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.
12 Units Selected From
Emphasis in Outdoor Resource Management
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Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
3 unitsMajor
- RTM 301 - Service Leadership Development
- RTM 304 - Leisure and Tourism
- RTM 360 - Recreation and Tourism Management
- RTM 396W - Writing in Recreation Settings
- RTM 404 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Tourism
- RTM 470 - Global Sustainable Tourism Management
- RTM 487 - Environmental and Cultural Interpretation
- RTM 498 - Internship in Recreation and Tourism Management
Nine Units Selected From
- RTM 340 - Conduct of Recreational Sports
- RTM 477 - Sustainable Tourism Planning
- RTM 484 - Directed Leadership
- RTM 496 - Experimental Topics
- ANTH 402 - Dynamics of Human Biocultural Diversity: The Transformational Partnership of Nature and Nurture
- BIOL 315 - Ecology and Human Impacts on the Environment
- BIOL 327 - Conservation of Wildlife
- GEOG 370 - Conservation Science and Policy
- GEOG 570 - Environmental Conservation Practice
- GEOG 572 - Land Use Analysis
- GEOL 301 - Geology of National Parks and Monuments
- HTM 330 - Event and Meeting Industry
- HTM 351 - Identities and Organizations in Hospitality, Recreation, and Tourism Management
- OCEAN 320 - Oceans of Change
- PHIL 332 - Environmental Ethics
- SUSTN 332 - Environmental Ethics
- REL S 376 - Spirituality and Sustainability (D)
Preparation for the Major
24 units- RTM 284 - Supervised Field Work
- RTM 290 - Data Driven Decision Making in Hospitality, Recreation, and Tourism
- MIS 180 - Principles of Information Systems
- ECON 101 - Principles of Economics
- GEOG 102 - People, Places, and Environments
- HTM 201 - Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism Management
- HTM 219 - Hospitality, Recreation, and Tourism Professions
- HTM 223 - Hospitality Managerial Accounting and Controls
- PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology
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.