Psychological and Brain Sciences, B.S. Transfer Requirements: Santa Barbara City College → UC Santa Barbara
The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Barbara’s Psychological and Brain Sciences, 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)
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ENVS 110
Basic Physics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 121
Basic Physics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 121 or PHYS 122
Language and Linguistics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ANTH 104
Introduction to Environmental Science
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ERTH 115 or ENVS 115
Concepts of Biology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: BIOL 100
Principles of Historical Geology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ERTH 112 or ERTH 112L
Introductory Biological Anthropology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ANTH 101 or ANTH 101H
Critical Thinking
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHIL 205
Basic Physics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 121
Principles of Physical Geology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ERTH 111L or ERTH 111 or ERTH 111H
Introductory Physics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 105 or PHYS 110
Introductory Biology II - Physiology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: BIOL 102 or BIOL 101 or BIOL 103
Linear Algebra with Applications
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 210
Introduction to the Social and Cultural Environment
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ENVS 112 or HIST 112
General Chemistry
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 155 or CHEM 156
Principles of Economics-Micro
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ECON 101 or ECON 101H
Problem Solving with Computers I
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CS 105 or CS 137 or CS 140
Introduction to Computer Science
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CIS 119 or CS 104
People, Place and Environment
Take at Santa Barbara City College: GEOG 105 or ERTH 142 or GEOG 102
Differential Equations
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 220
Basic Physics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 122
Principles of Economics-Macro
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ECON 102H or ECON 102
Introductory Physics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 105 or PHYS 106 or PHYS 111 or PHYS 110
Introduction to Ethics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHIL 101 or PHIL 101H
Introductory Biology III
Take at Santa Barbara City College: BIOL 103 or BIOL 101 or BIOL 102
Introductory Cultural Anthropology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ANTH 103 or ANTH 109 or ANTH 103H
Basic Physics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 121 or PHYS 122 or PHYS 123
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Take at Santa Barbara City College: POLS 132
Introductory Physics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 105 or PHYS 106 or PHYS 110 or PHYS 111
Calculus with Applications, Second Course
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 160
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 130 or MATH 131
Introduction to Psychology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PSYC C1000 or PSYC C1000H
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 130
Calculus with Applications, First Course
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 150
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
Statistical Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences
No Santa Barbara City College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Research Methods in Psychological & Brain Sciences
No Santa Barbara City College equivalent — complete after transfer.
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.