Psychology: Business Psychology B.S. Transfer Requirements: Santa Barbara City College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Psychology: Business Psychology B.S. major from Santa Barbara City College — i.e. exactly which Santa Barbara City College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Santa Barbara City College → UC San Diego)
Research Methods in Psychology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: SOC 115 or PSY 200
Introduction to Research Methods
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PSY 200
Calculus II
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 131
Calculus I
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 130
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 150
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 160
Basic Chemistry
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 101
Multicellular Life
Take at Santa Barbara City College: BIOL 102 or BIOL 103 or BIOL 101
Human Physiology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: BMS 108
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: BIOL 103 or BIOL 102 or BIOL 101
The Cell
Take at Santa Barbara City College: BIOL 103 or BIOL 101 or BIOL 102
Fundamental Concepts of Modern Biology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: BIOL 100 or BIOL 140
General Chemistry I
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 155
General Chemistry III
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 156
General Chemistry II
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 155 or CHEM 156
Neurobiology of Cognition
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PSY 110
General Psychology: Biological Foundations
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PSY 110
Neurobiology and Behavior
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PSY 110
Concepts in Physics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 101 or PHYS 102
Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 110 or PHYS 111
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 122
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 121
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 110 or PHYS 111
Mechanics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 111 or PHYS 110
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 123
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving I
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CS 104
MATLAB Programming for Engineering Analysis
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CS 133
Basic Data Structures and Object-Oriented Design
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CS 140 or CS 106
Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated Pace
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CS 105
Engineering Computation
No Santa Barbara City College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Introduction to Statistical Analysis
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PSY 150 or STAT C1000
Introduction to Statistics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PSY 150 or STAT C1000 or SOC 125
Calculus Based Elementary Probability and Statistics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: STAT C1000
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.