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.
Admissions Requirements
Core Requirements
Electives
- ANTH 520 - Ethnographic Field Methods
- BIOL 514 - Biology of the Algae
- BIOL 567 - Advanced Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology
- BIOL 567L - Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology Laboratory II
- BIOL 568 - Bioinformatics
- CHEM 536 - Spectroscopic Characterization of Organic Compounds
- CHEM 550 - Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis
- CHEM 560 - General Biochemistry
- FN 510 - Community Nutrition
- FN 511 - Nutrition Education and Counseling
- FN 512 - Nutrition for Athletes
- FN 607 - Child Nutrition
- FN 608 - Geriatric Nutrition
- FN 610 - Nutrition and Energy
- FN 700 - Seminar in Nutrition
- FN 798 - Special Study
- RWS 508W - Scientific Writing
- STAT 520 - Applied Multivariate Analysis
- STAT 550 - Applied Probability
Required Courses
Research/Culminating Experience
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.