History of Policy, Law, and Governance, B.A. Transfer Requirements: Irvine Valley College → UC Santa Barbara
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Barbara’s History of Policy, Law, and Governance, B.A. major from Irvine Valley College — i.e. exactly which Irvine Valley College courses satisfy each UC Santa Barbara major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Irvine Valley College → UC Santa Barbara)
World History
Take at Irvine Valley College: HIST 1H or HIST 1
World History
Take at Irvine Valley College: HIST 2 or HIST 1H or HIST 1
World History
Take at Irvine Valley College: HIST 2
The Ancient Mediterranean and West Asia
Take at Irvine Valley College: HIST 10
Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Take at Irvine Valley College: HIST 10 or HIST 11
Modern Europe
Take at Irvine Valley College: HIST 11
History of America's Racial and Ethnic Minorites
Take at Irvine Valley College: HIST 30
The American People
Take at Irvine Valley College: HIST 20
The American People
Take at Irvine Valley College: HIST 21 or HIST 20
The American People
Take at Irvine Valley College: HIST 21
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Take at Irvine Valley College: POLS 12H or POLS 12
American Government and Politics
Take at Irvine Valley College: POLS C1000H or POLS C1000
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHIL 5 or POLS 5
Introduction to International Relations
Take at Irvine Valley College: POLS 14 or POLS 14H
Introductory Cultural Anthropology
Take at Irvine Valley College: ANTH 2 or ANTH 2H
Principles of Economics-Micro
Take at Irvine Valley College: ECON 1 or ECON 1H
Principles of Economics-Macro
Take at Irvine Valley College: ECON 2 or ECON 2H
Introduction to Economics
Take at Irvine Valley College: ECON 20H or ECON 20
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Take at Irvine Valley College: ENV 1
Introduction to Sociology
Take at Irvine Valley College: SOC 1H or SOC 1
Gender and Power: Introduction to Feminist Studies
Take at Irvine Valley College: GS 10
Introduction to LGBTQ Studies
Take at Irvine Valley College: GS 50
Global Socioeconomic and Political Processes
Take at Irvine Valley College: ECON 13
Global History, Culture and Ideology
Take at Irvine Valley College: SOC 3 or GLBL 1 or SOC 3H
Critical Thinking
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHIL 3
Introduction to Ethics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHIL 2
Introduction to Asian American History, 1850-Present
Take at Irvine Valley College: ETHN 20
East Asian Traditions: Pre-Modern
No Irvine Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
East Asian Traditions: Modern
No Irvine Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Understanding Data
Take at Irvine Valley College: MGT 10 or ECON 10 or HLTH 10 or PSYC 10H or PSYC 10 or ECON 10H or MGT 10H or STAT C1000
Statistics for Economics
No Irvine Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
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.