Psychology B.S. Transfer Requirements: City College of San Francisco → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Psychology B.S. major from City College of San Francisco — i.e. exactly which City College of San Francisco courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (City College of San Francisco → UC San Diego)
Basic Chemistry
Take at City College of San Francisco: CHEM 40
Multicellular Life
Take at City College of San Francisco: BIO 100A or BIO 100B
Human Physiology
Take at City College of San Francisco: BIO 111 or BIO 9
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at City College of San Francisco: BIO 100B or BIO 100A
The Cell
Take at City College of San Francisco: BIO 100B or BIO 100A
Fundamental Concepts of Modern Biology
Take at City College of San Francisco: BIO 11
General Chemistry I
Take at City College of San Francisco: CHEM 101A
General Chemistry III
Take at City College of San Francisco: CHEM 101B
General Chemistry II
Take at City College of San Francisco: CHEM 101B or CHEM 101A
Neurobiology of Cognition
Take at City College of San Francisco: BIO 114
General Psychology: Biological Foundations
Take at City College of San Francisco: PSYC 1B
Concepts in Physics
Take at City College of San Francisco: PHYC 10
Electricity and Magnetism
Take at City College of San Francisco: PHYC 2B or PHYC 2BC or PHYC 2BL
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at City College of San Francisco: PHYC 4B
Physics - Mechanics
Take at City College of San Francisco: PHYC 4A
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
Take at City College of San Francisco: PHYC 2BC or PHYC 2AL or PHYC 2A or PHYC 2AC or PHYC 2B or PHYC 2BL
Mechanics
Take at City College of San Francisco: PHYC 2AL or PHYC 2A or PHYC 2AC
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at City College of San Francisco: PHYC 4C
MATLAB Programming for Engineering Analysis
Take at City College of San Francisco: ENGN 38
Basic Data Structures and Object-Oriented Design
Take at City College of San Francisco: CS 111C or CS 110C
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated Pace
Take at City College of San Francisco: CS 111B
Engineering Computation
No City College of San Francisco equivalent — complete after transfer.
Introduction to Statistical Analysis
Take at City College of San Francisco: PSYC 5
Introduction to Statistics
Take at City College of San Francisco: PSYC 5 or STAT C1000
Calculus Based Elementary Probability and Statistics
Take at City College of San Francisco: STAT C1000 or ECON 5
Calculus I
Take at City College of San Francisco: MATH 100A
Calculus II
Take at City College of San Francisco: MATH 100B
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at City College of San Francisco: MATH 110A
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at City College of San Francisco: MATH 110B
Research Methods in Psychology
Take at City College of San Francisco: PSYC 2
Introduction to Research Methods
Take at City College of San Francisco: PSYC 2
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.