Science Education B.S. Transfer Requirements: Irvine Valley College → UC Santa Cruz
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Cruz’s Science Education B.S. major from Irvine Valley College — i.e. exactly which Irvine Valley College courses satisfy each UC Santa Cruz major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Irvine Valley College → UC Santa Cruz)
General Chemistry Lab
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1B or CHEM 1BH
General Chemistry Lab
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1B or CHEM 1BH
Advanced General Chemistry Lab
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1A or CHEM 1B or CHEM 1AH or CHEM 1BH
Advanced General Chemistry Lab
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1AH or CHEM 1B or CHEM 1A or CHEM 1BH
California Geology
Take at Irvine Valley College: GEOL 3
How the Earth Works
Take at Irvine Valley College: GEOL 1
Geologic Principles Laboratory
Take at Irvine Valley College: GEOL 1
Environmental Geology
No Irvine Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Environmental Geology Laboratory
No Irvine Valley College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Advanced General Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Reactivity
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1B or CHEM 1AH or CHEM 1A or CHEM 1BH
Advanced General Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Reactivity
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1B or CHEM 1AH or CHEM 1A or CHEM 1BH
Development and Physiology
Take at Irvine Valley College: BIO 80H or BIO 5 or BIO 2 or BIO 80
Ecology and Evolution
Take at Irvine Valley College: BIO 80H or BIO 2 or BIO 5 or BIO 80
Introductory Physics III
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4B
Cell and Molecular Biology
Take at Irvine Valley College: BIO 81H or BIO 16 or BIO 81
Calculus with Applications
Take at Irvine Valley College: MATH 3A or MATH 3AH
Introductory Physics I
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4A
Calculus with Applications
Take at Irvine Valley College: MATH 3B or MATH 3BH
Statistics
Take at Irvine Valley College: STAT C1000 or BIO 7 or ECON 10 or MGT 10 or ECON 10H or MGT 10H or PSYC 10 or PSYC 10H or HLTH 10
Introductory Physics II
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4C or PHYS 4A
General Chemistry
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1A or CHEM 1AH
General Chemistry
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1B or CHEM 1BH
General Chemistry
Take at Irvine Valley College: CHEM 1B or CHEM 1BH
Introduction to Calculus of Several Variables
Take at Irvine Valley College: MATH 4A or MATH 4AH
Introductory Physics I Laboratory
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4A
Introductory Physics II Laboratory
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4C or PHYS 4A
Introductory Physics III Laboratory
Take at Irvine Valley College: PHYS 4B
Overview of the Universe
Take at Irvine Valley College: ASTR 20 or ASTR 20H
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.