Communication: Media Industries and Communication B.A. Transfer Requirements: Southwestern College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Communication: Media Industries and Communication B.A. major from Southwestern College — i.e. exactly which Southwestern College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Southwestern College → UC San Diego)
Analysis of Media Forms and Cultures
Take at Southwestern College: FTMA 160 or COMM 185
Digital Media Literacy: Analyzing Forms, Practices, and Infrastructures of Mediated Public Life
Take at Southwestern College: COMM 200 or JOUR 101
Fundamentals of Music
Take at Southwestern College: MUS 101 or MUS 102
Introduction to Acting
Take at Southwestern College: TA 110 or TA 111
Introduction to Dance Making
Take at Southwestern College: DANC 123 or DANC 121 or DANC 124 or DANC 122
Introduction to Theatre
Take at Southwestern College: TA 101
Introduction to Art-Making: Two-Dimensional Practices
Take at Southwestern College: ART 100
Introduction to Art-Making: Three-Dimensional Practices
Take at Southwestern College: ART 103
Introduction to Cognitive Science
No Southwestern College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Introduction to Python
Take at Southwestern College: CIS 106
Introduction to Research Methods
Take at Southwestern College: PSYC 255
Data Analytics for the Social Sciences
No Southwestern College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Introduction to Statistics
Take at Southwestern College: BIOL 215 or STAT C1000 or PSYC 280 or SOC 280 or PSYC 270 or SOC 270
Practice of Social Research
Take at Southwestern College: SOC 270 or PSYC 270
Computing in the Arts Lecture Series
No Southwestern College equivalent — complete after transfer.
Design Communication
Take at Southwestern College: ART 161 or ART 192
Principles of Microeconomics
Take at Southwestern College: ECON 102
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.