Psychological and Brain Sciences, B.S. Transfer Requirements: De Anza College → UC Santa Barbara
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Barbara’s Psychological and Brain Sciences, B.S. major from De Anza College — i.e. exactly which De Anza College courses satisfy each UC Santa Barbara major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (De Anza College → UC Santa Barbara)
Introductory Biological Anthropology
Take at De Anza College: ANTH 1 or ANTH 1H
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Take at De Anza College: E S 1 or E S 2
Basic Physics
Take at De Anza College: PHYS 4A
Basic Physics
Take at De Anza College: PHYS 4B or PHYS 4C
Language and Linguistics
Take at De Anza College: LING 1
Introduction to Environmental Science
Take at De Anza College: ESCI 1 or ESCI 19
Concepts of Biology
Take at De Anza College: BIOL 10H or BIOL 10
Critical Thinking
Take at De Anza College: PHIL 7 or PHIL 7H
Basic Physics
Take at De Anza College: PHYS 4A
Principles of Physical Geology
Take at De Anza College: GEOL 10
Introductory Physics
Take at De Anza College: PHYS 2A
Introductory Biology II - Physiology
Take at De Anza College: BIOL 6B or BIOL 6A or BIOL 6AH or BIOL 6C or BIOL 6CH
Linear Algebra with Applications
Take at De Anza College: MATH 2B or MATH 2BH
General Chemistry
Take at De Anza College: CHEM 1A or CHEM 1AH or CHEM 1BH or CHEM 1B or CHEM 1C or CHEM 1CH
Principles of Economics-Micro
Take at De Anza College: ECON 2 or ECON 2H
Problem Solving with Computers I
Take at De Anza College: CIS 26B or CIS 26BH or CIS 22BH or CIS 22B or CIS 26A
Introduction to Computer Science
Take at De Anza College: CIS 35A or CIS 40 or CIS 22A or CIS 5 or CIS 41A
People, Place and Environment
Take at De Anza College: GEO 4
Differential Equations
Take at De Anza College: MATH 2A or MATH 2AH
Basic Physics
Take at De Anza College: PHYS 4C or PHYS 4B
Principles of Economics-Macro
Take at De Anza College: ECON 1 or ECON 1H
Introductory Physics
Take at De Anza College: PHYS 2B or PHYS 2A
Introduction to Ethics
Take at De Anza College: PHIL 8H or PHIL 8
Introductory Biology III
Take at De Anza College: BIOL 6B or BIOL 6A or BIOL 6AH or BIOL 6C or BIOL 6CH
Introductory Cultural Anthropology
Take at De Anza College: ANTH 2 or ANTH 2H
Basic Physics
Take at De Anza College: PHYS 4C or PHYS 4A
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Take at De Anza College: POLI 5
Introductory Physics
Take at De Anza College: PHYS 2C
Calculus with Applications, Second Course
Take at De Anza College: MATH 1B or MATH 1BH or MATH 1C or MATH 1CH
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Take at De Anza College: MATH 12
Introduction to Psychology
Take at De Anza College: PSYC C1000
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Take at De Anza College: MATH 12
Calculus with Applications, First Course
Take at De Anza College: MATH 1A or MATH 1AH
Understanding Data
Take at De Anza College: STAT C1000H or MATH 23 or MATH 17 or SOC 15 or PSYC 15 or STAT C1000 or POLI 20
Statistical Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences
No De Anza College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Research Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences
No De Anza College equivalent — complete after transfer.
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.