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.
Required Courses
15 units- CJ 300 - Crime, Law, and Justice
- CJ 304 - Race, Equity, and the Criminal Justice System
- CJ 306 - Information Literacy in Criminal Justice: Data to Information to Knowledge
- CJ 540 - Applied Planning, Research, and Program Evaluation in Criminal Justice
- CJ 401 - A Racialized History of Policing in America
- AFRAS 380 - African Americans and the US Justice System
- CCS 572 - From Haciendas and Plantations to Prisons
- SOC 355 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
- SOC 543 - Police, Courts, and Corrections: The Sociology of Crime and Punishment
This checklist reflects San Diego State's published catalog for 2024-25 and may not capture every substitution, waiver, or advisor-approved exception. Confirm anything that affects graduation with your own advisor or degree audit.