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Psychology B.S. with a Specialization in Cognitive Psychology Transfer Requirements: Cabrillo College → UC San Diego

The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Psychology B.S. with a Specialization in Cognitive Psychology major from Cabrillo College — i.e. exactly which Cabrillo College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).

Required courses (Cabrillo College → UC San Diego)

CHEM 4
4 UC units
Basic Chemistry
Take at Cabrillo College: CHEM 3 or CHEM 3L
BILD 2
4 UC units
Multicellular Life
Take at Cabrillo College: BIO 9B or BIO 9A
BILD 26
4 UC units
Human Physiology
Take at Cabrillo College: BIO 5
BILD 3
4 UC units
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Cabrillo College: BIO 9B or BIO 9A
BILD 1
4 UC units
The Cell
Take at Cabrillo College: BIO 9A or BIO 9B
BILD 10
4 UC units
Fundamental Concepts of Modern Biology
Take at Cabrillo College: BIO 11A
CHEM 6A
4 UC units
General Chemistry I
Take at Cabrillo College: CHEM 1A
CHEM 6C
4 UC units
General Chemistry III
Take at Cabrillo College: CHEM 1B
CHEM 6B
4 UC units
General Chemistry II
Take at Cabrillo College: CHEM 1B or CHEM 1A
COGS 17
4 UC units
Neurobiology of Cognition
Take at Cabrillo College: PSYCH 4
PSYC 2
4 UC units
General Psychology: Biological Foundations
Take at Cabrillo College: PSYCH 4
PHYS 10
4 UC units
Concepts in Physics
Take at Cabrillo College: PHYS 10 or PHYS 11
PHYS 2B
4 UC units
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Cabrillo College: PHYS 4B
PHYS 2A
4 UC units
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Cabrillo College: PHYS 4A
PHYS 2C
4 UC units
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Cabrillo College: PHYS 4C
CSE 8A
4 UC units
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving I
Take at Cabrillo College: CS 12J or CS 12P or CS 11
MAE 8
4 UC units
MATLAB Programming for Engineering Analysis
Take at Cabrillo College: ENGR 30
CSE 12
4 UC units
Basic Data Structures and Object-Oriented Design
Take at Cabrillo College: CS 21
COGS 18
4 UC units
Introduction to Python
Take at Cabrillo College: CIS 15 or CS 12P
CSE 11
4 UC units
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated Pace
Take at Cabrillo College: CS 20J
ECE 15
4 UC units
Engineering Computation
No Cabrillo College equivalent — complete after transfer.
COGS 14B
4 UC units
Introduction to Statistical Analysis
Take at Cabrillo College: MATH 12H or STAT C1000
PSYC 60
4 UC units
Introduction to Statistics
Take at Cabrillo College: STAT C1000 or MATH 12H or PSYCH 2A
MATH 10A
4 UC units
Calculus I
Take at Cabrillo College: MATH 5A
MATH 10B
4 UC units
Calculus II
Take at Cabrillo College: MATH 5B
MATH 20A
4 UC units
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Cabrillo College: MATH 5A
MATH 20B
4 UC units
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Cabrillo College: MATH 5B
PSYC 70
4 UC units
Research Methods in Psychology
Take at Cabrillo College: PSYCH 2B
COGS 14A
4 UC units
Introduction to Research Methods
Take at Cabrillo College: PSYCH 2B

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.