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Science Education B.S. Transfer Requirements: Santa Barbara City College → UC Santa Cruz

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

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

CHEM 3BL
2 UC units
General Chemistry Lab
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 156
CHEM 3CL
2 UC units
General Chemistry Lab
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 156
CHEM 4AL
2 UC units
Advanced General Chemistry Lab
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 155 or CHEM 156
CHEM 4BL
2 UC units
Advanced General Chemistry Lab
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 156 or CHEM 155
EART 10
5 UC units
How the Earth Works
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ERTH 111 or ERTH 111H
EART 10L
1 UC units
Geologic Principles Laboratory
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ERTH 111L
EART 20
5 UC units
Environmental Geology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ERTH 115 or ENVS 115
EART 20L
1 UC units
Environmental Geology Laboratory
Take at Santa Barbara City College: ERTH 115L or ENVS 115L
CHEM 4A
5 UC units
Advanced General Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Reactivity
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 156 or CHEM 155
CHEM 4B
5 UC units
Advanced General Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Reactivity
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 156 or CHEM 155
BIOE 20B
5 UC units
Development and Physiology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: BIOL 102 or BIOL 101
BIOE 20C
5 UC units
Ecology and Evolution
Take at Santa Barbara City College: BIOL 102 or BIOL 101
PHYS 6C
5 UC units
Introductory Physics III
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 111 or PHYS 122
BIOL 20A
5 UC units
Cell and Molecular Biology
Take at Santa Barbara City College: BIOL 103
MATH 11A
5 UC units
Calculus with Applications
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 150
PHYS 6A
5 UC units
Introductory Physics I
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 110 or PHYS 121
MATH 11B
5 UC units
Calculus with Applications
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 160
STAT 5
5 UC units
Statistics
Take at Santa Barbara City College: SOC 125 or STAT C1000 or PSY 150 or MATH 117A or MATH 117B
PHYS 6B
5 UC units
Introductory Physics II
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 123 or PHYS 111 or PHYS 110
CHEM 3A
5 UC units
General Chemistry
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 155
CHEM 3B
3 UC units
General Chemistry
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 156
CHEM 3C
3 UC units
General Chemistry
Take at Santa Barbara City College: CHEM 156
MATH 22
5 UC units
Introduction to Calculus of Several Variables
Take at Santa Barbara City College: MATH 200
PHYS 6L
1 UC units
Introductory Physics I Laboratory
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 121 or PHYS 110
PHYS 6M
1 UC units
Introductory Physics II Laboratory
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 111 or PHYS 110 or PHYS 123
PHYS 6N
1 UC units
Introductory Physics III Laboratory
Take at Santa Barbara City College: PHYS 122 or PHYS 111

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.