Psychological and Brain Sciences, B.S. Transfer Requirements: Sacramento City College → UC Santa Barbara
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Barbara’s Psychological and Brain Sciences, B.S. major from Sacramento City College — i.e. exactly which Sacramento City College courses satisfy each UC Santa Barbara major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Sacramento City College → UC Santa Barbara)
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Take at Sacramento City College: GEOG 302
Basic Physics
Take at Sacramento City College: PHYS 410
Basic Physics
Take at Sacramento City College: PHYS 410 or PHYS 420 or PHYS 430
Language and Linguistics
Take at Sacramento City College: ANTH 341
Introduction to Environmental Science
Take at Sacramento City College: BIOL 350
Concepts of Biology
Take at Sacramento City College: BIOL 308 or BIOL 310
Principles of Historical Geology
Take at Sacramento City College: GEOL 310 or GEOL 311
Introductory Biological Anthropology
Take at Sacramento City College: ANTH 300 or ANTH 480
Critical Thinking
Take at Sacramento City College: PHIL 320 or PHIL 325
Basic Physics
Take at Sacramento City College: PHYS 410
Principles of Physical Geology
Take at Sacramento City College: GEOL 300 or GEOL 301
Introductory Physics
Take at Sacramento City College: PHYS 350
Introductory Biology II - Physiology
Take at Sacramento City College: BIOL 402 or BIOL 412 or BIOL 422
Linear Algebra with Applications
Take at Sacramento City College: MATH 410
General Chemistry
Take at Sacramento City College: CHEM 401 or CHEM 400
Principles of Economics-Micro
Take at Sacramento City College: ECON 304
Problem Solving with Computers I
Take at Sacramento City College: CISP 360
People, Place and Environment
Take at Sacramento City College: GEOG 310
Differential Equations
Take at Sacramento City College: MATH 420
Basic Physics
Take at Sacramento City College: PHYS 420
Principles of Economics-Macro
Take at Sacramento City College: ECON 302
Introductory Physics
Take at Sacramento City College: PHYS 360 or PHYS 350
Introduction to Ethics
Take at Sacramento City College: PHIL 310
Introductory Biology III
Take at Sacramento City College: BIOL 412 or BIOL 402 or BIOL 422
Introductory Cultural Anthropology
Take at Sacramento City College: ANTH 310 or ANTH 481
Basic Physics
Take at Sacramento City College: PHYS 420 or PHYS 430 or PHYS 410
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Take at Sacramento City College: POLS 320 or POLS 322
Introductory Physics
Take at Sacramento City College: PHYS 350 or PHYS 360
Calculus with Applications, Second Course
Take at Sacramento City College: MATH 401
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Take at Sacramento City College: MATH 340 or MATH 355
Introduction to Psychology
Take at Sacramento City College: PSYC C1000 or PSYC 480
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Take at Sacramento City College: MATH 355 or MATH 340
Calculus with Applications, First Course
Take at Sacramento City College: MATH 400
Understanding Data
Take at Sacramento City College: STAT C1000 or PSYC 330 or ECON 310 or STAT C1000H
Statistical Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences
No Sacramento City College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Research Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences
No Sacramento City 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.