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.
Electives (6 Units)
- LING 550 - Theory and Practice of English as a Second Language
- LING 652 - Second Language Acquisition
- LING 653 - ESL Reading and Writing
- RWS 512 - Writing Center Practice, Research, and Theory
- RWS 601A - History of Rhetoric I
- RWS 602 - Modern Rhetoric and Composition Studies
- RWS 640 - Research Methods in Rhetoric and Writing Studies
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.