Psychology B.S. with a Specialization in Social Psychology Transfer Requirements: San Diego Mesa College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Psychology B.S. with a Specialization in Social Psychology 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).
Required courses (San Diego Mesa College → UC San Diego)
Basic Chemistry
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 152L or CHEM 152
The Periodic Table
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 100 or CHEM 111
Multicellular Life
Take at San Diego Mesa College: BIOL 210A or BIOL 210B
Human Physiology
Take at San Diego Mesa College: BIOL 235
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at San Diego Mesa College: BIOL 210A or BIOL 210B
The Cell
Take at San Diego Mesa College: BIOL 210B or BIOL 210A
Fundamental Concepts of Modern Biology
Take at San Diego Mesa College: BIOL 107
Human Genetics in Modern Society
Take at San Diego Mesa College: BIOL 130
General Chemistry I
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 200
General Chemistry III
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 201
General Chemistry II
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 200 or CHEM 201
Neurobiology of Cognition
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PSYC 260
General Psychology: Biological Foundations
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PSYC 260
Concepts in Physics
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 100 or PHYS 125 or PHYS 126
Electricity and Magnetism
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 180B
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 196
Physics - Mechanics
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 195
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 180B or PHYS 180A
Mechanics
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 180A
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 195 or PHYS 196 or PHYS 197
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving I
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CISC 190
MATLAB Programming for Engineering Analysis
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CISC 192 or CISC 179 or ENGE 116
Basic Data Structures and Object-Oriented Design
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CISC 187 or CISC 191
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated Pace
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CISC 191
Engineering Computation
No San Diego Mesa College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Introduction to Statistical Analysis
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PSYC 258 or STAT C1000
Introduction to Statistics
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PSYC 258 or STAT C1000
Calculus Based Elementary Probability and Statistics
Take at San Diego Mesa College: BIOL 200 or STAT C1000
Calculus I
Take at San Diego Mesa College: MATH 121
Calculus II
Take at San Diego Mesa College: MATH 122 or MATH 121
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
Research Methods in Psychology
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PSYC 255
Introduction to Research Methods
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PSYC 255
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.