Cognitive Science: Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience B.S. Transfer Requirements: Merced College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Cognitive Science: Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience B.S. major from Merced College — i.e. exactly which Merced College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Merced College → UC San Diego)
Neurobiology of Cognition
Take at Merced College: PSYC -15
Calculus II
Take at Merced College: MATH -04B
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Merced College: MATH -04B
Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering
Take at Merced College: MATH -04C
Calculus III
Take at Merced College: MATH -04C
Introduction to Research Methods
Take at Merced College: PSYC -01B
Research Methods in Psychology
Take at Merced College: PSYC -01B
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Merced College: MATH -04A
Calculus I
Take at Merced College: MATH -04A
Introduction to Statistics
Take at Merced College: PSYC -05
Introduction to Statistical Analysis
Take at Merced College: STAT C1000 or PSYC -05
Fundamental Concepts of Modern Biology
Take at Merced College: BIOL -01
Multicellular Life
Take at Merced College: BIOL -04B or BIOL -04A
The Cell
Take at Merced College: BIOL -04A or BIOL -04B
Human Physiology
Take at Merced College: BIOL -18
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Merced College: BIOL -04B or BIOL -04A
Human Genetics in Modern Society
Take at Merced College: BIOL -09
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Merced College: PHYS -04A
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Merced College: PHYS -04C or PHYS -04B or PHYS -04A
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Merced College: PHYS -04B
Basic Chemistry
Take at Merced College: CHEM -02A
General Chemistry II
Take at Merced College: CHEM -04A or CHEM -04B
General Chemistry III
Take at Merced College: CHEM -04B
General Chemistry I
Take at Merced College: CHEM -04A
View the official agreement on ASSIST.org ↗
Don’t plan this alone.
Skyway builds your full term-by-term plan from these exact requirements + IGETC, checks your gaps, models your GPA, and an AI counselor answers anything — free.
Start my free plan →Cognitive Science: Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience B.S. to UC San Diego from other colleges
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.