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Environmental Systems Transfer Requirements: Columbia College → UC San Diego

The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Environmental Systems (Environmental Chemistry B.S.) major from Columbia College — i.e. exactly which Columbia College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).

Transfer admit rate
55%
Admitted / applied
27 / 49
Admit GPA range
3.33 - 3.83
Requirements
13

Required courses (Columbia College → UC San Diego)

MATH 20D
4 UC units
Introduction to Differential Equations
Take at Columbia College: MATH 28
MATH 20A
4 UC units
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Columbia College: MATH 18A
MATH 20B
4 UC units
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Columbia College: MATH 18B
MATH 20C
4 UC units
Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering
Take at Columbia College: MATH 18C
CHEM 43A
4 UC units
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Columbia College: CHEM 4A or CHEM 4BL or CHEM 4AL or CHEM 4B
ECON 1
4 UC units
Principles of Microeconomics
Take at Columbia College: ECON 11
CHEM 41B
4 UC units
Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity and Synthesis
Take at Columbia College: CHEM 4B or CHEM 4BL or CHEM 4A or CHEM 4AL
CHEM 41A
4 UC units
Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
Take at Columbia College: CHEM 4A or CHEM 4AL
BILD 3
4 UC units
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Columbia College: BIOL 6 or BIOL 2 or BIOL 4
CHEM 6A
4 UC units
General Chemistry I
Take at Columbia College: CHEM 2AL or CHEM 2A
CHEM 6C
4 UC units
General Chemistry III
Take at Columbia College: CHEM 2B or CHEM 2BL
CHEM 7L
4 UC units
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Columbia College: CHEM 2B or CHEM 2BL or CHEM 2AL or CHEM 2A
CHEM 6B
4 UC units
General Chemistry II
Take at Columbia College: CHEM 2A or CHEM 2BL or CHEM 2B or CHEM 2AL

View the official agreement on ASSIST.org ↗

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Environmental Systems 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.