Biology: General Biology B.S. Transfer Requirements: Mount San Antonio College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Biology: General Biology B.S. major from Mount San Antonio College — i.e. exactly which Mount San Antonio College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Mount San Antonio College → UC San Diego)
Introductory Biology Lab
Take at Mount San Antonio College: BIOL 4 or BIOL 2 or BIOL 4H
The Cell
Take at Mount San Antonio College: BIOL 2 or BIOL 4H or BIOL 4
Multicellular Life
Take at Mount San Antonio College: BIOL 4H or BIOL 2 or BIOL 4
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Mount San Antonio College: BIOL 4 or BIOL 2 or BIOL 4H
Calculus II
Take at Mount San Antonio College: MATH 181
Calculus I
Take at Mount San Antonio College: MATH 180
Calculus Based Elementary Probability and Statistics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: STAT C1000 or STAT C1000H
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Mount San Antonio College: MATH 180
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Mount San Antonio College: MATH 181
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 6B or PHYS 6A
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 6B or PHYS 6A
Mechanics Laboratory
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 6A
Mechanics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 6A
Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 6B
Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 6B
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 4A
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 4B or PHYS 4C
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 4B
Physics Laboratory - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 4B
Physics Laboratory-Modern Physics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 4C
Physics Laboratory - Mechanics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 4A
Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
Take at Mount San Antonio College: CHEM 80
Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity and Synthesis
Take at Mount San Antonio College: CHEM 80 or CHEM 81
General Chemistry I
Take at Mount San Antonio College: CHEM 50 or CHEM 50H
General Chemistry II
Take at Mount San Antonio College: CHEM 50 or CHEM 51 or CHEM 50H or CHEM 51H
General Chemistry III
Take at Mount San Antonio College: CHEM 51 or CHEM 51H
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Mount San Antonio College: CHEM 50H or CHEM 51H or CHEM 51 or CHEM 50
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.