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 Minimum of 15 Units
Module A
- ECL 501 - Literature for Children
- ECL 502 - Adolescence in Literature
- ECL 503 - Topics in Children's Literature
- ECL 510A - Chaucerian Afterlives
- ECL 510B - Visions and Revisions
- ECL 519 - Ethnic Literatures of the United States
- ECL 522 - Literature of the United States, 1800-1860
- ECL 523 - Literature of the United States, 1860-1920
- ECL 524 - Literature of the United States, 1920-1960
- ECL 525 - Literature of the United States, 1960 to Present
- ECL 526 - Redneck Lit
- ECL 527 - Speculative Fiction
- ECL 528 - Authors
- ECL 530 - Chaucer
- ECL 533 - Shakespeare
- ECL 534 - Study of Shakespeare
- ECL 536 - British Literary Periods, Beginnings to 1660
- ECL 537 - Milton
- ECL 540A - English Fiction
- ECL 541A - English Drama
- ECL 541B - English Drama
- ECL 543 - British Literary Periods, 1800-1900
- ECL 544 - Postcolonial Brit Lit
- ECL 550 - Queer Texts and Contexts
- ECL 556 - Gothic Literary Tradition
- ECL 560 - Literature in the Digital Age
- ECL 563 - Literature and Law
Module B
Module C
No course list published for this category.
Upper Division Units
- ECL 570 - Techniques of Poetry
- ECL 571 - Techniques of the Short Story
- ECL 573 - Techniques of the Novel
- ECL 576A - Literary Publishing and Editing Workshop A
- ECL 577 - Techniques of Screenwriting
- ECL 579 - Living Writers
- ECL 580 - Writing of Poetry
- ECL 581W - Writing of Fiction
- ECL 584W - Writing Informal Essays
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.