Psychological and Brain Sciences, B.S. Transfer Requirements: Long Beach City College → UC Santa Barbara
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Barbara’s Psychological and Brain Sciences, B.S. major from Long Beach City College — i.e. exactly which Long Beach City College courses satisfy each UC Santa Barbara major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Long Beach City College → UC Santa Barbara)
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Take at Long Beach City College: BIO 11
Basic Physics
Take at Long Beach City College: PHYS 3A
Basic Physics
Take at Long Beach City College: PHYS 3A or PHYS 3B
Language and Linguistics
Take at Long Beach City College: LING 1H or LING 1 or ANTHR 4
Introduction to Environmental Science
Take at Long Beach City College: ENVRS 1
Concepts of Biology
Take at Long Beach City College: BIO 41
Principles of Historical Geology
Take at Long Beach City College: GEOL 3H or GEOL 3
Introductory Biological Anthropology
Take at Long Beach City College: ANTHR 11 or ANTHR 1 or ANTHR 1H
Critical Thinking
Take at Long Beach City College: PHIL 22 or PHIL 12
Basic Physics
Take at Long Beach City College: PHYS 3A
Principles of Physical Geology
Take at Long Beach City College: GEOL 1H or GEOL 1
Introductory Physics
Take at Long Beach City College: PHYS 2A
Introductory Biology II - Physiology
Take at Long Beach City College: BIO 1B or BIO 1A
Linear Algebra with Applications
Take at Long Beach City College: MATH 84
General Chemistry
Take at Long Beach City College: CHEM 1B or CHEM 1A
Principles of Economics-Micro
Take at Long Beach City College: ECON 2H or ECON 2
Problem Solving with Computers I
Take at Long Beach City College: CS 11 or ENGR 54
Introduction to Computer Science
Take at Long Beach City College: CS 31 or CS 21
People, Place and Environment
Take at Long Beach City College: GEOG 2
Differential Equations
Take at Long Beach City College: MATH 84
Basic Physics
Take at Long Beach City College: PHYS 3B or PHYS 3A
Principles of Economics-Macro
Take at Long Beach City College: ECON 1H or ECON 1
Introductory Physics
Take at Long Beach City College: PHYS 2A or PHYS 2B
Introduction to Ethics
Take at Long Beach City College: PHIL 7 or PHIL 7H
Introductory Biology III
Take at Long Beach City College: BIO 1B or BIO 1A
Introductory Cultural Anthropology
Take at Long Beach City College: ANTHR 2H or ANTHR 2
Basic Physics
Take at Long Beach City College: PHYS 3B or PHYS 3C or PHYS 3A
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Take at Long Beach City College: POLSC 11
Introductory Physics
Take at Long Beach City College: PHYS 2B or PHYS 2A
Calculus with Applications, Second Course
Take at Long Beach City College: MATH 70H or MATH 70 or MATH 70S
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Take at Long Beach City College: MATH 47 or MATH 47S
Introduction to Psychology
Take at Long Beach City College: PSYC C1000 or PSYC C1000H
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Take at Long Beach City College: MATH 47 or MATH 47S
Calculus with Applications, First Course
Take at Long Beach City College: MATH 60 or MATH 60H or MATH 60S
Understanding Data
Take at Long Beach City College: STAT C1000E or STAT C1000H or STAT C1000 or PSYCH 5 or STAT 2
Statistical Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences
No Long Beach City College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Research Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences
No Long Beach City 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.