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.
Required Courses
- LING 571 - Computational Corpus Linguistics
- LING 572 - Python Scripting for Social Science
- BDA 572 - Python Scripting for Social Science
- STAT 550 - Applied Probability
- STAT 551A - Probability and Mathematical Statistics
- LING 581 - Computational Linguistics
- LING 583 - Statistical Methods in Text Analysis
- MATH 151 - Calculus II
- MATH 252 - Calculus III
- MATH 254 - Introduction to Linear Algebra
This checklist reflects San Diego State's published catalog for 2026-27 and may not capture every substitution, waiver, or advisor-approved exception. Confirm anything that affects graduation with your own advisor or degree audit.