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Science Education B.S. Transfer Requirements: Saddleback College → UC Santa Cruz

The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Cruz’s Science Education B.S. major from Saddleback College — i.e. exactly which Saddleback College courses satisfy each UC Santa Cruz major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).

Required courses (Saddleback College → UC Santa Cruz)

CHEM 3BL
2 UC units
General Chemistry Lab
Take at Saddleback College: CHEM 1B
CHEM 3CL
2 UC units
General Chemistry Lab
Take at Saddleback College: CHEM 1B
CHEM 4AL
2 UC units
Advanced General Chemistry Lab
Take at Saddleback College: CHEM 1A or CHEM 1B
CHEM 4BL
2 UC units
Advanced General Chemistry Lab
Take at Saddleback College: CHEM 1B or CHEM 1A
EART 5
5 UC units
California Geology
Take at Saddleback College: GEOL 3
EART 10
5 UC units
How the Earth Works
Take at Saddleback College: GEOL 1
EART 10L
1 UC units
Geologic Principles Laboratory
Take at Saddleback College: GEOL 1
EART 20
5 UC units
Environmental Geology
No Saddleback College equivalent — complete after transfer.
EART 20L
1 UC units
Environmental Geology Laboratory
No Saddleback College equivalent — complete after transfer.
CHEM 4A
5 UC units
Advanced General Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Reactivity
Take at Saddleback College: CHEM 1B or CHEM 1A
CHEM 4B
5 UC units
Advanced General Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Reactivity
Take at Saddleback College: CHEM 1B or CHEM 1A
BIOE 20B
5 UC units
Development and Physiology
Take at Saddleback College: BIO 4B
BIOE 20C
5 UC units
Ecology and Evolution
Take at Saddleback College: BIO 4B or BIO 4A
PHYS 6C
5 UC units
Introductory Physics III
Take at Saddleback College: PHYS 4B
BIOL 20A
5 UC units
Cell and Molecular Biology
Take at Saddleback College: BIO 3C
MATH 11A
5 UC units
Calculus with Applications
Take at Saddleback College: MATH 3A or MATH 3AH
PHYS 6A
5 UC units
Introductory Physics I
Take at Saddleback College: PHYS 4A
MATH 11B
5 UC units
Calculus with Applications
Take at Saddleback College: MATH 3B
STAT 5
5 UC units
Statistics
Take at Saddleback College: STAT C1000 or BUS 10 or STAT C1000H
PHYS 6B
5 UC units
Introductory Physics II
Take at Saddleback College: PHYS 4C
CHEM 3A
5 UC units
General Chemistry
Take at Saddleback College: CHEM 1A
CHEM 3B
3 UC units
General Chemistry
Take at Saddleback College: CHEM 1B
CHEM 3C
3 UC units
General Chemistry
Take at Saddleback College: CHEM 1B
MATH 22
5 UC units
Introduction to Calculus of Several Variables
Take at Saddleback College: MATH 3C
PHYS 6L
1 UC units
Introductory Physics I Laboratory
Take at Saddleback College: PHYS 4A
PHYS 6M
1 UC units
Introductory Physics II Laboratory
Take at Saddleback College: PHYS 4C
PHYS 6N
1 UC units
Introductory Physics III Laboratory
Take at Saddleback College: PHYS 4B

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.