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.
A CSU Study Abroad Program;
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An SDSU Exchange Program;
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An SDSU Semester Abroad Program;
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An SDSU Study Travel Program;
Choose Six Units
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Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
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Impacted Program
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Language Requirement
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Latin America and the Caribbean
North Africa and West Asia-Middle East
Physical Sciences
Preparation for the Major
15 units- HIST 100 - World History
- HIST 101 - World History
- HUM 101 - Introduction to Humanities
- REL S 101 - World Religions
- WMNST 102 - Women: Images and Ideas
- ANTH 102 - Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
- GEOG 102 - People, Places, and Environments
- GEOG 106 - World Regional Geography
- LING 101 - Introduction to Language
- POL S 103 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
- WMNST 101 - Gender: Self, Identity, and Society
- ECON 201 - Statistical Methods
- POL S 201 - Statistics and Politics
- SOC 201 - Elementary Social Statistics
Recommended
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Recommended for General Education in Foundations of Learning
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Study Abroad Requirement
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Thematic Areas
- GEOG 353 - Economic Geography
- GEOG 573 - Population and the Environment
- HIST 441 - Unnatural Disasters: History of Current Environmental Problems
- LING 551 - Sociolinguistics
- POL S 361 - Governments and Politics of the Developing Areas
- SOC 352 - Global Social Problems
- SOC 433 - Wealth, Status, and Power
- WMNST 310 - Global Cultures and Women’s Lives
- WMNST 580 - Women, Development, and the Global Economy
- ANTH 303 - Principles of Socio-Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH 350 - Exploring Cultural Diversity Around the World
- ANTH 353 - Sustainability and Culture
- SUSTN 353 - Sustainability and Culture
- ANTH 410 - Language in Culture
- ANTH 422 - Music and Culture
- ANTH 424 - The Supernatural in Cross-Cultural Perspective (C)
- REL S 424 - The Supernatural in Cross-Cultural Perspective (C)
- ANTH 439 - Cultural Comparisons Through Film
- GEOG 312 - Culture Worlds
- GEOG 554 - World Cities: Comparative Approaches to Urbanization
- LING 350 - Language and Politics
- PHIL 340 - Morality of War and Peace
- PHIL 514 - Philosophy of Art
- PHIL 516 - Global Aesthetics
- ANTH 402 - Dynamics of Human Biocultural Diversity: The Transformational Partnership of Nature and Nurture
- CCS 355 - The United States-Mexico International Border
- LATAM 355 - The United States-Mexico International Border
- CCS 554 - United States-Mexico Transborder Populations and Globalization
- GEOG 354 - Geography of Cities
- LATAM 430 - Immigration and Border Politics
- POL S 430 - Immigration and Border Politics
- PHIL 332 - Environmental Ethics
- SUSTN 332 - Environmental Ethics
- POL S 380 - Human Rights in a Global Perspective
- POL S 565 - Nations and Nationalism
- SOC 350 - Population and Contemporary Issues
- WMNST 581 - Women’s Experiences of Migration
- PHIL 328 - Philosophy, Racism, and Justice
- PHIL 344 - Global Justice
- POL S 375 - Global Politics
- POL S 485 - Politics of Globalization
- POL S 577 - Politics of International Law
- SOC 457 - Protests, Reforms, and Revolutions
- WMNST 530 - Women’s Movements and Activism
World Regions
- AFRAS 320 - Political Economy of African Diaspora
- AFRAS 465 - Africa in Literature and Film
- FRENC 465 - Africa in Literature and Film
- AFRAS 473 - Women in Africa
- ECL 440 - African Literature
- POL S 364 - Political Change in Modern Africa
- ASIAN 351 - Chinese Philosophy
- PHIL 351 - Chinese Philosophy
- ASIAN 458 - Asian Traditions
- REL S 458 - Asian Traditions (B)
- HIST 420 - Asian History to 1600
- HIST 421 - Asian History since 1600
- ASIAN 421 - Asian History since 1600
- HIST 567 - China in Revolution
- HIST 566 - Ancient and Imperial China
- POL S 575 - International Relations of the Pacific Rim
- POL S 365 - Chinese Politics
- ASIAN 300 - Asia’s Global Future
- ASIAN 320 - Asian Environmental Issues
- AAS 460 - Contemporary Issues in Filipino-American Communities
- FILIP 460 - Contemporary Issues in Filipino-American Communities
- HIST 570 - Modern Japan: From Samurai to Sony
- KOR 321 - Korean Civilization
- ASIAN 321 - Korean Civilization
- PHIL 353 - Buddhist Philosophy
- REL S 338 - Buddhism
- REL S 341 - Japanese Religions Through Anime
- REL S 345 - Religions of East Asia (B)
- PHIL 565 - Asian Philosophies
- POL S 362 - Governments and Politics of East Asia
- REL S 315 - Yoga: Theory and Practice
- REL S 339 - Religions of India (B)
- CLASS 320 - Epic and the Novel
- CLASS 330 - Comedy, Tragedy, Actors, and Audiences
- ECL 513 - Nineteenth Century European Literature
- EUROP 301 - Contemporary Europe
- EUROP 424 - European Cinema
- EUROP 501 - European Life and Culture
- FRENC 424 - French Cinema and Theory
- HUM 310 - French Culture
- GERMN 320 - German Film
- HIST 408 - Modern Europe
- HIST 527 - The Holocaust in Feature Films
- HUM 407 - Rationalists and Romantics
- ITAL 424 - Italian Cinema
- PHIL 505 - Nineteenth-Century European Philosophy
- PHIL 506 - Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy
- PHIL 508 - Existentialism
- POL S 356 - European Politics
- RUSSN 310 - Russian and East European Cinema
- WMNST 340 - History of Women and Sexuality in Modern Europe
- ANTH 442 - Cultures of South America
- CCS 400 - Mexican Images in Film
- LATAM 400 - Mexican Images in Film
- ECL 445 - Modern Latin American Literature
- GEOG 324 - Latin America
- HIST 415 - Pre-Contact and Colonial Latin America
- LATAM 415 - Pre-Contact and Colonial Latin America
- HIST 416 - Modern Latin America
- HIST 551 - Modern Mexico
- HIST 558 - Latin America in World Affairs
- LATAM 307 - Brazilian Music and Culture
- PORT 307 - Brazilian Music and Culture
- POL S 366 - Latin American Politics
- LATAM 366 - Latin American Politics
- POL S 566 - Political Change in Latin America
- ARAB 330 - Arabic Culture
- HIST 473 - Middle Eastern History from the Advent of Islam to 1500
- HIST 474 - The Middle East Since 1500
- POL S 363 - Governments and Politics of the Middle East
- REL S 310 - The Qur'an
- REL S 320 - Judaism (B)
- REL S 328 - Islam
- REL S 330 - Religious Encounters: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
- WMNST 560 - Women in Muslim Societies
This checklist reflects San Diego State's published catalog for 2024-25 and may not capture every substitution, waiver, or advisor-approved exception. Confirm anything that affects graduation with your own advisor or degree audit.