ECE: Electrical Engineering B.S. Transfer Requirements: Santa Monica College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s ECE: Electrical Engineering B.S. 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)
Introduction to Analog Design
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Circuits and Systems
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Components and Circuits Lab
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Engineering Computation
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Introduction to Digital Design
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Linear Algebra
Take at Santa Monica College: MATH 13
Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering
Take at Santa Monica College: MATH 11
Introduction to Differential Equations
Take at Santa Monica College: MATH 15
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Santa Monica College: MATH 8 or MATH 7
Vector Calculus
Take at Santa Monica College: MATH 11
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Santa Monica College: MATH 8
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Santa Monica College: PHYSCS 23
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Santa Monica College: PHYSCS 22
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Santa Monica College: PHYSCS 21
Physics - Relativity and Quantum Physics
Take at Santa Monica College: PHYSCS 24
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.