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.
Emphasis in Environmental Geosciences
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Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
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Major
- GEOL 300 - Data Analysis in the Earth and Environmental Sciences I
- GEOL 306 - Structural Geology
- GEOL 307 - Geophysics and Field Methods
- GEOL 324 - Petrology
- GEOL 336 - Sedimentology and Lithostratigraphy
- GEOL 498A - Research Methods and Communication
- GEOL 502 - Adv. Field Topics Volcanic Stratigraphy.
- GEOL 508 - Advanced Field Geology
- GEOL 514 - Process Geomorphology
- GEOL 530 - Geochemistry
- GEOL 551 - Hydrogeology
Preparation for the Major
64 units- OCEAN 100 - The Ocean Planet
- GEOL 100 - Planet Earth
- GEOL 101 - Dynamics of the Earth Laboratory
- GEOL 104 - Earth Science
- ENV S 100 - Environmental Sciences
- SUSTN 100 - Environmental Sciences
- GEOL 200 - Geologic Inquiry and Problem Solving
- GEOL 205 - Earth System History
- GEOL 221 - Mineralogy
- BIOL 100 - General Biology
- BIOL 100L - General Biology Laboratory
- CHEM 200 - General Chemistry
- CHEM 201 - General Chemistry
- CHEM 232 - Organic Chemistry
- CHEM 232L - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
- CHEM 251 - Analytical Chemistry
- PHYS 195 - Principles of Physics
- MATH 150 - Calculus I
- PHYS 195L - Principles of Physics Laboratory
- PHYS 196 - Principles of Physics
- PHYS 196L - Principles of Physics Laboratory
Seven Upper Division Units
- GEOL 303 - Natural Disasters
- GEOL 305 - Water and the Environment
- GEOL 498B - Senior Thesis
- GEOL 499 - Special Study
- GEOL 505 - Remote Sensing and GIS in Geological and Environmental Sciences
- GEOL 521 - Basin Analysis and Energy Resources
- ENV S 301 - Energy and the Environment
- GEOG 370 - Conservation Science and Policy
- PHIL 332 - Environmental Ethics
- SUSTN 332 - Environmental Ethics
- POL S 334 - Politics of the Environment
- SUSTN 334 - Politics of the Environment
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.