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.
Also Offered at SDSU Imperial Valley
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American Government and Politics
- POL S 305 - American Political Thought
- POL S 320 - The U.S. Constitution
- POL S 321 - State Politics
- POL S 334 - Politics of the Environment
- SUSTN 334 - Politics of the Environment
- POL S 345 - U.S. Constitutional Law: Powers and Constraints
- POL S 347 - U.S. Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties
- POL S 348 - The Supreme Court and Contemporary Issues
- POL S 422 - Urban Politics
- POL S 436 - The American Presidency
Asia
Economics
Ethnic and Women’s Studies
- AFRAS 321 - Black Political Participation in America
- AFRAS 322 - African American Political Thought
- AFRAS 421 - Black Urban Experience
- AFRAS 422 - Modern Civil Rights Movement
- AFRAS 471 - Africana History
- AMIND 320 - American Indians in Contemporary Society
- AMIND 331 - The American Indian Political Experience
- POL S 331 - American Indian Political Experience
- AMIND 440 - American Indian History
- AMIND 451 - American Indian Identity
- AMIND 480 - Issues in American Indian Education
- CCS 301 - Political Economy of the Chicano People
- CCS 350B - Chicana and Chicano History
- CCS 375 - US/Mexico Border History
- CCS 585 - Methods in Ethnic Studies Teaching: Decolonial Pedagogies in K-12 Schools
- AMIND 585 - Methods in Ethnic Studies Teaching: Decolonial Pedagogies in K-12 Schools
- HIST 422 - Asian American Experiences
- AAS 422 - Asian American Experiences
- WMNST 310 - Global Cultures and Women’s Lives
- WMNST 341B - Women in American History
- WMNST 375 - Sex, Power, and Politics
- WMNST 382 - Gender, Science, and Technology
- WMNST 535 - Lesbian Lives and Cultures
Europe
- HIST 407 - Early Modern Europe
- HIST 408 - Modern Europe
- HIST 436 - Modern Jewish History in Feature Films
- HIST 440 - The Holocaust and Western Civilization
- HIST 486 - World War II
- HIST 488 - Modern Jewish History
- HIST 502 - Ancient Greece
- HIST 503 - Ancient Rome
- HIST 504 - The Dark Ages
- HIST 505 - The Later Middle Ages
- HIST 506 - The Renaissance
- HIST 508 - The Fall of the Roman Empire
- HIST 509 - British Century: Waterloo to World War I
- WMNST 340 - History of Women and Sexuality in Modern Europe
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
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Impacted Program
- ECON 101 - Principles of Economics
- ECON 102 - Principles of Economics
- GEOG 102 - People, Places, and Environments
- HIST 100 - World History
- HIST 101 - World History
- HIST 109 - American History to Reconstruction
- HIST 110 - American History Since the Civil War
- POL S 102 - Introduction to American and California Government and Politics
- TE 211C - Field Experience in Social Science
International Politics
- ISCOR 300 - Global Systems
- POL S 356 - European Politics
- POL S 359 - Government and Politics in Russia and Eurasia
- POL S 362 - Governments and Politics of East Asia
- POL S 363 - Governments and Politics of the Middle East
- POL S 364 - Political Change in Modern Africa
- POL S 366 - Latin American Politics
- LATAM 366 - Latin American Politics
- POL S 375 - Global Politics
- POL S 380 - Human Rights in a Global Perspective
- POL S 479 - National Security Policy
Language Requirement
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Latin America
- CCS 350A - Chicana and Chicano History
- HIST 415 - Pre-Contact and Colonial Latin America
- LATAM 415 - Pre-Contact and Colonial Latin America
- HIST 416 - Modern Latin America
- HIST 550 - Colonial Mexico
- HIST 551 - Modern Mexico
- HIST 558 - Latin America in World Affairs
- HIST 580 - Topics in the History of War and Violence
Middle East
Note
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Preparation for the Major
25 units- ECON 101 - Principles of Economics
- ECON 102 - Principles of Economics
- GEOG 102 - People, Places, and Environments
- HIST 100 - World History
- HIST 101 - World History
- HIST 109 - American History to Reconstruction
- HIST 110 - American History Since the Civil War
- POL S 102 - Introduction to American and California Government and Politics
- TE 211C - Field Experience in Social Science
Six Additional Units
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United States and California History
World History
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.