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Marine Biology B.S. Transfer Requirements: Southwestern College → UC San Diego

The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Marine Biology 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).

Required courses (Southwestern College → UC San Diego)

MATH 10A
4 UC units
Calculus I
Take at Southwestern College: MATH 121 or MATH 120
MATH 10B
4 UC units
Calculus II
Take at Southwestern College: MATH 121 or MATH 122
MATH 10C
4 UC units
Calculus III
Take at Southwestern College: MATH 122
MATH 20A
4 UC units
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Southwestern College: MATH 250
MATH 20B
4 UC units
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Southwestern College: MATH 251
MATH 20C
4 UC units
Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering
Take at Southwestern College: MATH 252
PHYS 1A
3 UC units
Mechanics
Take at Southwestern College: PHYS 150
PHYS 1AL
2 UC units
Mechanics Laboratory
Take at Southwestern College: PHYS 151
PHYS 1B
3 UC units
Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Southwestern College: PHYS 152
PHYS 1BL
2 UC units
Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory
Take at Southwestern College: PHYS 153
PHYS 1C
3 UC units
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
Take at Southwestern College: PHYS 150 or PHYS 153 or PHYS 152 or PHYS 151
PHYS 1CL
2 UC units
Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory
Take at Southwestern College: PHYS 153 or PHYS 151 or PHYS 150 or PHYS 152
PHYS 2A
4 UC units
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Southwestern College: PHYS 270
PHYS 2B
4 UC units
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Southwestern College: PHYS 272
PHYS 2C
4 UC units
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Southwestern College: PHYS 274
SIO 90
1 UC units
Undergraduate Seminar
No Southwestern College equivalent — complete after transfer.
CHEM 6B
4 UC units
General Chemistry II
Take at Southwestern College: CHEM 200 or CHEM 210
CHEM 6A
4 UC units
General Chemistry I
Take at Southwestern College: CHEM 200
CHEM 6C
4 UC units
General Chemistry III
Take at Southwestern College: CHEM 210 or CHEM 200
CHEM 7L
4 UC units
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Southwestern College: CHEM 200 or CHEM 210
BILD 3
4 UC units
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Southwestern College: BIOL 211 or BIOL 210 or BIOL 212
BILD 2
4 UC units
Multicellular Life
Take at Southwestern College: BIOL 211 or BIOL 210 or BIOL 212
BILD 1
4 UC units
The Cell
Take at Southwestern College: BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 or BIOL 211

View the official agreement on ASSIST.org ↗

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Marine Biology B.S. from Southwestern College to other UCs

Marine Biology B.S. to UC San Diego 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.