Psychology B.S. Transfer Requirements: Riverside City College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Psychology B.S. major from Riverside City College — i.e. exactly which Riverside City College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Riverside City College → UC San Diego)
Basic Chemistry
Take at Riverside City College: CHE 3
Multicellular Life
Take at Riverside City College: BIO 61 or BIO 60
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Riverside City College: BIO 60 or BIO 61
The Cell
Take at Riverside City College: BIO 61 or BIO 60
Fundamental Concepts of Modern Biology
Take at Riverside City College: BIO 1
Human Genetics in Modern Society
Take at Riverside City College: BIO 18
General Chemistry I
Take at Riverside City College: CHE 1A
General Chemistry III
Take at Riverside City College: CHE 1B
General Chemistry II
Take at Riverside City College: CHE 1A or CHE 1B
Neurobiology of Cognition
Take at Riverside City College: PSYC 2
General Psychology: Biological Foundations
Take at Riverside City College: PSYC 2
Concepts in Physics
Take at Riverside City College: PHY 10
Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Riverside City College: PHY 2B
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Riverside City College: PHY 4B
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Riverside City College: PHY 4A
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
Take at Riverside City College: PHY 2B or PHY 2A
Mechanics
Take at Riverside City College: PHY 2A
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Riverside City College: PHY 4C
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving I
Take at Riverside City College: CIS 18A or CSC 18A
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated Pace
Take at Riverside City College: CIS 18B or CSC 18B
Engineering Computation
No Riverside City College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Introduction to Statistical Analysis
Take at Riverside City College: PSYC 48 or SOC 48 or STAT C1000 or STAT C1000H or MAT 70B
Introduction to Statistics
Take at Riverside City College: STAT C1000H or STAT C1000 or PSYC 48 or SOC 48
Calculus Based Elementary Probability and Statistics
Take at Riverside City College: MAT 70B
Calculus I
Take at Riverside City College: MAT 5
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Riverside City College: MAT 1A or MAT 1AH
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Riverside City College: MAT 1B
Research Methods in Psychology
Take at Riverside City College: PSYC 50
Introduction to Research Methods
Take at Riverside City College: PSYC 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.