COGNITIVE SCIENCE, B.A. Transfer Requirements: Long Beach City College → UC Merced
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Merced’s COGNITIVE SCIENCE, B.A. major from Long Beach City College — i.e. exactly which Long Beach City College courses satisfy each UC Merced major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Admitted / applied
33 / 46
Admit GPA range
3.23 - 3.60
Required courses (Long Beach City College → UC Merced)
Analysis of Psychological Data
Take at Long Beach City College: STAT C1000H or STAT C1000
Preparatory Calculus
Take at Long Beach City College: MATH 50
Calculus I for Physical Sciences & Engineering
Take at Long Beach City College: MATH 60
Data Science for Life Sciences
Take at Long Beach City College: STAT C1000H or STAT C1000 or MATH 21B
Statistical Inference
Take at Long Beach City College: STAT C1000 or MATH 21A or MATH 21B or STAT C1000H
Academic Writing
Take at Long Beach City College: ESL 1S or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ENGL C1000E
College Reading and Composition
Take at Long Beach City College: ENGL 4 or ENGL C1001 or ENGL 4H or ENGL C1001H or HIST 47 or READ 84 or ENGL 2
Introduction to Sociology
Take at Long Beach City College: SOCIO 1H or SOCIO 1
Introduction to Economics
Take at Long Beach City College: ECON 2H or ECON 1 or ECON 1H or ECON 2
Introduction to American Politics
Take at Long Beach City College: POLS C1000 or POLS C1000H
Introduction to Psychology
Take at Long Beach City College: PSYC C1000 or PSYC C1000H
Introduction to Philosophy
Take at Long Beach City College: PHIL 8 or PHIL 6H or PHIL 4 or PHIL 14 or PHIL 10 or PHIL 6 or PHIL 3 or PHIL 5
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Take at Long Beach City College: ANTHR 1H or ANTHR 1
Introduction to Language and Linguistics
Take at Long Beach City College: LING 1H or LING 1
Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Take at Long Beach City College: ANTHR 2H or ANTHR 2
Introduction to Logic
Take at Long Beach City College: PHIL 22
Introduction to Computing
Take at Long Beach City College: ENGR 54 or CS 21 or CS 11 or CS 31
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.