Chemistry Minor Transfer Requirements: San Diego Mesa College → UC Santa Cruz
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Cruz’s Chemistry Minor major from San Diego Mesa College — i.e. exactly which San Diego Mesa College courses satisfy each UC Santa Cruz major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (San Diego Mesa College → UC Santa Cruz)
General Chemistry
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 200 or CHEM 200L
General Chemistry
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 201 or CHEM 201L
General Chemistry Lab
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 201 or CHEM 201L
General Chemistry
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 201 or CHEM 201L
General Chemistry Lab
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 201 or CHEM 201L
Advanced General Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Reactivity
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 201L or CHEM 201 or CHEM 200 or CHEM 200L
Advanced General Chemistry Lab
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 200 or CHEM 200L or CHEM 201 or CHEM 201L
Advanced General Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Reactivity
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 200L or CHEM 200 or CHEM 201 or CHEM 201L
Advanced General Chemistry Lab
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 201L or CHEM 200 or CHEM 200L or CHEM 201
Calculus with Applications
Take at San Diego Mesa College: MATH 150 or MATH 122 or MATH 121
Calculus with Applications
Take at San Diego Mesa College: MATH 151 or MATH 122 or MATH 121
Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Take at San Diego Mesa College: MATH 150
Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Take at San Diego Mesa College: MATH 151
Introduction to Calculus of Several Variables
Take at San Diego Mesa College: MATH 252
Vector Calculus
Take at San Diego Mesa College: MATH 252
Vector Calculus
Take at San Diego Mesa College: MATH 252
Multivariate Calculus for Engineers
Take at San Diego Mesa College: MATH 252
Introductory Physics I
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 195
Introductory Physics I Laboratory
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 195
Introductory Physics II
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 195 or PHYS 197
Introductory Physics II Laboratory
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 197 or PHYS 195
Introductory Physics III
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 196
Introductory Physics III Laboratory
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 196
Introduction to Physics I
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 195
Introduction to Physics I Laboratory
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 195
Introduction to Physics II
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 195 or PHYS 197
Introduction to Physics II Laboratory
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 195 or PHYS 197
Introduction to Physics III
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 196
Introduction to Physics Laboratory III
Take at San Diego Mesa College: PHYS 196
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 231L
Organic Chemistry
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 231
Organic Chemistry
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 233
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at San Diego Mesa College: CHEM 233L
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.