Chemistry and Biochemistry: Environmental Chemistry B.S. Transfer Requirements: Cosumnes River College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Chemistry and Biochemistry: Environmental Chemistry B.S. major from Cosumnes River College — i.e. exactly which Cosumnes River College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Cosumnes River College → UC San Diego)
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Cosumnes River College: PHYS 431
Physics - Relativity and Quantum Physics
Take at Cosumnes River College: PHYS 431
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Cosumnes River College: PHYS 411
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Cosumnes River College: PHYS 421
General Chemistry II
Take at Cosumnes River College: CHEM 401 or CHEM 400
General Chemistry I
Take at Cosumnes River College: CHEM 400
General Chemistry III
Take at Cosumnes River College: CHEM 400 or CHEM 401
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Cosumnes River College: CHEM 400 or CHEM 401
Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
Take at Cosumnes River College: CHEM 420
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Cosumnes River College: CHEM 420 or CHEM 421
Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity and Synthesis
Take at Cosumnes River College: CHEM 420 or CHEM 421
Physics Laboratory - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Cosumnes River College: PHYS 421
Physics Laboratory - Mechanics
Take at Cosumnes River College: PHYS 411
Physics Laboratory-Modern Physics
Take at Cosumnes River College: PHYS 431
Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering
Take at Cosumnes River College: MATH 402
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Cosumnes River College: MATH 401
Introduction to Differential Equations
Take at Cosumnes River College: MATH 420
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Cosumnes River College: MATH 400
Linear Algebra
Take at Cosumnes River College: MATH 410
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.