Psychology B.S. with a Specialization in Developmental Psychology Transfer Requirements: Irvine Valley College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Psychology B.S. with a Specialization in Developmental Psychology 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)
Basic Chemistry
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 3
Multicellular Life
Take at Irvine Valley College: BIO 80H or BIO 81H or BIO 81 or BIO 80 or BIO 2 or BIO 16 or BIO 5
Human Physiology
Take at Irvine Valley College: BIO 12
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Irvine Valley College: BIO 2 or BIO 5 or BIO 16 or BIO 81 or BIO 80 or BIO 81H or BIO 80H
The Cell
Take at Irvine Valley College: BIO 16 or BIO 5 or BIO 2 or BIO 80H or BIO 81H or BIO 81 or BIO 80
Fundamental Concepts of Modern Biology
Take at Irvine Valley College: BIO 1 or BIO 1H
Human Genetics in Modern Society
Take at Irvine Valley College: BIO 72
General Chemistry I
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1A
General Chemistry III
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1B
General Chemistry II
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1A or CHEM 1B
Neurobiology of Cognition
Take at Irvine Valley College: PSYC 3 or PSYC 3H
General Psychology: Biological Foundations
Take at Irvine Valley College: PSYC 3
Concepts in Physics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 2A
Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4B
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4B
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4A
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4C
Mechanics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4A
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4C
MATLAB Programming for Engineering Analysis
Take at Irvine Valley College: CS 10 or CS 36 or ENGR 20
Introduction to Computer Science and Object-Oriented Programming: Python
Take at Irvine Valley College: CS 10
Basic Data Structures and Object-Oriented Design
Take at Irvine Valley College: CS 41
Introduction to Python
Take at Irvine Valley College: CS 10
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated Pace
Take at Irvine Valley College: CS 38
Engineering Computation
No Irvine Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Introduction to Statistical Analysis
Take at Irvine Valley College: MGT 10H or ECON 10H or STAT C1000 or ECON 10 or MGT 10 or PSYC 10H or PSYC 10
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
Calculus I
Take at Irvine Valley College: MATH 3AH or MATH 3A or MATH 11
Calculus II
Take at Irvine Valley College: MATH 3B or MATH 3BH
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Irvine Valley College: MATH 3A or MATH 3AH
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Irvine Valley College: MATH 3B or MATH 3BH
Research Methods in Psychology
Take at Irvine Valley College: PSYC 2
Introduction to Research Methods
Take at Irvine Valley College: PSYC 2
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.