Environmental Studies Transfer Requirements: Cerritos College → UC Santa Cruz
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Cruz’s Environmental Studies (Biology Combined Major B.A.) major from Cerritos College — i.e. exactly which Cerritos College courses satisfy each UC Santa Cruz major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Admitted / applied
64 / 108
Admit GPA range
3.20 - 3.75
Required courses (Cerritos College → UC Santa Cruz)
Introductory Microeconomics: Resource Allocation and Market Structure
Take at Cerritos College: ECON 202M
Introductory Macroeconomics: Aggregate Economic Activity
Take at Cerritos College: ECON 201M
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Take at Cerritos College: ANTH 100
Introduction to Ethical Theory
Take at Cerritos College: PHIL 102
Introduction to Sociology
Take at Cerritos College: SOC 101
Issues and Problems in American Society
Take at Cerritos College: SOC 201
World Society
No Cerritos College equivalent — complete after transfer.
General Chemistry
Take at Cerritos College: CHEM 112
General Chemistry
Take at Cerritos College: CHEM 111
General Chemistry
Take at Cerritos College: CHEM 112
Precalculus for the Social Sciences
Take at Cerritos College: MATH 155 or MATH 155S
Mathematical Methods for Economists I
Take at Cerritos College: MATH 116
Calculus with Applications
Take at Cerritos College: MATH 170
Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Take at Cerritos College: MATH 170
Ecology and Evolution
Take at Cerritos College: BIOL 200
Cell and Molecular Biology
Take at Cerritos College: BIOL 201
Development and Physiology
Take at Cerritos College: BIOL 201 or BIOL 200
Statistical Methods for the Biological, Environmental, and Health Sciences
No Cerritos College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Statistical Methods for the Biological, Environmental, and Health Sciences Laboratory
No Cerritos College equivalent — complete after transfer.
View the official agreement on ASSIST.org ↗
Don’t plan this alone.
Skyway builds your full term-by-term plan from these exact requirements + IGETC, checks your gaps, models your GPA, and an AI counselor answers anything — free.
Start my free plan →Environmental Studies to UC Santa Cruz from other colleges
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.