SkywayBuild your transfer plan — free →
Transfer › College of San Mateo › UC San Diego

Biology: Molecular and Cell Biology B.S. Transfer Requirements: College of San Mateo → UC San Diego

The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Biology: Molecular and Cell Biology B.S. major from College of San Mateo — i.e. exactly which College of San Mateo courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).

Required courses (College of San Mateo → UC San Diego)

MATH 10B
4 UC units
Calculus II
Take at College of San Mateo: MATH 241 or MATH 242 or MATH 243
MATH 10A
4 UC units
Calculus I
Take at College of San Mateo: MATH 241
MATH 20A
4 UC units
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at College of San Mateo: MATH 251
MATH 20B
4 UC units
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at College of San Mateo: MATH 252
PHYS 1C
3 UC units
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
Take at College of San Mateo: PHYS 210 or PHYS 211 or PHYS 221 or PHYS 220
PHYS 1CL
2 UC units
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory
Take at College of San Mateo: PHYS 211 or PHYS 210 or PHYS 220 or PHYS 221
PHYS 1AL
2 UC units
Mechanics Laboratory
Take at College of San Mateo: PHYS 210 or PHYS 211
PHYS 1A
3 UC units
Mechanics
Take at College of San Mateo: PHYS 211 or PHYS 210
PHYS 1BL
2 UC units
Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory
Take at College of San Mateo: PHYS 221 or PHYS 220
PHYS 1B
3 UC units
Electricity and Magnetism
Take at College of San Mateo: PHYS 220 or PHYS 221
PHYS 2A
4 UC units
Physics - Mechanics
Take at College of San Mateo: PHYS 250
PHYS 2C
4 UC units
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at College of San Mateo: PHYS 270
PHYS 2B
4 UC units
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at College of San Mateo: PHYS 260
PHYS 2CL
2 UC units
Physics Laboratory - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at College of San Mateo: PHYS 260
PHYS 2DL
2 UC units
Physics Laboratory-Modern Physics
Take at College of San Mateo: PHYS 270
PHYS 2BL
2 UC units
Physics Laboratory - Mechanics
Take at College of San Mateo: PHYS 250
CHEM 6A
4 UC units
General Chemistry I
Take at College of San Mateo: CHEM 210
CHEM 6B
4 UC units
General Chemistry II
Take at College of San Mateo: CHEM 210 or CHEM 220
CHEM 6C
4 UC units
General Chemistry III
Take at College of San Mateo: CHEM 220
CHEM 7L
4 UC units
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at College of San Mateo: CHEM 220 or CHEM 210
CHEM 41A
4 UC units
Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
Take at College of San Mateo: CHEM 231
CHEM 41B
4 UC units
Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity and Synthesis
Take at College of San Mateo: CHEM 231 or CHEM 232
BILD 1
4 UC units
The Cell
Take at College of San Mateo: BIOL 210 or BIOL 230 or BIOL 220
BILD 3
4 UC units
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at College of San Mateo: BIOL 230 or BIOL 220 or BIOL 210
BILD 4
2 UC units
Introductory Biology Lab
Take at College of San Mateo: BIOL 230 or BIOL 220 or BIOL 210

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 →

Biology: Molecular and Cell Biology B.S. to UC San Diego 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.