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
- CS 514 - Database Theory and Implementation
- CS 549 - Machine Learning
- CS 576 - Computer Networks and Distributed Systems
- CS 577 - Principles and Techniques of Data Science
- CS 601 - Graduate Seminar
- CS 660 - Algorithm Analysis and Design
- CS 797 - Research
- CS 799A - Thesis or Project
- CS 799B - Thesis or Project Extension
Areas of Study
- CS 562 - Automata Theory
- CS 572 - Microprocessor Architecture
- CS 574 - Computer Security
- CS 578 - Wireless Networks
- CS 620 - Formal Languages and Syntactic Analysis I
- CS 635 - Advanced Object-Oriented Design and Programming
- CS 636 - Management of Software Development
- CS 553 - Neural Networks
- CS 556 - Robotics
- CS 559 - Computer Vision
- CS 561 - Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing
- CS 583 - 3D Game Programming
- CS 653 - Data Mining
- CS 656 - Advanced Robotics
- CS 657 - Intelligent Systems
- CS 659 - Visual Perception and Learning
- CS 558 - Computer Simulation
- CS 581 - Computational Linguistics
- CS 582 - Introduction to Speech Processing
- CS 605 - Scientific Computing
- CS 615 - Spatial Database
- CS 662 - Theory of Parallel Algorithms
- CS 682 - Speech Processing
- CS 696 - Selected Topics in Computer Science
- CS 797 - Research
- CS 798 - Special Study
- MATH 625 - Algebraic Coding Theory
- MATH 626 - Cryptography
- MATH 668 - Applied Fourier Analysis
- MATH 693A - Advanced Numerical Methods: Computational Optimization
- STAT 610 - Linear Regression Models
- STAT 676 - Bayesian Statistics
Comprehensive Examinations
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Elective Courses for Plan B (Comprehensive Examinations)
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Note
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This checklist reflects San Diego State's published catalog for 2025-26 and may not capture every substitution, waiver, or advisor-approved exception. Confirm anything that affects graduation with your own advisor or degree audit.