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.
Core
9 unitsElectives
6 units- AFRAS 421 - Black Urban Experience
- ANTH 529 - Urban Anthropology
- ART 380 - Architecture That Changed Our World
- ART 547 - The Modern Built Environment
- ART 549 - Art, Environment and Place
- ART 577 - History of Architecture
- CCS 303 - Chicana and Chicano Community Studies
- CCS 355 - The United States-Mexico International Border
- ECON 401 - Public Finance
- GEOG 342 - Food, Place, and Culture
- GEOG 348 - Environment and Development
- GEOG 353 - Economic Geography
- GEOG 354 - Geography of Cities
- GEOG 454 - Sustainable Cities
- GEOG 554 - World Cities: Comparative Approaches to Urbanization
- GEOG 572 - Land Use Analysis
- GEOG 573 - Population and the Environment
- GEOG 595 - Geographic Internship
- HIST 581 - Topics in Urban History
- LATAM 320 - Culture and Society of Tijuana
- LATAM 355 - The United States-Mexico International Border
- LATAM 545 - The Latin American City
- P A 310 - Management of Urban Governments
- P A 320 - Introduction to Urban Planning
- P A 321 - Foundations of Urban Leadership
- P A 350 - Contemporary Urban Issues
- P A 485 - Planning and Public Policy in U.S.-Mexico Border Region
- P A 520 - Decision Making in the Urban Community
- P A 525 - The U.S. City Planning Process
- POL S 333 - Politics of Race and Ethnicity
- POL S 335 - Policy Issues and Debates
- POL S 422 - Urban Politics
- SOC 411 - Police and Society in the Americas
- SOC 448 - Urban Sociology
Methods
3 units- GEOG 380 - Map Investigation
- GEOG 381 - Computerized Map Design
- GEOG 385 - Spatial Data Analysis
- GEOG 484 - Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG 584 - Geographic Information Systems Applications
- GEOG 585 - Quantitative Methods in Geographic Research
- GEOG 586 - Qualitative Methods in Geographic Research
- GEOG 589 - GIS-Based Decision Support Methods
- GEOG 590 - Community-Based Geographic Research
- GEOG 593 - GIS for Business Location Decisions
- P A 420 - Methods of Analysis in City Planning
- P A 540 - Community Mapping: Geographic Information Systems
- SOC 301 - Social Research Methods
- SOC 406 - Intermediate Social Statistics
- SOC 407 - Survey and Experimental Research Methods
- SOC 408 - Qualitative Research Methods
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.