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Communication: Media Industries and Communication B.A. Transfer Requirements: Santa Monica College → UC San Diego

The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Communication: Media Industries and Communication B.A. major from Santa Monica College — i.e. exactly which Santa Monica College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).

Required courses (Santa Monica College → UC San Diego)

MUS 1A
4 UC units
Fundamentals of Music
Take at Santa Monica College: MUSIC 1
TDAC 1
4 UC units
Introduction to Acting
Take at Santa Monica College: TH ART 41
TDDM 1
4 UC units
Introduction to Dance Making
Take at Santa Monica College: DANCE 60 or DANCE 61
COGS 1
4 UC units
Introduction to Cognitive Science
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
CSE 3
4 UC units
Fluency in Information Technology
Take at Santa Monica College: CS 3
CSE 6R
4 UC units
Introduction to Computer Science and Object-Oriented Programming: Python
Take at Santa Monica College: CS 87B
POLI 5
4 UC units
Data Analytics for the Social Sciences
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
PSYC 60
4 UC units
Introduction to Statistics
Take at Santa Monica College: STAT C1000
SOCI 60
4 UC units
Practice of Social Research
Take at Santa Monica College: SOCIOL 4
VIS 10
4 UC units
Computing in the Arts Lecture Series
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
ECON 1
4 UC units
Principles of Microeconomics
Take at Santa Monica College: ECON 1

View the official agreement on ASSIST.org ↗

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Communication: Media Industries and Communication B.A. to UC San Diego 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.