Communication: Media Industries and Communication B.A. Transfer Requirements: Irvine Valley College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Communication: Media Industries and Communication B.A. major from Irvine Valley College — i.e. exactly which Irvine Valley College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Irvine Valley College → UC San Diego)
Writing Fiction
Take at Irvine Valley College: WR 11
Writing Poetry
Take at Irvine Valley College: WR 13
Writing Nonfiction
Take at Irvine Valley College: WR 16
Fundamentals of Music
Take at Irvine Valley College: MUS 1 or MUS 1H
Introduction to Acting
Take at Irvine Valley College: TA 1
Introduction to Design for the Theatre
Take at Irvine Valley College: TA 40
Introduction to Cognitive Science
No Irvine Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Introduction to Python
Take at Irvine Valley College: CS 10
Introduction to Computer Science and Object-Oriented Programming: Python
Take at Irvine Valley College: CS 10
Introduction to Research Methods
Take at Irvine Valley College: PSYC 2
Data Analytics for the Social Sciences
No Irvine Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Introduction to Statistics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PSYC 10 or STAT C1000 or BIO 7 or PSYC 10H or ECON 10 or MGT 10 or HLTH 10
Practice of Social Research
Take at Irvine Valley College: PSYC 2
Computing in the Arts Lecture Series
No Irvine Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Principles of Microeconomics
Take at Irvine Valley College: ECON 1 or ECON 1H
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.