Earth Sciences Transfer Requirements: Fresno City College → UC Santa Cruz
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Cruz’s Earth Sciences (Anthropology Combined B.A.) major from Fresno City College — i.e. exactly which Fresno City College courses satisfy each UC Santa Cruz major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Fresno City College → UC Santa Cruz)
Cell and Molecular Biology
Take at Fresno City College: BIOL 11A
Development and Physiology
Take at Fresno City College: BIOL 11B
Ecology and Evolution
Take at Fresno City College: BIOL 11B or BIOL 11A
General Chemistry
Take at Fresno City College: CHEM 1A
Calculus with Applications
Take at Fresno City College: MATH 5A
Calculus with Applications
Take at Fresno City College: MATH 5B
Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Take at Fresno City College: MATH 5A
Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Take at Fresno City College: MATH 5B
California Geology
No Fresno City College equivalent — complete after transfer.
California Geology Laboratory
No Fresno City College equivalent — complete after transfer.
How the Earth Works
Take at Fresno City College: GEOL 1
Geologic Principles Laboratory
Take at Fresno City College: GEOL 1
Environmental Geology
No Fresno City College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Environmental Geology Laboratory
No Fresno City College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Take at Fresno City College: ANTHRO 1
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Take at Fresno City College: ANTHRO 2 or ANTHRO 2H
Introduction to Archaeology
Take at Fresno City College: ANTHRO 3
View the official agreement on ASSIST.org ↗
Don’t plan this alone.
Skyway builds your full term-by-term plan from these exact requirements + IGETC, checks your gaps, models your GPA, and an AI counselor answers anything — free.
Start my free plan →Earth Sciences to UC Santa Cruz 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.