Marine Biology B.S. Transfer Requirements: Coastline Community College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Marine Biology B.S. major from Coastline Community College — i.e. exactly which Coastline Community College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Coastline Community College → UC San Diego)
Calculus I
Take at Coastline Community College: MATH C140
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Coastline Community College: MATH C180
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Coastline Community College: MATH C185
Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering
Take at Coastline Community College: MATH C280
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Coastline Community College: PHYS C185
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Coastline Community College: PHYS C280
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Coastline Community College: PHYS C185 or PHYS C280 or PHYS C285
Undergraduate Seminar
No Coastline Community College equivalent — complete after transfer.
General Chemistry II
Take at Coastline Community College: CHEM C185 or CHEM C185L or CHEM C180L or CHEM C180
General Chemistry I
Take at Coastline Community College: CHEM C185 or CHEM C185L or CHEM C180 or CHEM C180L
General Chemistry III
Take at Coastline Community College: CHEM C185 or CHEM C185L or CHEM C180L or CHEM C180
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Coastline Community College: CHEM C180L or CHEM C185L or CHEM C185 or CHEM C180
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Coastline Community College: BIOL C185 or BIOL C180
Multicellular Life
Take at Coastline Community College: BIOL C180 or BIOL C185
The Cell
Take at Coastline Community College: BIOL C180 or BIOL C185
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.