Environmental Systems Transfer Requirements: Rancho Santiago College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Environmental Systems (Environmental Chemistry B.S.) major from Rancho Santiago College — i.e. exactly which Rancho Santiago College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Admitted / applied
27 / 49
Admit GPA range
3.33 - 3.83
Required courses (Rancho Santiago College → UC San Diego)
Introduction to Differential Equations
Take at Rancho Santiago College: MATH 287
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Rancho Santiago College: MATH 180
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Rancho Santiago College: MATH 185
Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering
Take at Rancho Santiago College: MATH 280
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Rancho Santiago College: CHEM 249 or CHEM 259
Principles of Microeconomics
Take at Rancho Santiago College: ECON 121
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Rancho Santiago College: PHYS 227
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Rancho Santiago College: PHYS 237
Physics Laboratory - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Rancho Santiago College: PHYS 227
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Rancho Santiago College: PHYS 217
Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity and Synthesis
Take at Rancho Santiago College: CHEM 249 or CHEM 259
Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
Take at Rancho Santiago College: CHEM 249
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Rancho Santiago College: BIOL 214 or BIOL 211 or BIOL 212 or BIOL 275
General Chemistry I
Take at Rancho Santiago College: CHEM 219
General Chemistry III
Take at Rancho Santiago College: CHEM 229
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Rancho Santiago College: CHEM 219 or CHEM 229
General Chemistry II
Take at Rancho Santiago College: CHEM 219 or CHEM 229
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.