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Marine Biology B.S. Transfer Requirements: Diablo Valley College → UC San Diego

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

Required courses (Diablo Valley College → UC San Diego)

MATH 10A
4 UC units
Calculus I
Take at Diablo Valley College: MATH 182
MATH 10B
4 UC units
Calculus II
Take at Diablo Valley College: MATH 183
MATH 20A
4 UC units
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Diablo Valley College: MATH 192
MATH 20B
4 UC units
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Diablo Valley College: MATH 193
MATH 20C
4 UC units
Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering
Take at Diablo Valley College: MATH 292
PHYS 1A
3 UC units
Mechanics
Take at Diablo Valley College: PHYS 120 or PHYS 124
PHYS 1AL
2 UC units
Mechanics Laboratory
Take at Diablo Valley College: PHYS 124 or PHYS 120
PHYS 1B
3 UC units
Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Diablo Valley College: PHYS 121 or PHYS 125 or PHYS 124 or PHYS 120
PHYS 1BL
2 UC units
Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory
Take at Diablo Valley College: PHYS 125 or PHYS 121 or PHYS 120 or PHYS 124
PHYS 1C
3 UC units
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
Take at Diablo Valley College: PHYS 121 or PHYS 125
PHYS 1CL
2 UC units
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory
Take at Diablo Valley College: PHYS 125 or PHYS 121
PHYS 2A
4 UC units
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Diablo Valley College: PHYS 130
PHYS 2B
4 UC units
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Diablo Valley College: PHYS 230
PHYS 2C
4 UC units
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Diablo Valley College: PHYS 231 or PHYS 230
SIO 90
1 UC units
Undergraduate Seminar
No Diablo Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
CHEM 6B
4 UC units
General Chemistry II
Take at Diablo Valley College: CHEM 120 or CHEM 121
CHEM 6A
4 UC units
General Chemistry I
Take at Diablo Valley College: CHEM 120
CHEM 6C
4 UC units
General Chemistry III
Take at Diablo Valley College: CHEM 120 or CHEM 121
CHEM 7L
4 UC units
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Diablo Valley College: CHEM 120 or CHEM 121
BILD 3
4 UC units
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Diablo Valley College: BIOSC 130 or BIOSC 131
BILD 2
4 UC units
Multicellular Life
Take at Diablo Valley College: BIOSC 131 or BIOSC 130
BILD 1
4 UC units
The Cell
Take at Diablo Valley College: BIOSC 130 or BIOSC 131

View the official agreement on ASSIST.org ↗

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Marine Biology B.S. from Diablo Valley College to other UCs

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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.