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 Paleontology
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Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
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Major
- 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
- BIOL 352 - Evolution
- BIOL 354 - Ecology and the Environment
Preparation for the Major
58 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 203 - Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology
- BIOL 203L - Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory
- BIOL 204 - Principles of Organismal Biology
- BIOL 204L - Principles of Organismal Biology Laboratory
- BIOL 215 - Biostatistics
- CHEM 200 - General Chemistry
- CHEM 201 - General Chemistry
- PHYS 195 - Principles of Physics
- MATH 150 - Calculus I
- PHYS 195L - Principles of Physics Laboratory
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.