Public Health with Concentration in Medicine Sciences B.S. Transfer Requirements: Santa Monica College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Public Health with Concentration in Medicine Sciences 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)
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Santa Monica College: BIOL 21 or BIOL 23 or BIOL 22
Multicellular Life
Take at Santa Monica College: BIOL 23 or BIOL 21 or BIOL 22
The Cell
Take at Santa Monica College: BIOL 23 or BIOL 21 or BIOL 22
Introduction to Statistical Analysis
Take at Santa Monica College: STAT C1000
Introduction to Statistics
Take at Santa Monica College: STAT C1000
Introduction to Statistical Analysis
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
General Chemistry I
Take at Santa Monica College: CHEM 11
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Santa Monica College: CHEM 12 or CHEM 11
General Chemistry III
Take at Santa Monica College: CHEM 12
General Chemistry II
Take at Santa Monica College: CHEM 11 or CHEM 12
Introduction to Public Health
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Human Physiology
Take at Santa Monica College: BIOL 2 or PHYS 3
Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
Take at Santa Monica College: CHEM 21
Biology and Diversity
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Human Nutrition
Take at Santa Monica College: NUTR 1
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
Take at Santa Monica College: PHYSCS 9 or PHYSCS 8
Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory
Take at Santa Monica College: PHYSCS 9
Organic Chemistry III: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Macromolecules
Take at Santa Monica College: CHEM 22
Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity and Synthesis
Take at Santa Monica College: CHEM 22 or CHEM 21
Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Santa Monica College: PHYSCS 9
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory
Take at Santa Monica College: PHYSCS 8 or PHYSCS 9
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Santa Monica College: CHEM 22 or CHEM 21 or CHEM 24
Mechanics Laboratory
Take at Santa Monica College: PHYSCS 8
Mechanics
Take at Santa Monica College: PHYSCS 8
Primary Care and Public Health
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Calculus I
Take at Santa Monica College: MATH 7 or MATH 28
Calculus II
Take at Santa Monica College: MATH 8 or MATH 29 or MATH 28
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Santa Monica College: MATH 8 or MATH 7
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Santa Monica College: MATH 8
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.