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.
Area A, Texts
3 unitsArea B, Traditions
9 units- REL S 320 - Judaism (B)
- REL S 325 - Christianity
- REL S 328 - Islam
- REL S 330 - Religious Encounters: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
- REL S 337 - Asian Religions in America (B)
- REL S 338 - Buddhism
- REL S 339 - Religions of India (B)
- REL S 345 - Religions of East Asia (B)
- REL S 382 - California Religion and Spirituality (B)
- REL S 458 - Asian Traditions (B)
- ASIAN 458 - Asian Traditions
- REL S 470 - American Indian Worldviews and Cosmologies
- AMIND 470 - American Indian Worldviews and Cosmologies (B)
- REL S 507 - The Reformation (A) (B) (C) (D)
- HIST 507 - The Reformation
- ASIAN 351 - Chinese Philosophy
- PHIL 351 - Chinese Philosophy
- PHIL 353 - Buddhist Philosophy
- PHIL 401A - History of Philosophy: Pre-Socratic through Medieval
- PHIL 565 - Asian Philosophies
Area C, Theories and Methods
3 unitsArea D, Critical Issues in Religion
6 units- REL S 341 - Japanese Religions Through Anime
- REL S 356 - Hip Hop and Religion (D)
- REL S 363 - Religion and the Sciences (D)
- REL S 364 - Religion and Film (D)
- REL S 376 - Spirituality and Sustainability (D)
- REL S 379 - Religious Violence and Nonviolence
- REL S 380 - Atheism, Humanism, and Secularism (D)
- REL S 390A - Religion and Revolution
- REL S 390B - Religion and Revolution
- REL S 405 - Faith and Hope (D)
- REL S 406 - God, Gold, and Glory: Religion and Colonial Encounter in the Americas (D)
- REL S 411 - Understanding Evil
- HUM 411 - Understanding Evil
- POL S 562 - Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective
- WMNST 515 - Women: Myth, Ritual, and the Sacred
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
Impacted Program
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International Experience
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Language Requirement
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Preparation for the Major
3 unitsUpper Division Areas
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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.