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History of Policy, Law, and Governance, B.A. Transfer Requirements: Santa Monica College → UC Santa Barbara

The official course articulation for transferring into UC Santa Barbara’s History of Policy, Law, and Governance, B.A. major from Santa Monica College — i.e. exactly which Santa Monica College courses satisfy each UC Santa Barbara major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).

Required courses (Santa Monica College → UC Santa Barbara)

HIST 2A
5 UC units
World History
Take at Santa Monica College: HIST 33
HIST 2B
5 UC units
World History
Take at Santa Monica College: HIST 34 or HIST 33
HIST 2C
5 UC units
World History
Take at Santa Monica College: HIST 34
HIST 4A
5 UC units
The Ancient Mediterranean and West Asia
Take at Santa Monica College: HIST 1
HIST 4B
5 UC units
Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Take at Santa Monica College: HIST 1 or HIST 2
HIST 4C
5 UC units
Modern Europe
Take at Santa Monica College: HIST 2
HIST 17A
5 UC units
The American People
Take at Santa Monica College: HIST 11
HIST 17B
5 UC units
The American People
Take at Santa Monica College: HIST 12 or HIST 11
HIST 17C
5 UC units
The American People
Take at Santa Monica College: HIST 12
HIST 46B
5 UC units
The Middle East: From the Nineteenth Century to the Present
Take at Santa Monica College: HIST 22
HIST 49A
5 UC units
Survey of African History
Take at Santa Monica College: HIST 38
HIST 49B
5 UC units
Survey of African History
Take at Santa Monica College: HIST 39
HIST 49C
5 UC units
Survey of African History
Take at Santa Monica College: HIST 39
HIST 56
5 UC units
Introduction to Mexican History
Take at Santa Monica College: HIST 19
POL S 6
5 UC units
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Take at Santa Monica College: POL SC 2
POL S 12
5 UC units
American Government and Politics
Take at Santa Monica College: POLS C1000
POL S 1
5 UC units
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Take at Santa Monica College: PHILOS 52 or POL SC 52 or PHILOS 51 or POL SC 51
POL S 7
5 UC units
Introduction to International Relations
Take at Santa Monica College: POL SC 7
ANTH 2
5 UC units
Introductory Cultural Anthropology
Take at Santa Monica College: ANTHRO 2
ECON 1
5 UC units
Principles of Economics-Micro
Take at Santa Monica College: ECON 1
ECON 2
5 UC units
Principles of Economics-Macro
Take at Santa Monica College: ECON 2
ENV S 1
5 UC units
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Take at Santa Monica College: GEOG 7 or ENVRN 7
SOC 1
5 UC units
Introduction to Sociology
Take at Santa Monica College: SOCIOL 1
FEMST 20
5 UC units
Gender and Power: Introduction to Feminist Studies
Take at Santa Monica College: WGS 10
FEMST 50
5 UC units
Global Feminisms and Social Justice
Take at Santa Monica College: WGS 20
FEMST 80
5 UC units
Introduction to LGBTQ Studies
Take at Santa Monica College: WGS 40
GLOBL 2
5 UC units
Global Socioeconomic and Political Processes
Take at Santa Monica College: ECON 5 or POL SC 5 or GLOBAL 5
GLOBL 1
5 UC units
Global History, Culture and Ideology
Take at Santa Monica College: GLOBAL 10
PHIL 3
5 UC units
Critical Thinking
Take at Santa Monica College: PHILOS 9 or PHILOS 7
PHIL 4
5 UC units
Introduction to Ethics
Take at Santa Monica College: PHILOS 2
PHIL 7
5 UC units
Biomedical Ethics
Take at Santa Monica College: PHILOS 10
EACS 4A
5 UC units
East Asian Traditions: Pre-Modern
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
EACS 4B
5 UC units
East Asian Traditions: Modern
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.
PSTAT 5A
5 UC units
Understanding Data
Take at Santa Monica College: STAT C1000
PSTAT 109
5 UC units
Statistics for Economics
No Santa Monica College equivalent — complete after transfer.

View the official agreement on ASSIST.org ↗

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History of Policy, Law, and Governance, B.A. to UC Santa Barbara 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.