Psychological and Brain Sciences, B.S. Transfer Requirements: Irvine Valley College → UC Santa Barbara
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Barbara’s Psychological and Brain Sciences, B.S. 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)
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Take at Irvine Valley College: ENV 1
Basic Physics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4A
Basic Physics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4A or PHYS 4B
Introduction to Economics
Take at Irvine Valley College: ECON 20H or ECON 20
Language and Linguistics
Take at Irvine Valley College: ANTH 3
Introduction to Environmental Science
Take at Irvine Valley College: GEOL 23
Concepts of Biology
Take at Irvine Valley College: BIO 1H or BIO 1
Principles of Historical Geology
Take at Irvine Valley College: GEOL 2
Introductory Biological Anthropology
Take at Irvine Valley College: ANTH 1H or ANTH 1
Critical Thinking
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHIL 3
Basic Physics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4A
Principles of Physical Geology
Take at Irvine Valley College: GEOL 1
Introductory Physics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 2A
Introductory Biology II - Physiology
Take at Irvine Valley College: BIO 80 or BIO 5 or BIO 16 or BIO 2 or BIO 80H or BIO 81 or BIO 81H
Linear Algebra with Applications
Take at Irvine Valley College: MATH 26 or MATH 26H
General Chemistry
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1AH or CHEM 1A or CHEM 1B or CHEM 1BH
Principles of Economics-Micro
Take at Irvine Valley College: ECON 1 or ECON 1H
Problem Solving with Computers I
Take at Irvine Valley College: CS 37 or CS 36
Introduction to Computer Science
Take at Irvine Valley College: CS 10
People, Place and Environment
Take at Irvine Valley College: GEOG 2
Differential Equations
Take at Irvine Valley College: MATH 24H or MATH 24
Basic Physics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4C or PHYS 4A or PHYS 4B
Principles of Economics-Macro
Take at Irvine Valley College: ECON 2 or ECON 2H
Introductory Physics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 2A or PHYS 2B
Introduction to Ethics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHIL 2
Introductory Biology III
Take at Irvine Valley College: BIO 81H or BIO 80H or BIO 80 or BIO 81 or BIO 16 or BIO 5 or BIO 2
Introductory Cultural Anthropology
Take at Irvine Valley College: ANTH 2 or ANTH 2H
Basic Physics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4B or PHYS 4A or PHYS 4C
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHIL 5 or POLS 5
Introductory Physics
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 2B or PHYS 2A
Calculus with Applications, Second Course
Take at Irvine Valley College: MATH 3BH or MATH 3B
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Take at Irvine Valley College: MATH 11
Introduction to Psychology
Take at Irvine Valley College: PSYC C1000 or PSYC C1000H
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Take at Irvine Valley College: MATH 11
Calculus with Applications, First Course
Take at Irvine Valley College: MATH 3AH or MATH 3A
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
Statistical Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences
No Irvine Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Research Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences
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.