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
Clinical Specialty Courses
37 units- NURS 610 - Advanced Pathophysiology for Nursing Practice
- NURS 658 - Clinical Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nursing
- NURS 817 - Advanced Practice Nursing for Adult and Geriatric Populations: Nurse Practitioner Primary Care I
- NURS 818 - Advanced Practice Nursing for Adult and Geriatric Populations: Primary Care Practicum I
- NURS 819 - Advanced Practice Nursing for Adult and Geriatric Populations: Nurse Practitioner Primary Care II
- NURS 820 - Advanced Practice Nursing for Adult and Geriatric Populations: Primary Care Practicum II
- NURS 821 - Advanced Practice Nursing for Adult and Geriatric Populations: Primary Care Practicum III
- NURS 858 - Advanced Practice Nursing for Adult & Geriatric Populations: Nurse Practitioner Primary Care III
- NURS 701 - Advanced Health Assessment
- NURS 701L - Advanced Health Assessment - Lab
Core
27 units- NURS 604 - Theoretical and Research Basis of Advanced Nursing Practice
- NURS 608 - Issues and Policies in Healthcare
- NURS 620 - Foundations of Nursing Leadership
- NURS 684 - Clinical Information Systems for Healthcare Practice
- NURS 725 - Healthcare Finance
- NURS 800 - Implementation Science
- NURS 802 - Healthcare Quality and Program Evaluation
- NURS 803 - Nursing Curriculum Development in Academia and Practice
- NURS 816 - Epidemiology, Population, and Global Health
Electives
No course list published for this category.
Project/Clinical Practice
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.