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Physical Geography, B.S. Transfer Requirements: Santa Barbara City College → UC Santa Barbara

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

Required courses (Santa Barbara City College → UC Santa Barbara)

GEOG 3
5 UC units
Oceans and Atmosphere
Take at Santa Barbara City College: GEOG 152 or ERTH 152
GEOG 4
5 UC units
Land, Water and Life
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ERTH 141 or GEOG 101
GEOG 5
5 UC units
People, Place and Environment
Take at Santa Barbara City College: GEOG 105 or ERTH 142 or GEOG 102
MATH 3A
4 UC units
Calculus with Applications, First Course
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 150
MATH 3B
4 UC units
Calculus with Applications, Second Course
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 160
MATH 4A
4 UC units
Linear Algebra with Applications
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 210
PHYS 1
4 UC units
Basic Physics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 121
PHYS 2
4 UC units
Basic Physics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 121 or PHYS 122 or PHYS 123
PSTAT 5A
5 UC units
Understanding Data
Take at Santa Barbara City College: SOC 125 or PSY 150 or CS 118 or MATH 118 or MATH 117A or MATH 117B or STAT C1000
EARTH 3
4 UC units
Principles of Historical Geology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ERTH 112 or ERTH 112L
MATH 4B
4 UC units
Differential Equations
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 220
MATH 6A
4 UC units
Vector Calculus with Applications, First Course
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 200
EARTH 4
4 UC units
Introduction to Oceanography
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ERTH 151 or ERTH 151L
EARTH 2
4 UC units
Principles of Physical Geology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ERTH 111L or ERTH 111 or ERTH 111H
MATH 8
5 UC units
Transition to Higher Mathematics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 180
MATH 6B
4 UC units
Vector Calculus with Applications, Second Course
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 200
CHEM 1C
3 UC units
General Chemistry
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 155 or CHEM 156
ASTRO 1
5 UC units
Basic Astronomy
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ERTH 101 or ERTH 101H
CHEM 2BL
2.5 UC units
General Chemistry Laboratory (Part B)
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 155 or CHEM 156
CMPSC 8
4 UC units
Introduction to Computer Science
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CIS 119 or CS 104
GEOG 12
5 UC units
Maps and Spatial Reasoning
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ERTH 171 or GEOG 171

View the official agreement on ASSIST.org ↗

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Physical Geography, B.S. to UC Santa Barbara from other colleges

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.