Why the catalog year matters
Your catalog year is the year you started at SDSU, and it decides which rules apply to your degree, not the current semester's course list. A class that is offered this term may not count toward your requirements, and one that counts for a newer catalog year may not be on an older list at all. Always check the requirements for your own catalog year, not the newest one.
Advancement to Candidacy
- COMM 601 - Seminar: Theory and Research Methods in Communication
- COMM 602 - Qualitative and Quantitative Communication Research Design
- COMM 610 - Seminar: Advanced Communication Theory
- COMM 640 - Seminar: Critical and Rhetorical Methods in Communication
- COMM 620 - Seminar: Quantitative Methods in Communication Research
- COMM 660 - Seminar: Ethnographic Methods in Communication Research
- COMM 725 - Health Communication Campaigns
- COMM 740 - Seminar: Rhetorical Theory
- COMM 706 - Seminar: Organizational Communication
- COMM 707 - Seminar: Instructional Communication
- COMM 721 - Seminar: Health Communication
- COMM 735 - Seminar: Relational Communication
- COMM 771 - Seminar: Intercultural Communication
- COMM 798 - Special Study
- COMM 750 - Seminar: Selected Topics: Communication Contexts
- COMM 799A - Thesis or Project
This checklist reflects San Diego State's published catalog for 2026-27 and may not capture every substitution, waiver, or advisor-approved exception. Confirm anything that affects graduation with your own advisor or degree audit.