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.
Advancement to Candidacy
Five Core Courses
- SOC 600 - Proseminar in Sociology: Core Course
- SOC 601 - Advanced Classical Social Theory: Core Course
- SOC 605 - Advanced Contemporary Social Theory: Core Course
- SOC 607 - Advanced Quantitative Methods: Core Course
- SOC 608 - Advanced Qualitative Methods: Core Course
- SOC 700 - Seminar: Advanced Gender Theories
- SOC 730 - Seminar in Social Institutions
- SOC 743 - Seminar: Criminology and Criminal Justice Theory
Plan A or Plan B
Two Electives
No course list published for this category.
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.