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.
Additional Lower Division Requirements
General Education
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
Major
- NURS 300 - Nursing Care of the Acute and Chronically Ill Adult and Gerontologic Patient I
- NURS 304 - Clinical Pharmacology in Nursing Practice
- NURS 307W - Research, Evidence Based Practice, and Writing for Nurses
- NURS 316 - Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
- NURS 321 - Professional Formation B
- NURS 354 - Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family
- NURS 356 - Pediatric Nursing
- NURS 401 - Nursing Care of the Acute and Chronically Ill Adult and Gerontologic Patient II
- NURS 416 - Community Health Nursing
- NURS 421 - Professional Formation C
Note
No course list published for this category.
Preparation for the Major
43 units- BIOL 211 - Fundamentals of Microbiology
- BIOL 211L - Fundamentals of Microbiology Laboratory
- BIOL 212 - Human Anatomy
- BIOL 261 - Human Physiology
- CHEM 102 - Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry
- STAT 250 - Statistical Principles and Practices
- BIOL 215 - Biostatistics
- PSY 280 - Statistical Methods in Psychology
- COMM 103 - Oral Communication
- RWS 100 - Rhetoric of Written Argument
- RWS 200 - Rhetoric of Written Arguments in Context
- NURS 202 - Client Assessment
- NURS 206 - Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
- NURS 208 - Pathophysiology
- NURS 219 - Information Management for Professional Relationships
- NURS 221 - Professional Formation A
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.