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.
Three Units of Required Course
Twelve Units of Electives
- STS 580 - Science and Technology Topics in Society
- ANTH 349 - Roots of Civilizations: Why our past matters for our future
- ANTH 405 - Technology, Personhood, and the Body
- COMM 540 - Communicating Science in the Public Interest
- EUROP 160 - European Reflections on Science and Technology
- HIST 102 - World History Through Science and Technology
- HIST 514 - History of Science: From Revolution to Evolution
- HUM 409 - The Future
- HUM 412 - Science and the Humanities
- JMS 312W - Media Writing for Scientists
- LING 354 - Language and Computers
- PHIL 140 - Technology and Human Nature
- PHIL 537 - Philosophy of Science
- REL S 363 - Religion and the Sciences (D)
- SOC 460 - Technology and Society
- STS 301 - Concepts and Ideas in Science and Technology Studies
- STS 590 - Capstone in Science, Technology, and Society
- WMNST 582 - Feminist Science and Activism
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.