill College: PSYC 7 or SOC 7 or MATH 17 or STAT C1000
Statistics for Economics
No Foothill College equivalent — complete after transfer.
View the official agreement on ASSIST.org ↗
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Data sourced from ASSIST.org (official CCC→UC articulation) and the UC Information Center (transfer admit data), 2025–26. Skyway is an independent transfer-planning tool and is not affiliated with the University of California or ASSIST.