Summer Session For New Students

Rise and Shine for Summer Session.

Get a head start on your coursework at San Diego State University and attend summer session this year! New students with a complete Intent to Enroll have the opportunity to take classes at SDSU this summer.

Please note: Newly admitted graduate students should contact their graduate program directly to discuss summer registration eligibility.

The courses listed below are a sample of course offerings. Search for classes on the Class Schedule website by entering keywords (e.g. course, subject, class, or topic). On the next screen, you can filter the list by campus, class status, subject, number of units, location, academic session, class meeting days and times, instruction mode, and/or class attribute.

Steps to Become Eligible for Summer Session Registration for New Students

  1. Complete the Intent to Enroll process and review your To Do's in my.SDSU. Before submitting the Summer Session Registration Request form, submit all of your Intent to Enroll items. Summer Session registration requests will not be approved if Intent to Enroll items are missing or incomplete. Learn how to navigate my.SDSU and accept your offer of admission by using the Finalize Your Enrollment Guide.
  2. If your residency status is undetermined, you must complete the Residence Questionnaire form (available in April). Once your residency determination has been made, you may submit the Summer Session Registration Request form.
  3. Complete and submit the Summer Session request form on my.SDSU by June 14, 2024. The request form will be available in April and will be located in the Applicant section of my.SDSU. From your Profile tile, navigate to the Student Forms and select the Summer Early Entry Request link. Once the form is submitted, the Office of Admissions will verify your admission eligibility through a review of your official documents. All courses required for admission that are indicated on your application as in progress or planned must be passed with a "C-" or higher grade. You must also maintain the grade point average reported on your application. Note: If the admission requirements are not met, your offer of admission may be withdrawn.
  1. Double check the following requirements and make sure that you have:
    • Completed the Golden Four General Education (GE) courses with a "C-" or higher grade by the end of spring 2024. The Golden Four courses include GE Oral Communication, GE Written Communication, GE Critical Thinking, and GE Mathematics.
    • Completed a minimum of 60 transferable semester (or 90 or more quarter) units by the end of the spring 2024 term. Summer 2024 will not be used to meet this requirement.
    • Met and maintained the overall cumulative GPA requirement for the major that you were admitted to.
  2. If your residency status is undetermined, you must complete the Residence Questionnaire form (available in April). Once your residency determination has been made, you may submit the Summer Session Registration Request form.
  3. Complete the Intent to Enroll process and review your To Do's in my.SDSU. Before submitting the Summer Session Registration Request form, submit all of your Intent to Enroll items. Summer Session registration requests will not be approved if Intent to Enroll items are missing or incomplete. Learn how to navigate my.SDSU and accept your offer of admission by using the Finalize Your Enrollment Guide.
  4. Complete and submit the Summer Session request form on my.SDSU by June 14, 2024. The request form will be available in April and will be located in the Applicant section of my.SDSU. From your Profile tile, navigate to the Student Forms and select the Summer Early Entry Request link. Once the form is submitted, the Office of Admissions will verify your admission eligibility through a review of your official documents. Please keep in mind that admission decisions were based on self-reported information from your Academic History and Prerequisite Update on Cal State Apply. The Office of Admissions will verify your reported information upon receiving your official transcripts and test scores. All courses required for admission must be passed with a "C-" or higher grade, and you must also maintain the grade point average reported on your application. Note: If the admission requirements are not met, your offer of admission may be withdrawn.

Once the Office of Admissions verifies your admission eligibility through a review of your official documents, you will receive an email informing you of the status of your summer session registration request. If eligible, information regarding your assigned summer registration date and time will be available in my.SDSU.

Registration Request Deadlines

Please keep in mind that the deadline for requests is June 14, 2024.

Summer Session Dates Request Deadline
Six Week Summer Session 2 (S2) July 1–August 9, 2024 June 14, 2024
Four Week Summer Session 3 (S3) June 3–28, 2024 May 22, 2024
Eight Week Summer Session 4 (S4) June 17–August 9, 2024 June 3, 2024

Courses for New Students

View the classes offered by your college to see which courses are available to you this summer. Visit the Academic Programs web page if you are not sure which college your academic program is in.

If you have questions about which classes to take during summer session, please contact the student success center in your college:

For more information on how to register, review the my.SDSU Student Registration Guide.

First-year students are encouraged to take General Education (GE) courses with course numbers of 100–299.

College of Arts and Letters

Course # Course Title Schedule # Session Location
AFRAS 101 Intro to Africana Studies 1668 S2 Online
AFRAS 170A Afro-American History 1670 S2 Online
AFRAS 170B Afro-American History 2171 S2 Online
AMIND 141 US Hist Am Ind Perspec 2 2035 S2 Online
AMIND 141 US Hist Am Ind Perspec 2 2169 S2 Campus
ANTH 101 Human Bio-Cultural Origin 1737 S2 Online
ASIAN 102A Politics/Power & Asian America 2593 S2 Online
ASIAN 102B Asian American History 2320 S2 Online
HIST 101 World History 1724 S2 Online
HIST 110 American Hist Since C War 2615 S2 Online
HIST 157 Comics and History 1727 S2 Online
HUM 140 World Mythology 2640 S2 Online
ITAL 100B Elementary Italian II 1749 S2 Online
LATAM 101 Intro Latin Amer Studies 1750 S2 Online
PHIL 101 Intro Philosophy Ethics 1756 S2 Online
PHIL 140 Tech and Human Behavior 1758 S2 Online
REL S 103 American Rel Diversity 2608 S2 Online
REL S 258 Death, Dying, Afterlife 1732 S2 Online
RWS 100 Rhetoric Written Argument 1883 S2 Campus
SOC 101 Intr Soc:Study of Society 2036 S2 Campus
SOC 102 Intro to Social Problems 1980 S2 Online
SPAN 101 Intro to Spanish I 1791 S2 Campus
SPAN 102 Intro to Spanish II 1793 S2 Campus
SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I 1795 S2 Campus

College of Education

Course # Course Title Schedule # Session Location
DLE 102 American Sign Language II 1298 S2 Online
LEAD 100 Intro to Leadership 2377 S2 Campus

College of Health and Human Services

Course # Course Title Schedule # Session Location
GERO 101 Intro to Human Aging 1347 S2 Online
GP H 101 Intro to Public Health 1002 S2 Online
SLHS 106 Intro to SLHS 1043 S2 Online
SLHS 150 Sign Lngs & Deaf Culture 1044 S2 Online
SWORK 110 Soc Wrk Fields of Service 1340 S2 Online

College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts

Course # Course Title Schedule # Session Location
ART 157 Introduction to Art 1536 S2 Online
COMM 103 Oral Communication 1652 S2 Campus
COMM 103 Oral Communication 1653 S2 Campus

College of Sciences

Course # Course Title Schedule # Session Location
CHEM 100 Intro to General Chemistry 2711 S4 Campus
CHEM 130 Elem Organic Chemistry 1996 S2 Online
CHEM 200 General Chemistry 1798 S2 Online
CHEM 200 General Chemistry 1799 S2 Online
CHEM 200 General Chemistry 1800 S2 Online
CHEM 200 General Chemistry 1801 S2 Campus
CHEM 200 General Chemistry 1803 S2 Campus
GEOL 100 Planet Earth 1086 S2 Online
MATH 120 Calculus for Bus Analysis 2081 S2 Online
MATH 140X College Algebra Support 2212 S2 Campus
MATH 141 Precalculus 2655 S2 Campus
MATH 141 Precalculus 2656 S2 Campus
MATH 141 Precalculus 2657 S2 Campus
MATH 151 Calculus II 2099 S2 Online
MATH 151 Calculus II 2100 S2 Online
PSY 101 Introductory Psychology 2661 S2 Online
STAT 119 Elem Statistics Business 2664 S2 Campus
STAT 119X Elem Stats Support 2663 S2 Online

College of Arts and Letters

Course # Course Title Schedule # Session Location
ANTH 360 Modern Forensic Anth 1739 S2 Online
CLASS 310 Grk & Roman Myth & Legend 1999 S2 Online
ECON 201 Statistical Methods 1745 S2 Online
ECON 330 Comparative Econ Systems 1747 S2 Online
HUM 412 Science & the Humanities 2641 S2 Online
LING 305W Adv Comp Internatl Studnt 1773 S2 Online
PHIL 330 Biomedical Ethics 2316 S2 Online
REL 339 Religions of India 1733 S2 Online
RWS 290 Business Writng & Rhetorc 2046 S2 Online
RWS 290 Business Writng & Rhetorc 2095 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 1899 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 1900 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 1901 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 1902 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 1903 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 1904 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 1905 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 1906 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 1907 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 1908 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 1984 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 1985 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 2086 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 2087 S2 Online
RWS 305W Writng in Various Settngs 2282 S2 Online
SOC 301 Social Research Methods 1765 S2 Online
SOC 355 Soc of Race & Ethnicity 2304 S2 Online
SOC 401 Classical Social Theory 2626 S2 Online
SOC 412 Soc Construction Reality 1766 S2 Online
SOC 459 American Labor Movement 2644 S2 Online
WMNST 325 Psychology of Women 1715 S2 Online
WMNST 360 Wmns Sexuality and Body 1718 S2 Online
WMNST 382 Gender, Science and Tech 1719 S2 Online

College of Education

Course # Course Title Schedule # Session Location
CFD 370 Research/Eval Child/Fam 1226 S2 Online
CFD 375A Hum Devl Lrn Infnt Toddlr 1223 S2 Online
ED 451 Intro Multicultural Educ 1080 S2 Online
GEN 420 Disability and Society 2033 S2 Online

College of Engineering

Course # Course Title Schedule # Session Location
CIV E 302 Solid Mechanics Lab 1828 S2 Campus
CIV E 421 Reinforced Concrete Desgn 1830 S2 Campus
CIV E 444 Applied Hydraulics 1945 S2 Campus
CIV E 444 Applied Hydraulics 1946 S2 Campus
CIV E 463 Geotechnical Engr Lab 1832 S2 Campus
CIV E 465 Found Engr Earth Ret Str 1833 S2 Online
CIV E 531 Pipe Flow & Wtr Dist Sys 2610 S2 Campus
CON E 350 Constructn Projct Contrls 1994 S2 Campus
E E 200 Analytical Methds for E E 2665 S2 Online
ENV E 355 Environmental Engineering 1836 S2 Online
M E 190 Computer-Aided Design 1838 S2 Campus
M E 190 Computer-Aided Design 1839 S2 Campus
M E 220 Dynamics 1841 S2 Campus
M E 230 Basics of Mechatronics 2611 S2 Campus
M E 230 Basics of Mechatronics 2612 S2 Campus
M E 314 Engr Design:Mech Compon 1843 S2 Campus
M E 452 Princ of Heat Transfer 1845 S2 Campus

College of Health and Human Services

Course # Course Title Schedule # Session Location
ENS 265 Care & Prvntn Athl/Rec Inj 2645 S2 Campus
ENS 304 Physiology of Exercise 1267 S2 Campus
ENS 304L Exercise Physiology Lab 1269 S2 Campus
ENS 305 Measurement & Eval Kinesiol 1270 S2 Online
ENS 331 Exer & Nutr for Hlth & Fit 1272 S2 Online
ENS 434 Promot Phys Act Hlthy Eat 1273 S2 Campus
ENS 438 Psychosoc Aspects Dis/Inj 2646 S2 Online
ENS 438 Psychosoc Aspects Dis/Inj 2646 S2 Campus
GERO 101 Intro to Human Aging 1347 S2 Online
P H 292 History of Public Health 1003 S2 Online
P H 302 Epidem Commun Chron Disea 2371 S2 Online
SLHS 106 Intro to SLHS 1043 S2 Online
SLHS 150 Sign Lngs & Deaf Culture 1044 S2 Online
SWORK 350 Cultural Pluralism 1341 S2 Online
SWORK 360 Persp Hum Behav/Soc Envir 1342 S2 Online

College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts

Course # Course Title Schedule # Session Location
ART 133 Modern Making 1535 S2 Online
ART 133 Modern Making 2613 S2 Online
ART 357 World Art in Contemp Life 1537 S2 Online
CJ 333 The Judiciary 2368 S2 Online
COMM 245 Interpersonal Comm 1597 S2 Online
COMM 321 Intro Health Comm 2052 S2 Online
COMM 350 Investigatng Communicatn 1600 S2 Online
COMM 371 Intercultural Commun 1910 S2 Online
DANCE 382 Dance in World Cultures 1987 S3 Online
JMS 200 Intro Contemporary Media 1198 S2 Online
JMS 250 Intro Intersect Rep Media 1911 S2 Online
JMS 315 Dgtl Media Princpl Design 1200 S2 Online
MUSIC 351 Mus & Cult: Hip Hop 1580 S2 Online
P A 340 Administrative Behavior 2373 S2 Online
P A 350 Contemporary Urban Issues 1813 S2 Online
RTM 396W Writing Rec Settings 1335 S2 Online
TFM 160 Cinema as Art 1563 S2 Online
TFM 160 Cinema as Art 1564 S2 Campus
TFM 363 International Cinema 1565 S2 Online

College of Sciences

Course # Course Title Schedule # Session Location
BIOL 212 Human Anatomy 1136 S2 Campus
BIOL 212 Human Anatomy 1137 S2 Campus
BIOL 212 Human Anatomy 1138 S2 Campus
CHEM 232 Organic Chemistry 1953 S2 Campus
CHEM 232L Organic Chemistry Lab 1954 S2 Campus
CHEM 232L Organic Chemistry Lab 1955 S2 Campus
CHEM 365 Fundamentals Biochemistry 2603 S2 Campus
CS 480 Operating Systems 1956 S2 Online
ENV S 301 Energy & the Environment 2353 S2 Online
GEOL 303 Natural Disasters 1088 S2 Online
MATH 254 Intro to Linear Algebra 1868 S2 Online
PHYS 180B Fundamentals of Physics 1651 S2 Online
PHYS 182B Physical Measurements Lab 1683 S2 Campus
PHYS 196 Principles of Physics 1702 S2 Online
PHYS 196L Principles of Physics Lab 1701 S2 Campus
PHYS 182B Physical Measurements Lab 1960 S2 Campus
PHYS 182B Physical Measurements Lab 1961 S2 Campus
PHYS 182B Physical Measurements Lab 1962 S2 Campus
PSY 345 Chicana & Chicano Psych 2842 S2 Online
PSY 351 Psychology of Personality 1856 S2 Online
PSY 353 Stress Trauma Combat Expe 1857 S2 Online
PSY 360 Behavioral Neuroscience 2308 S2 Online
PSY 380 Intermed Cognitive Psy 2734 S2 Online
SCI 296 Calculus Strategies 2237 S2 Campus
STAT 350B Statistical Methods 1709 S2 Online

Fowler College of Business

Course # Course Title Schedule # Session Location
ACCTG 325 Intermed Manag & Tax Acct 2312 S2 Online
ACCTG 331 Intermediate Accounting I 2662 S2 Online
ACCTG 332 Fed Inc Tax 2313 S4 Online
B A 300 Ethical Dec Making in Bus 2597 S2 Online
B A 300 Ethical Dec Making in Bus 2598 S2 Online
B A 310 Foundation Bus Global 1447 S2 Online
B A 323 Fundamentals of Finance 1403 S2 Online
B A 360 Intro Op & Sc Mgt 1630 S2 Online
B A 360 Intro Op & Sc Mgt 2084 S2 Online
B A 370 Marketing 1509 S2 Online
FIN 240 Legal Environment of Bus 1409 S2 Online
FIN 327 Investments 1412 S2 Online
FIN 335 Financial Modeling 1418 S2 Online
MGT 475 Leadership in Orgs 2609 S2 Campus
MIS 301 Statistic Analys for Bus 1488 S2 Online
MIS 301 Statistic Analys for Bus 2125 S2 Online
MIS 306 Systems Analysis & Design 2315 S4 Online
MIS 315 Bus Applic Programming 2019 S4 Online
MKTG 371 Consumer Behavior 2652 S2 Online

Undergraduate Studies

Course # Course Title Schedule # Session Location
GEN S 150 Building Your Future Self 2034 S2 Campus

Newly admitted graduate students should contact their graduate program directly to discuss summer registration eligibility.

Questions?

Please contact the Office of Admissions at [email protected].