Psychological and Brain Sciences, B.S. Transfer Requirements: Mount San Antonio College → UC Santa Barbara
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Barbara’s Psychological and Brain Sciences, B.S. major from Mount San Antonio College — i.e. exactly which Mount San Antonio College courses satisfy each UC Santa Barbara major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Mount San Antonio College → UC Santa Barbara)
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Take at Mount San Antonio College: BIOL 6
Basic Physics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 4A
Basic Physics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 4A or PHYS 4B or PHYS 4C
Language and Linguistics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: ANTH 6 or LING 1
Introduction to Environmental Science
Take at Mount San Antonio College: GEOL 9 or BIOL 25
Concepts of Biology
Take at Mount San Antonio College: BIOL 1
Principles of Historical Geology
Take at Mount San Antonio College: GEOL 2
Introductory Biological Anthropology
Take at Mount San Antonio College: ANTH 1 or ANTH 1H
Critical Thinking
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHIL 3H or PHIL 3 or PHIL 4
Basic Physics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 4A
Principles of Physical Geology
Take at Mount San Antonio College: GEOL 1
Introductory Physics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 2AG
Introductory Biology II - Physiology
Take at Mount San Antonio College: BIOL 3 or BIOL 2 or BIOL 4 or BIOL 4H
Linear Algebra with Applications
Take at Mount San Antonio College: MATH 260 or ENGR 285 or MATH 285
General Chemistry
Take at Mount San Antonio College: CHEM 51H or CHEM 51 or CHEM 50 or CHEM 50H
Principles of Economics-Micro
Take at Mount San Antonio College: BUSC 1BH or BUSC 1B
Problem Solving with Computers I
Take at Mount San Antonio College: CSCI 140 or CISP 31L or CISP 31
Introduction to Computer Science
Take at Mount San Antonio College: CSCI 110 or CISP 71 or CISP 71L
People, Place and Environment
Take at Mount San Antonio College: GEOG 2H or GEOG 2
Differential Equations
Take at Mount San Antonio College: MATH 285 or MATH 290 or ENGR 285
Basic Physics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 4B
Principles of Economics-Macro
Take at Mount San Antonio College: BUSC 1AH or BUSC 1A
Introductory Physics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 2AG or PHYS 2BG
Introduction to Ethics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHIL 12 or PHIL 12H
Introductory Biology III
Take at Mount San Antonio College: BIOL 2 or BIOL 4 or BIOL 3 or BIOL 4H
Introductory Cultural Anthropology
Take at Mount San Antonio College: ANTH 5 or ANTH 5H
Language and Power
Take at Mount San Antonio College: LING 2
Basic Physics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 4A or PHYS 4B
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Take at Mount San Antonio College: POLS 5
Introductory Physics
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PHYS 2AG or PHYS 2BG
Calculus with Applications, Second Course
Take at Mount San Antonio College: MATH 181
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Take at Mount San Antonio College: MATH 140
Introduction to Psychology
Take at Mount San Antonio College: PSYC C1000 or PSYC C1000H
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Take at Mount San Antonio College: MATH 140
Calculus with Applications, First Course
Take at Mount San Antonio College: MATH 180
Understanding Data
Take at Mount San Antonio College: SOC 23 or STAT C1000 or BUSC 17 or PSYC 10 or STAT C1000H
Statistical Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences
No Mount San Antonio College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Research Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences
No Mount San Antonio 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.