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Psychology B.S. with a Specialization in Cognitive Psychology Transfer Requirements: Pasadena City College → UC San Diego

The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Psychology B.S. with a Specialization in Cognitive Psychology major from Pasadena City College — i.e. exactly which Pasadena City College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).

Required courses (Pasadena City College → UC San Diego)

CHEM 4
4 UC units
Basic Chemistry
Take at Pasadena City College: CHEM 022
BILD 2
4 UC units
Multicellular Life
Take at Pasadena City College: BIOL 010A or BIOL 010B or BIOL 010C
BILD 26
4 UC units
Human Physiology
Take at Pasadena City College: PYSO 001
BILD 3
4 UC units
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Pasadena City College: BIOL 010B or BIOL 010C or BIOL 010A
BILD 1
4 UC units
The Cell
Take at Pasadena City College: BIOL 010A or BIOL 010B or BIOL 010C
BILD 10
4 UC units
Fundamental Concepts of Modern Biology
Take at Pasadena City College: BIOL 011
BILD 20
4 UC units
Human Genetics in Modern Society
Take at Pasadena City College: BIOL 039
CHEM 6A
4 UC units
General Chemistry I
Take at Pasadena City College: CHEM 001A
CHEM 6C
4 UC units
General Chemistry III
Take at Pasadena City College: CHEM 001B
CHEM 6B
4 UC units
General Chemistry II
Take at Pasadena City College: CHEM 001A or CHEM 001B
PSYC 2
4 UC units
General Psychology: Biological Foundations
Take at Pasadena City College: PSYC 002
PHYS 10
4 UC units
Concepts in Physics
Take at Pasadena City College: PHYS 010
PHYS 1B
3 UC units
Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Pasadena City College: PHYS 031A or PHYS 031B
PHYS 2B
4 UC units
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Pasadena City College: PHYS 008B
PHYS 2A
4 UC units
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Pasadena City College: PHYS 008A
PHYS 1C
3 UC units
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
Take at Pasadena City College: PHYS 031B or PHYS 031A
PHYS 1A
3 UC units
Mechanics
Take at Pasadena City College: PHYS 031A
PHYS 2C
4 UC units
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Pasadena City College: PHYS 008C or PHYS 008A or PHYS 008B
CSE 8A
4 UC units
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving I
Take at Pasadena City College: CS 003C or CS 003A or CS 002
MAE 8
4 UC units
MATLAB Programming for Engineering Analysis
Take at Pasadena City College: ENGR 018 or CS 003C or CS 001
CSE 12
4 UC units
Basic Data Structures and Object-Oriented Design
Take at Pasadena City College: CS 008
CSE 11
4 UC units
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated Pace
Take at Pasadena City College: CS 003B
ECE 15
4 UC units
Engineering Computation
No Pasadena City College equivalent — complete after transfer.
PSYC 60
4 UC units
Introduction to Statistics
Take at Pasadena City College: STAT C1000 or STAT 018
MATH 10A
4 UC units
Calculus I
Take at Pasadena City College: MATH 005AH or MATH 005A
MATH 10B
4 UC units
Calculus II
Take at Pasadena City College: MATH 005BH or MATH 005B
MATH 20A
4 UC units
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Pasadena City College: MATH 005AH or MATH 005A or MATH 005AE
MATH 20B
4 UC units
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Pasadena City College: MATH 005BH or MATH 005B or MATH 005BE
PSYC 70
4 UC units
Research Methods in Psychology
Take at Pasadena City College: PSYC 005

View the official agreement on ASSIST.org ↗

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Psychology B.S. with a Specialization in Cognitive Psychology 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.