Sociology, B.A. Transfer Requirements: Riverside City College → UC Santa Barbara
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Barbara’s Sociology, B.A. major from Riverside City College — i.e. exactly which Riverside City College courses satisfy each UC Santa Barbara major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Admitted / applied
735 / 1005
Admit GPA range
3.41 - 3.89
Required courses (Riverside City College → UC Santa Barbara)
Introduction to Sociology
Take at Riverside City College: SOC 1 or SOC 1H
Introduction to Environmental Science
Take at Riverside City College: BIO 19
American Government and Politics
Take at Riverside City College: POLS C1000H or POLS C1000
The American People
Take at Riverside City College: HIS 6H or HIS 6
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Take at Riverside City College: POLS 11
Introduction to International Relations
Take at Riverside City College: POLS 4 or POLS 4H
Principles of Economics-Macro
Take at Riverside City College: ECO 7H or ECO 7
Introductory Cultural Anthropology
Take at Riverside City College: ANT 2 or ANT 2H
Introduction to Psychology
Take at Riverside City College: PSYC C1000 or PSYC C1000H
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Take at Riverside City College: POLS 2 or POLS 2H
People, Place and Environment
Take at Riverside City College: GEG 2
Critical Thinking
Take at Riverside City College: PHI 32
Introduction to Ethics
Take at Riverside City College: PHI 12
Understanding Data
Take at Riverside City College: MAT 70B or STAT C1000 or SOC 48 or PSYC 48 or STAT C1000H or STAT 13
Statistical Analysis for Communication
Take at Riverside City College: STAT C1000H or STAT C1000 or MAT 70B or SOC 48 or PSYC 48 or STAT 13
Introduction to African-American Studies
No Riverside City College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Critical Race Theory
Take at Riverside City College: SOC 10 or SOC 10H
Women of Color: Race, Class, and Ethnicity
Take at Riverside City College: ETS 7
Introduction to Chicano/a Studies
Take at Riverside City College: ETS 2 or HIS 31
Introduction to Asian American History, 1850-Present
Take at Riverside City College: HIS 44 or ETS 44
Gender and Power: Introduction to Feminist Studies
Take at Riverside City College: SOC 25 or SOC 15
The American People
Take at Riverside City College: HIS 7H or HIS 7
The American People
Take at Riverside City College: HIS 6 or HIS 6H or HIS 7H or HIS 7
World History
Take at Riverside City College: HIS 2 or HIS 2H
View the official agreement on ASSIST.org ↗
Don’t plan this alone.
Skyway builds your full term-by-term plan from these exact requirements + IGETC, checks your gaps, models your GPA, and an AI counselor answers anything — free.
Start my free plan →Sociology, B.A. from Riverside City College to other UCs
Sociology, B.A. to UC Santa Barbara 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.