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Foothill is Your Transfer Connection

Your goal of earning a bachelor’s degree begins with the college you choose. We want you to choose Foothill College as your destination for completing the lower-division courses that are required to earn your bachelor’s degree.

Increasingly, universities depend on innovative community colleges like Foothill to provide the first two years of a bachelor’s degree.To ensure that your experience is smooth, two-year and four-year colleges have developed transfer admission agreements (TAA).

At Foothill, you will receive the solid academic preparation you will need when you transfer to a four-year school. Foothill’s lower-division curriculum satisfies the requirements of the first two years at a university. And, unlike big institutions, Foothill offers small classes, personal attention from faculty, a serene environment and affordability.

Foothill offers you TAAs with UC Davis, UC Los Angeles*, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, San Francisco State (CSU), San Jose State (CSU), CSU Hayward, CSU Monterey Bay, Cornell University**, Menlo College, Mills College, Notre Dame de Namur University, Santa Clara University, University of the Pacific and University of San Francisco.

Increasingly, universities depend on innovative community colleges like Foothill to provide the first two years of a bachelors degree.

Foothill also offers a full complement of student support services, including financial aid, tutoring, academic counseling, disability support services and other services.

Foothill also offers innovative support programs such as the Pass the Torch and Puente programs. Both programs are open to all interested students. Pass the Torch pairs high achieving students with students who self-select to join a study team. Each team consists of a team leader and a team member. The leader has completed the course with an A grade, and the member is currently enrolled in the course. In the Puente Program, students receive intensive English instruction, counseling and mentoring. Puente endeavors to increase the number of educationally underserved students who enroll in four-year colleges and universities, earn degrees, and return to the community as leaders and mentors to future generations.

For Pass the Torch information, call (650) 949-7358. For Puente information, call (650) 949-7059. To schedule an appointment with a Foothill counselor, call (650) 949-7423.

*You must participate in the Foothill Honors Institute to qualify for this agreement.
**Applies to School of Civil & Environmental Engineering.

For registration instructions, call (650) 949-7325 or click here .


Get the Programming Skills Employeers Demand
Foothill Has Java, C++, UNIX and Oracle DBA Courses

If your goal is to develop in-demand programming skills using state-of-the-art equipment, the Foothill College Computer & Information Systems Department offers you three programming specialties, including computer science, computer software development and database management.

A rich array of Java, C++, UNIX and Oracle Database Administration classes are offered to complement these programs.

Foothill CIS programs will help you develop marketable employment skills as well as prepare you to undertake advanced studies at the university level. CIS programs also provide career enrichment for the working professional.

For more program information, call (650) 949-7236. For registration instructions, call (650) 949-7325 or click here.