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.
Admission to the Degree Curriculum
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Advancement to Candidacy
Approved Electives, Departments A, B, C
- ANTH 508 - Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 520 - Ethnographic Field Methods
- ANTH 529 - Urban Anthropology
- ANTH 583 - Topical Anthropology
- ART 571B - Contemporary Art of Latin America
- HIST 550 - Colonial Mexico
- HIST 551 - Modern Mexico
- HIST 553 - History of Slavery in the Americas
- HIST 556 - History of Brazil
- HIST 557 - Dictatorships and Human Rights in Latin America
- HIST 558 - Latin America in World Affairs
- HIST 580 - Topics in the History of War and Violence
- HIST 640 - Directed Readings in Latin American History
- LATAM 545 - The Latin American City
- LATAM 550 - Mexican-US Border from a Latin American Perspective
- LATAM 553 - History of Slavery in the Americas
- LATAM 556 - History of Brazil
- LATAM 580 - Special Topics
- LATAM 620 - Visualizing Latin America through Film
- LATAM 625 - Politics of Food in Latin America
- LATAM 664 - Health, Society and Human Behavior
- LATAM 696 - Experimental Topics
- LATAM 750 - Seminar: Study in Latin America
- LATAM 795 - Latin American Studies Internship
- LATAM 797 - Research
- LATAM 798 - Special Study
- P A 581 - War, the State, and Governance: Global Perspectives
- PORT 535 - Race, Gender, and National Identity in Brazilian Literature
- PORT 540 - Luso-Brazilian Literature
- POL S 562 - Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective
- POL S 564 - Political Ecology of Latin America
- POL S 565 - Nations and Nationalism
- POL S 568 - Mexican Politics
- POL S 575 - International Relations of the Pacific Rim
- POL S 661 - Seminar in the Political Systems of the Developing Nations
- POL S 667 - Seminar in Latin American Political Systems
- POL S 675 - Seminar in International Relations
- SPAN 515 - Mexican Literature
- SPAN 602 - Foundations and Research Methods of Hispanic Linguistics
- SPAN 606 - Spanish American Literature: Independence to Present
- SPAN 750 - Seminar in Spanish American Literature
- SPAN 751 - Seminar in Realism
- SPAN 755 - Seminar in Spanish American Culture, Film, and Society
- SPAN 760 - Seminar in Reading in the Transatlantic Imaginary
- SPAN 777 - Latin American Essay and Critical Thought
- WGSS 512 - Latinas in the Americas
- WGSS 565 - Women: Health, Healing, and Medicine
- WGSS 581 - Women's Experiences of Migration
- WGSS 609 - Seminar: Topics in Transnational Issues and Gender
Culminating Experience
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General Information
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Plan A Thesis
6 unitsPlan B Comprehensive Exam
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.