Psychology B.S. with a Specialization in Social Psychology Transfer Requirements: De Anza College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Psychology B.S. with a Specialization in Social Psychology major from De Anza College — i.e. exactly which De Anza College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (De Anza College → UC San Diego)
Basic Chemistry
Take at De Anza College: CHEM 10 or CHEM 30A
Multicellular Life
Take at De Anza College: BIOL 6C or BIOL 6B or BIOL 6A or BIOL 6CH or BIOL 6AH
Human Physiology
Take at De Anza College: BIOL 40C or BIOL 40B or BIOL 40A
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at De Anza College: BIOL 6CH or BIOL 6AH or BIOL 6B or BIOL 6C or BIOL 6A
The Cell
Take at De Anza College: BIOL 6AH or BIOL 6CH or BIOL 6B or BIOL 6A or BIOL 6C
Fundamental Concepts of Modern Biology
Take at De Anza College: BIOL 10 or BIOL 10H
General Chemistry I
Take at De Anza College: CHEM 1AH or CHEM 1A
General Chemistry III
Take at De Anza College: CHEM 1CH or CHEM 1C
General Chemistry II
Take at De Anza College: CHEM 1BH or CHEM 1B
Neurobiology of Cognition
Take at De Anza College: PSYC 24
General Psychology: Biological Foundations
Take at De Anza College: PSYC 24
Electricity and Magnetism
Take at De Anza College: PHYS 2B
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at De Anza College: PHYS 4B
Physics - Mechanics
Take at De Anza College: PHYS 4A
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
Take at De Anza College: PHYS 2C
Mechanics
Take at De Anza College: PHYS 2A
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at De Anza College: PHYS 4C
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving I
Take at De Anza College: CIS 36A or CIS 40 or CIS 22A
MATLAB Programming for Engineering Analysis
Take at De Anza College: CIS 22A or CIS 41A or CIS 40 or CIS 35A or CIS 41B
Introduction to Computer Science and Object-Oriented Programming: Python
Take at De Anza College: CIS 41A
Basic Data Structures and Object-Oriented Design
Take at De Anza College: CIS 22CH or CIS 22C
Introduction to Python
Take at De Anza College: CIS 40
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated Pace
Take at De Anza College: CIS 36B or CIS 35A
Engineering Computation
No De Anza College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Introduction to Statistical Analysis
Take at De Anza College: PSYC 15 or SOC 15 or STAT C1000
Introduction to Statistics
Take at De Anza College: PSYC 15 or SOC 15 or MATH 17 or STAT C1000 or STAT C1000H or POLI 20
Calculus Based Elementary Probability and Statistics
Take at De Anza College: STAT C1000 or STAT C1000H
Calculus I
Take at De Anza College: MATH 12
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at De Anza College: MATH 1A or MATH 1AH
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at De Anza College: MATH 1BH or MATH 1B
Research Methods in Psychology
Take at De Anza College: PSYC 2 or PSYC 3
Introduction to Research Methods
Take at De Anza College: PSYC 2
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.