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
No course list published for this category.
Clinical Specialty Courses
45 units- NURS 501 - Advanced Health Assessment
- NURS 501L - Advanced Health Assessment Laboratory
- NURS 610 - Advanced Pathophysiology for Nursing Practice
- NURS 658 - Clinical Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nursing
- NURS 806 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Mental Health Assessment Across the Lifespan
- NURS 807 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Neuroscience
- NURS 808 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Clinical Psychopharmacology Across the Lifespan
- NURS 809 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Theory Across the Lifespan I
- NURS 810 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Theory Across the Lifespan II
- NURS 811 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Theory Across the Lifespan III
- NURS 812 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Practicum I-A
- NURS 813 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Practicum I-B
- NURS 814 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Practicum II
- NURS 815 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Practicum III
Core Curriculum
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
Project/Clinical Practice
This checklist reflects San Diego State's published catalog for 2025-26 and may not capture every substitution, waiver, or advisor-approved exception. Confirm anything that affects graduation with your own advisor or degree audit.