Psychological and Brain Sciences, B.S. Transfer Requirements: El Camino College → UC Santa Barbara
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Barbara’s Psychological and Brain Sciences, B.S. major from El Camino College — i.e. exactly which El Camino College courses satisfy each UC Santa Barbara major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (El Camino College → UC Santa Barbara)
Basic Physics
Take at El Camino College: PHYS 1A
Basic Physics
Take at El Camino College: PHYS 1A or PHYS 1B or PHYS 1C
Introduction to Economics
No El Camino College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Language and Linguistics
Take at El Camino College: ANTH 4 or ANTH 4H
Introduction to Environmental Science
Take at El Camino College: BIOL 15
Concepts of Biology
Take at El Camino College: BIOL 10 or BIOL 10H
Principles of Historical Geology
Take at El Camino College: GEOL 2 or GEOL 4
Introductory Biological Anthropology
Take at El Camino College: ANTH 1H or ANTH 1
Critical Thinking
Take at El Camino College: PHIL 106
Basic Physics
Take at El Camino College: PHYS 1A
Principles of Physical Geology
Take at El Camino College: GEOL 3 or GEOL 1
Introductory Physics
Take at El Camino College: PHYS 3A or PHYS 2A
Introductory Biology II - Physiology
Take at El Camino College: BIOL 110 or BIOL 110H or BIOL 120H or BIOL 120 or BIOL 130
Linear Algebra with Applications
Take at El Camino College: MATH 270
General Chemistry
Take at El Camino College: CHEM 1B or CHEM 1A
Principles of Economics-Micro
Take at El Camino College: ECON 102
Problem Solving with Computers I
Take at El Camino College: CSCI 1H or CSCI 1
Introduction to Computer Science
Take at El Camino College: CSCI 14
People, Place and Environment
Take at El Camino College: GEOG 2
Differential Equations
Take at El Camino College: MATH 270
Basic Physics
Take at El Camino College: PHYS 1C or PHYS 1B or PHYS 1A
Principles of Economics-Macro
Take at El Camino College: ECON 101H or ECON 101
Introductory Physics
Take at El Camino College: PHYS 2A or PHYS 2B or PHYS 3A or PHYS 3B
Introduction to Ethics
Take at El Camino College: PHIL 103
Introductory Biology III
Take at El Camino College: BIOL 120H or BIOL 120 or BIOL 110 or BIOL 110H or BIOL 130
Introductory Cultural Anthropology
Take at El Camino College: ANTH 2H or ANTH 2
Basic Physics
Take at El Camino College: PHYS 1A or PHYS 1B
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Take at El Camino College: PHIL 117 or POLI 7
Introductory Physics
Take at El Camino College: PHYS 2A or PHYS 2B or PHYS 3B or PHYS 3A
Calculus with Applications, Second Course
Take at El Camino College: MATH 191
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Take at El Camino College: MATH 165
Introduction to Psychology
Take at El Camino College: PSYC C1000 or PSYC C1000H
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Take at El Camino College: MATH 165
Calculus with Applications, First Course
Take at El Camino College: MATH 190
Understanding Data
Take at El Camino College: PSYC 109A or SOCI 109A or STAT C1000H or STAT C1000 or BUS 116
Statistical Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences
No El Camino College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Research Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences
No El Camino 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.