Environmental Systems Transfer Requirements: Southwestern College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Environmental Systems (Environmental Chemistry B.S.) major from Southwestern College — i.e. exactly which Southwestern College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Admitted / applied
27 / 49
Admit GPA range
3.33 - 3.83
Required courses (Southwestern College → UC San Diego)
Introduction to Differential Equations
Take at Southwestern College: MATH 253 or ENGR 280
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Southwestern College: MATH 250
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Southwestern College: MATH 251
Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering
Take at Southwestern College: MATH 252
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Southwestern College: CHEM 242 or CHEM 240
Principles of Microeconomics
Take at Southwestern College: ECON 102
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Southwestern College: PHYS 272
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Southwestern College: PHYS 274
Physics Laboratory - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Southwestern College: PHYS 273
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Southwestern College: PHYS 270
Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity and Synthesis
Take at Southwestern College: CHEM 240 or CHEM 242
Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
Take at Southwestern College: CHEM 240
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Southwestern College: BIOL 211 or BIOL 210 or BIOL 212
General Chemistry I
Take at Southwestern College: CHEM 200
General Chemistry III
Take at Southwestern College: CHEM 210 or CHEM 200
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Southwestern College: CHEM 200 or CHEM 210
General Chemistry II
Take at Southwestern College: CHEM 200 or CHEM 210
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.