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.
Advancement to Candidacy
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Course Requirements
15 unitsOne Graduate Course
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Plan A
Plan B
Six Additional Units
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Specific Requirements
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Two Graduate Seminars
- POL S 603 - Seminar in Foundations of Public Policy
- POL S 605 - Seminar in Political Theory
- POL S 616 - Tools for Quantitative Analysis
- POL S 617 - Seminar in Applied Qualitative Methods
- POL S 620 - Seminar in American National Government
- POL S 630 - Seminar in Politics
- POL S 635 - Seminar in Issues in Public Policy
- POL S 655 - Seminar in General Comparative Political Systems
- POL S 658 - Seminar in Post-Communist Political Systems
- 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
- POL S 696 - Seminar in Selected Topics in Political Science
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.