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.
Additional Requirements
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Admission to the Degree Curriculum
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Advancement to Candidacy
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Concentration in PreK-12 School Leadership
21 units- EDL 650 - Professional Learning and Growth Leadership
- EDL 707 - Educational Law and Finance
- EDL 720 - Human Resource Development in PreK-12 Educational Organizations
- EDL 755 - Governance and Policy Development in PreK-12 Learning Organizations
- EDL 760 - Practicum in PreK-12 Educational Organizations
- EDL 830 - Leadership for Learning
- EDL 880 - Seminar in Topics in Educational Leadership
- ED 808 - Academic Research and Publishing in Education
- ED 810 - Seminar in Curriculum Development and Implementation
- ED 814 - Seminar in Curricular Change Processes
- ED 822 - Seminar in Analysis and Issues in Race and Ethnic Relations
- ED 823 - Seminar in Action Oriented Policy Research in Multicultural Contexts
- ED 827 - Seminar in Communication and Cognition in Education
- ED 885 - Seminar in Educational Program Planning and Evaluation
- ED 895 - Seminar
Core Curriculum Requirements
27 units- ED 815 - Re-Thinking Leadership
- ED 836 - Research and Writing Support
- ED 840 - Seminar in Leadership in a Diverse Society
- ED 855 - Seminar in Leadership for Developing Educational Systems
- ED 860 - Seminar in Leadership and Educational Change
- EDL 890 - Foundations of PK-12 Research and Evaluation I
- EDL 891 - Foundations of PK-12 Research and Evaluation II
- EDL 892 - Application of PK-12 Research and Evaluation
Designed to be Completed in Three Calendar Years
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Dissertation
6 unitsEducational Leadership: Fisher, Frey, Johnson, Marshall, Park, Pumpian, Wright
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Faculty
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Performance Expectations
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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.