Psychology B.S. with a Specialization in Sensation and Perception Transfer Requirements: College of the Canyons → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Psychology B.S. with a Specialization in Sensation and Perception major from College of the Canyons — i.e. exactly which College of the Canyons courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (College of the Canyons → UC San Diego)
Basic Chemistry
Take at College of the Canyons: CHEM 151
Multicellular Life
Take at College of the Canyons: BIOSCI 107H or BIOSCI 106H or BIOSCI 107 or BIOSCI 106
Human Physiology
Take at College of the Canyons: BIOSCI 202
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at College of the Canyons: BIOSCI 106 or BIOSCI 107 or BIOSCI 106H or BIOSCI 107H
The Cell
Take at College of the Canyons: BIOSCI 107H or BIOSCI 106H or BIOSCI 107 or BIOSCI 106
Fundamental Concepts of Modern Biology
Take at College of the Canyons: BIOSCI 100 or BIOSCI 100H
General Chemistry I
Take at College of the Canyons: CHEM 201
General Chemistry III
Take at College of the Canyons: CHEM 202
General Chemistry II
Take at College of the Canyons: CHEM 202 or CHEM 201
Neurobiology of Cognition
Take at College of the Canyons: PSYCH 102
General Psychology: Biological Foundations
Take at College of the Canyons: PSYCH 102
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at College of the Canyons: PHYSIC 221
Physics - Mechanics
Take at College of the Canyons: PHYSIC 220
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at College of the Canyons: PHYSIC 222
Basic Data Structures and Object-Oriented Design
Take at College of the Canyons: CMPSCI 182 or CMPSCI 182L
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated Pace
Take at College of the Canyons: CMPSCI 111L or CMPSCI 111
Engineering Computation
No College of the Canyons equivalent — complete after transfer.
Introduction to Statistics
Take at College of the Canyons: PSYCH 104 or STAT C1000 or SOCI 137
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at College of the Canyons: MATH 211
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at College of the Canyons: MATH 212
Research Methods in Psychology
Take at College of the Canyons: PSYCH 103
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.