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.
15 Units from One of the Three Specializations
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Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
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Impacted Program
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Language Requirement
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Major
- ISCOR 300 - Global Systems
- ISCOR 301 - Conflict and Conflict Resolution
- ISCOR 310 - Our Global Future: Environment, Climate, and the Prospects of Survival
- ISCOR 495 - Internship in International Security and Conflict Resolution
- ISCOR 497 - Thesis in International Security and Conflict Resolution
- POL S 375 - Global Politics
Note
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Preparation for the Major
15 unitsRequirements for Specialization
- AFRAS 320 - Political Economy of African Diaspora
- AFRAS 327 - Critical Theories in Africana Studies
- AFRAS 423 - Black Nationalism
- AFRAS 455 - Africana Class, Gender, and Sexualities
- AFRAS 465 - Africa in Literature and Film
- AFRAS 466 - Afrofuturism
- AFRAS 470 - Comparative History: Afro-American and African Heritage
- AFRAS 471 - Africana History
- AFRAS 472 - African Enslavement
- AFRAS 473 - Women in Africa
- AFRAS 520 - African Civilization I
- AFRAS 521 - African Civilization II
- AMIND 440 - American Indian History
- AMIND 470 - American Indian Worldviews and Cosmologies (B)
- REL S 470 - American Indian Worldviews and Cosmologies
- ANTH 333 - Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in the Americas
- ANTH 350 - Exploring Cultural Diversity Around the World
- ANTH 442 - Cultures of South America
- ANTH 443 - Anthropology of Violence and Kindness
- ANTH 566 - Seminar in Archaeologies of the Borderlands
- ASIAN 421 - Asian History since 1600
- ASIAN 458 - Asian Traditions
- BRAZ 333 - The Amazon is the Center of the World
- CCS 306 - Mexican Immigration
- CCS 375 - US/Mexico Border History
- CCS 380 - US/Mexico Borderlands Folklore
- LATAM 380 - US/Mexico Borderlands Folklore
- ECON 330 - Comparative Economic Systems
- ECON 360 - International Economic Problems
- ECON 365 - Economics of Underdeveloped Areas
- ECON 381 - Economics of Immigration
- ECON 404 - Economic Inequality
- ECON 464 - Economic Problems of Latin America
- ECON 466 - Economics of the Middle East
- EUROP 440 - Human Trafficking in Europe
- GEN S 340 - Confronting HIV/AIDS
- GEN S 480 - Engaged Citizenship and Social Responsibility
- GEOG 303 - Severe Weather
- GEOG 341 - Feeding the World
- GEOG 342 - Food, Place, and Culture
- GEOG 440 - Food Justice
- POL S 440 - Food Justice
- GEOG 454 - Sustainable Cities
- HHS 350 - Applied International Health and Human Services: International Experience
- HIST 404 - History of Human Rights
- HIST 408 - Modern Europe
- HIST 415 - Pre-Contact and Colonial Latin America
- HIST 416 - Modern Latin America
- HIST 440 - The Holocaust and Western Civilization
- HIST 516 - Imperialism and the Colonial Experience
- HIST 518 - Gender and War in 20th Century History
- HIST 553 - History of Slavery in the Americas
- LATAM 553 - History of Slavery in the Americas
- HIST 557 - Dictatorships and Human Rights in Latin America
- LATAM 320 - Culture and Society of Tijuana
- LATAM 350 - Globalization and the Americas
- LATAM 355 - The United States-Mexico International Border
- LATAM 366 - Latin American Politics
- LATAM 430 - Immigration and Border Politics
- POL S 430 - Immigration and Border Politics
- LATAM 545 - The Latin American City
- OCEAN 320 - Oceans of Change
- P H 362 - Global Health
- PHIL 328 - Philosophy, Racism, and Justice
- PHIL 329 - Social Ethics
- PHIL 340 - Morality of War and Peace
- PHIL 344 - Global Justice
- POL S 302 - Modern Political Thought
- POL S 334 - Politics of the Environment
- SUSTN 334 - Politics of the Environment
- POL S 380 - Human Rights in a Global Perspective
- POL S 406 - Democracy and Mass Society
- POL S 482 - United States-Latin American Relations
- POL S 485 - Politics of Globalization
- POL S 507 - Marx and Marxism
- POL S 565 - Nations and Nationalism
- POL S 577 - Politics of International Law
- REL S 368 - Religion and Social Justice
- REL S 379 - Religious Violence and Nonviolence
- SOC 350 - Population and Contemporary Issues
- SOC 352 - Global Social Problems
- SOC 411 - Police and Society in the Americas
- SOC 433 - Wealth, Status, and Power
- SOC 450 - Social Change
- SOC 457 - Protests, Reforms, and Revolutions
- SOC 458 - Nonviolence, Peace, and Social Change
- WGSS 310 - Global Cultures and Women's Lives
- WGSS 340 - History of Women and Sexuality in Modern Europe
- WGSS 530 - Women’s Movements and Activism
- WGSS 580 - Gender and the Global Economy
- WGSS 581 - Women's Experiences of Migration
Six Units Selected From
Specialization in Justice in the Global System
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Study Abroad Requirement
Three Units from Each of the Following Groups
- HIST 100 - World History
- HIST 101 - World History
- ECL 270 - Introduction to Comparative Literature
- REL S 101 - World Religions
- ECON 201 - Statistical Methods
- POL S 201 - Statistics and Politics
- PSY 280 - Statistical Methods in Psychology
- SOC 201 - Elementary Social Statistics
- STAT 119 - Elementary Statistics for Business
- STAT 250 - Statistical Principles and Practices
- POL S 101 - Introduction to American Politics in Global Perspective
- POL S 103 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
- POL S 104 - Introduction to Global Politics
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.