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

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

Required courses (Foothill College → UC San Diego)

MATH 10C
4 UC units
Calculus III
Take at Foothill College: MATH 1C
MATH 20A
4 UC units
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Foothill College: MATH 1AH or MATH 1A
MATH 20B
4 UC units
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Foothill College: MATH 1B
MATH 20C
4 UC units
Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering
Take at Foothill College: MATH 1C or MATH 1D
PHYS 1A
3 UC units
Mechanics
Take at Foothill College: PHYS 2AM or PHYS 2A
PHYS 1AL
2 UC units
Mechanics Laboratory
Take at Foothill College: PHYS 2A or PHYS 2AM
PHYS 1B
3 UC units
Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Foothill College: PHYS 2BM or PHYS 2B
PHYS 1BL
2 UC units
Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory
Take at Foothill College: PHYS 2BM or PHYS 2B
PHYS 1C
3 UC units
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
Take at Foothill College: PHYS 2C or PHYS 2CM
PHYS 1CL
2 UC units
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory
Take at Foothill College: PHYS 2CM or PHYS 2C
PHYS 2A
4 UC units
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Foothill College: PHYS 4A
PHYS 2B
4 UC units
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Foothill College: PHYS 4B
PHYS 2C
4 UC units
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Foothill College: PHYS 4C
SIO 90
1 UC units
Undergraduate Seminar
No Foothill College equivalent — complete after transfer.
CHEM 6B
4 UC units
General Chemistry II
Take at Foothill College: CHEM 1B
CHEM 6A
4 UC units
General Chemistry I
Take at Foothill College: CHEM 1A
CHEM 6C
4 UC units
General Chemistry III
Take at Foothill College: CHEM 1C
CHEM 7L
4 UC units
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Foothill College: CHEM 1C or CHEM 1B
BILD 3
4 UC units
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Foothill College: BIOL 1C or BIOL 1A or BIOL 1B
BILD 2
4 UC units
Multicellular Life
Take at Foothill College: BIOL 1A or BIOL 1B or BIOL 1C
BILD 1
4 UC units
The Cell
Take at Foothill College: BIOL 1B or BIOL 1C or BIOL 1A

View the official agreement on ASSIST.org ↗

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Marine Biology B.S. from Foothill College to other UCs

Marine Biology B.S. to UC San Diego from other colleges

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.