Environmental Systems Transfer Requirements: San Diego Mesa College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Environmental Systems (Environmental Chemistry B.S.) major from San Diego Mesa College — i.e. exactly which San Diego Mesa 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 (San Diego Mesa College → UC San Diego)
Introduction to Differential Equations
Take at San Diego Mesa College: MATH 255
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at San Diego Mesa College: MATH 150
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at San Diego Mesa College: MATH 151
Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering
Take at San Diego Mesa College: MATH 252
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 231L
Principles of Microeconomics
Take at San Diego Mesa College: ECON 121
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 196
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 195 or PHYS 196 or PHYS 197
Physics Laboratory - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 196
Physics - Mechanics
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 195
Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity and Synthesis
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 231 or CHEM 233
Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 231
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at San Diego Mesa College: BIOL 210A or BIOL 210B
General Chemistry I
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 200
General Chemistry III
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 201
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 200L or CHEM 201L
General Chemistry II
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 200 or CHEM 201
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.