Public Health with Concentration in Medicine Sciences B.S. Transfer Requirements: Irvine Valley College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Public Health with Concentration in Medicine Sciences B.S. 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)
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
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
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
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
Introduction to Statistical Analysis
No Irvine Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
General Chemistry I
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1A
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1A or CHEM 1B
General Chemistry III
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1B
General Chemistry II
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1A or CHEM 1B
Introduction to Public Health
No Irvine Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Human Physiology
Take at Irvine Valley College: BIO 12
Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 12A
Biology and Diversity
No Irvine Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Human Nutrition
Take at Irvine Valley College: NUT 1
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4C
Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4B
Organic Chemistry III: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Macromolecules
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 12B or CHEM 12A
Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity and Synthesis
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 12B or CHEM 12A
Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4B
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4C
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 12A
Human Genetics in Modern Society
Take at Irvine Valley College: BIO 72
Mechanics Laboratory
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4A
Mechanics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4A
Primary Care and Public Health
No Irvine Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
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
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.