Program Overview

San Francisco State University Programs

The university offers a wide range of programs across various colleges, including the College of Business, College of Education, College of Ethnic Studies, College of Health and Social Sciences, College of Liberal and Creative Arts, College of Professional and Global Education, and College of Science and Engineering.

College of Business

• Accounting: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, Master of Science in Accountancy, Graduate Certificate in Accounting
• Business Administration: General Business, Minor in Business Administration, Business Certificates (Cybersecurity Management, Financial Analytics, Fintech, Real Estate, Information Technology Auditing)
• Decision Sciences: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Decision Sciences, Graduate Certificate in Decision Sciences, Minor in Decision Sciences
• Economics: Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Master of Science in Quantitative Economics, Minor in Economics
• Entrepreneurship: Various courses and programs
• Finance: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance, Minor in Finance, Graduate Certificate in Finance
• General Business: 4-Year Roadmap, Transfer Roadmaps
• Hospitality, Tourism, and Event Management: Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management, Minor in Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Information Systems: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Information Systems, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Business Analytics, Minor in Information Systems, Certificates in Cybersecurity Management and Information Technology Auditing
• International Business: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in International Business, Minor in International Business, Graduate Certificate in International Business and Global Leadership
• Labor and Employment Studies: Bachelor of Arts in Labor and Employment Studies, Minor in Labor and Employment Studies
• Management: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Management, Minor in Management, Graduate Certificates in Ethics & Compliance and Sustainable Business
• Marketing: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing, Minor in Marketing, Graduate Certificate in Marketing in the Digital Economy
• Master of Business Administration: Various concentrations
• Master of Science in Business Analytics: Interdisciplinary program

College of Education

• Education Doctoral Program
• Education Minor Program
• Elementary Education: Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction, Master of Arts in Early Childhood Education
• Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies (ELSIT): Certificate in Training Systems Development, Master of Arts in Education with various concentrations
• Secondary Education: Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction
• Special Education: Certificates, Doctor of Philosophy in Education with a concentration in Special Education, Master of Arts in Special Education, Minor in Special Education, various credentials
• Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences: Bachelor of Science, Certificate in Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Master of Science
• Teaching and Educational Services Credential Programs: Multiple Subject Credential Programs, Single Subject Credential Program, Education Specialist Credential Programs, and more

College of Ethnic Studies

• Africana Studies: Bachelor of Arts, Minor, Master of Arts
• American Indian Studies: Bachelor of Arts, Minor
• Asian American Studies: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Minor
• Critical Mixed Race Studies
• Ethnic Studies: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Certificate
• Ethnic Studies Empowerment Certificate
• Latina/Latino Studies: Bachelor of Arts, Minor
• Race and Resistance Studies: Bachelor of Arts, Minor

College of Health and Social Sciences

• Child and Adolescent Development: Bachelor of Arts with various concentrations, Minor in Early Childhood Development
• Counseling: Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Master of Science in Counseling, Minor in Counseling
• Criminal Justice Studies: Bachelor of Arts, Minor in Criminal Justice Studies, Minor in Juvenile Justice, Minor in Prison Reentry Studies
• Family, Interiors, Nutrition, and Apparel: Bachelor of Arts in Family and Community Sciences, Bachelor of Science in Apparel Design and Merchandising, Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics, Bachelor of Science in Interior Design
• Gerontology: Master of Arts
• Kinesiology: Bachelor of Science with various concentrations, Master of Science, Minors in Athletic Coaching, Empowerment Self-Defense, and more
• Nursing: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, Certificates
• Physical Therapy and Clinical Laboratory Science: Doctor of Physical Therapy, Clinical Laboratory Science
• Public Administration: Master of Public Administration
• Public Health: Bachelor of Science, Master of Public Health, Minor in Public Health
• Recreation, Parks, and Tourism: Bachelor of Arts, Minors, Certificates
• Sexuality Studies: Master of Arts, Minors
• Social Work: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Social Work
• Sociology: Bachelor of Arts, Minor
• Urban Studies and Planning: Bachelor of Arts, Minor

College of Liberal and Creative Arts

• Anthropology: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Minor
• School of Art: Bachelor of Arts in Art History, Bachelor of Arts in Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Minors
• Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Minors
• Cinema: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Minors
• Classics: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Minors
• Communication Studies: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Minor
• Conflict Resolution
• Creative Writing: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Minor
• School of Design: Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design, Bachelor of Science in Visual Communication Design, Master of Arts in Design, Minor
• English: Bachelor of Arts with various concentrations, Undergraduate and Graduate Certificates, Master of Arts with various concentrations, Minors
• History: Bachelor of Arts, Certificate in Historical Research, Master of Arts, Graduate Certificate in History Education, Minor
• Humanities and Comparative World Literature: Bachelor of Arts in American Studies, Bachelor of Arts in Comparative and World Literature, Bachelor of Arts in Humanities, Minors, Master of Arts
• International Relations: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Minors
• Jewish Studies: Bachelor of Arts, Minor
• Journalism: Bachelor of Arts with various concentrations, Minors
• Liberal and Creative Arts Certificate
• Liberal Studies: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies Integrated Teacher Preparation, Minors
• Modern Languages and Literatures: Various Bachelor of Arts degrees, Master of Arts degrees, Minors
• Music: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, Master of Arts, Master of Music, Minor
• Philosophy: Bachelor of Arts with various concentrations, Master of Arts, Minors
• Political Science: Bachelor of Arts, Certificate in Pre-Law, Master of Arts, Minors
• Religious Studies
• School of Theatre and Dance: Bachelor of Arts in Dance, Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts, Master of Arts in Theatre Arts, Minors
• Women and Gender Studies: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Minors

College of Professional and Global Education

• American Language Institute
• Business Administration: Concentration in General Business, BS
• Business Administration Certificate
• Business Analytics Certificate
• Clinical Laboratory Science
• Criminal Justice Studies, BA
• Data Science and Machine Learning for Biotechnology Professionals Certificate
• Dietetics Certificate
• Ethnic Studies, BA
• Ethnic Studies Empowerment Certificate
• Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate
• Hospitality and Tourism Management Certificate
• International Business
• Liberal and Creative Arts Certificate
• Master of Business Administration
• Nursing (Accelerated-Prelicensure), BS
• Paralegal Studies
• PK-12 Climate Justice Education Graduate Certificate
• Pre-Health Professions
• Pre-Nursing
• Psychology, BA
• School Nurse Services Credential
• University Pathway Program

College of Science and Engineering

• Biology: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science with various concentrations, Master of Science with various concentrations, Minors
• Chemistry and Biochemistry: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Minor
• Computer Science: Bachelor of Science, Certificate in Data Science and Machine Learning, Master of Science, Minors
• Cooperative Education
• Data Science for Biology and Chemistry, Graduate Certificate
• Engineering: Bachelor of Science in various fields, Master of Science in various fields, Minors
• The School of the Environment: Bachelor of Arts in Earth Sciences, Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies, Bachelor of Arts in Geography, Bachelor of Science in Earth Sciences, Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, Certificates, Master of Arts, Master of Science
• Interdisciplinary Marine and Estuarine Sciences
• Mathematics: Bachelor of Arts with various concentrations, Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science in Statistics, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Minors
• Physics and Astronomy: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science with various concentrations, Master of Science, Minors
• Psychology: Bachelor of Arts, Certificate in Data Science for Psychology, Master of Arts with various concentrations, Master of Science with various concentrations

All-University Programs

• Interdisciplinary Studies (Graduate)
• Special Major

Courses

The university offers a vast array of courses across its colleges, including but not limited to:

• Accounting (ACCT)
• Africana Studies (AFRS)
• All University (A U)
• American Indian Studies (AIS)
• American Studies (AMST)
• Anthropology (ANTH)
• Apparel Design and Merchandising (ADM)
• Arabic (ARAB)
• Art (ART)
• Art History (ARTH)
• Asian American Studies (AA S)
• Astronomy (ASTR)
• Athletics (ATHL)
• Biology (BIOL)
• Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (BECA)
• Business (BUS)
• Chemistry (CHEM)
• Child and Adolescent Development (CAD)
• Chinese (CHIN)
• Cinema (CINE)
• Classical Archaeology (CLAR)
• Classics (CLAS)
• Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS)
• Comic Studies (CMX)
• Communication Studies (COMM)
• Comparative World Literature (CWL)
• Computer Science (CSC)
• Counseling (COUN)
• Creative Writing (C W)
• Credit by Evaluation for Experiential Learning (CEEL)
• Criminal Justice Studies (C J)
• Critical Social Thought (CST)
• Dance (DANC)
• Decision Sciences (DS)
• Design (DES)
• Early Start English (ESE)
• Early Start Math (ESM)
• Earth Sciences (ERTH)
• Economics (ECON)
• Education (EDUC)
• Educational Administration (EDAD)
• Educational Leadership (EDDL)
• Elementary Education (E ED)
• Engineering (ENGR)
• English (ENG)
• Environmental Studies (ENVS)
• Ethnic Studies (ETHS)
• Experimental College (EXCO)
• Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS)
• Finance (FIN)
• French (FR)
• Geography and Environment (GEOG)
• German (GER)
• Gerontology (GRN)
• Global Peace Studies (GPS)
• Greek (GRE)
• Health and Social Sciences (HSS)
• Hebrew (HEBR)
• History (HIST)
• Holistic Health (HH)
• Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM)
• Humanities (HUM)
• Information Systems (ISYS)
• Instructional Technologies (ITEC)
• Interdisciplinary Studies Education (ISED)
• Interior Design (ID)
• International Business (IBUS)
• International Relations (I R)
• Italian (ITAL)
• Japanese (JAPN)
• Jewish Studies (JS)
• Journalism (JOUR)
• Kinesiology (KIN)
• Korean (KOR)
• Labor Studies (LABR)
• Latin (LATN)
• Latina/o Studies (LTNS)
• Liberal and Creative Arts (LCA)
• Liberal Studies (LS)
• Library Education (LIB)
• Management (MGMT)
• Marine Science (MSCI)
• Marketing (MKTG)
• Mathematics (MATH)
• Middle East and Islamic Studies (MEIS)
• Modern Greek Studies (MGS)
• Modern Languages and Literatures (MLL)
• Museum Studies (M S)
• Music (MUS)
• Nursing (NURS)
• Nutrition and Dietetics (NUTR)
• Persian (PRSN)
• Philosophy (PHIL)
• Physical Therapy (PT)
• Physics (PHYS)
• Political Science (PLSI)
• Psychology (PSY)
• Public Administration (P A)
• Public Health (PH)
• Race and Resistance Studies (RRS)
• Recreation, Parks, and Tourism (RPT)
• Religious Studies (RELS)
• Russian (RUSS)
• Science (SCI)
• Secondary Education (S ED)
• Sexuality Studies (SXS)
• Social Work (S W)
• Sociology (SOC)
• Spanish (SPAN)
• Special Education (SPED)
• Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS)
• Theatre Arts (TH A)
• Urban Studies and Planning (USP)
• Women and Gender Studies (WGS)

Race and Resistance Studies (RRS) Courses

• RRS 100 Introduction to Ethnic Studies
• RRS 101 Introduction to Arab and Muslim Communities
• RRS 103 Introduction to Pacific Islander Studies
• RRS 110 Critical Thinking and the Ethnic Studies Experience
• RRS 201 SFSU's Palestinian Cultural Mural and the Art of Resistance
• RRS 212 Edward Said
• RRS 220 Race and Dis/Ability
• RRS 240 All Power to the People: Comparative Freedom Movements of the "Sixties"
• RRS 250 Race, Ethnicity, and Power in America
• RRS 252 Beyond Bars and Borders: Race and the Carceral State
• RRS 255 Voices in Exile: Arab and Muslim American and Civil Liberties post-9/11/2001
• RRS 260 Introduction to Arab and Arab American Feminisms
• RRS 270 Creativity, Decolonization, and Social Justice in Oceania
• RRS 275 Introduction to Pacific Islander Literature: How To Read An Ocean
• RRS 276 Race, Activism, and Climate Justice
• RRS 280 Disrupting Science Fiction: Race, Gender, and Alternative Futures
• RRS 282 Art and Cultural Practices of Oceania
• RRS 285 Race, Sports, and Society
• RRS 290 Sounds of Resistance: Race, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Revolution
• RRS 295 Race, Public Art, and Creative Resistance
• RRS 303 Health and Wellness among Pacific Islanders
• RRS 304 Decolonize Your Diet: Food Justice and Gendered Labor in Communities of Color
• RRS 310 Arab Revolutions and Social Movements
• RRS 312 Arab and Arab American Literary Expressions
• RRS 330 Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.: Class, Gender, and Nation
• RRS 331 Research with Communities
• RRS 333 Race and Independent Cinema
• RRS 335 Pacific Islanders in Film: Re-Presenting Oceania Through an Indigenous Lens
• RRS 360 Our Stories: Literatures of Race and Resistance
• RRS 365 Race and Comedy in the United States
• RRS 370 Islamophobia: Roots, Development, and Contestation of Hatred
• RRS 375 Queer Arabs in the U.S.
• RRS 380 Queer and Trans Ethnic Studies
• RRS 410 Grassroots Organizing for Change in Communities of Color
• RRS 415 Reclaiming the Bay: Grassroots Struggle Against Racial Capitalism
• RRS 420 Arab American Identity: Memory and Resistance
• RRS 430 Arab Media Images in America: Impact on Arab Americans
• RRS 433 Pacific Islanders in Film: Re-Presenting Oceania Through an Indigenous Lens
• RRS 435 National Security and the Racialization of Arabs and Muslims in North America
• RRS 450 Contemporary Arabic and Arab American Literature
• RRS 470 Radical Trans Imagination
• RRS 473 Slavery and Antislavery in the United States
• RRS 480 Youth Culture, Race, and Resistance
• RRS 490 Race, Art, and Social Justice
• RRS 499 Race, Class, and Climate: Examining the Root Causes, Impacts, and Just Solutions to the Climate Crisis
• RRS 520 Race, Radicalism, and Revolution
• RRS 560 Undocumented Studies
• RRS 566 Gender and Modernity in the Muslim and Arab Worlds
• RRS 571 Women, Race, and Class
• RRS 580 Educational Equity
• RRS 590 Senior Capstone
• RRS 600 History of People of Color in the U.S.
• RRS 620 Colonialism, Imperialism, and Resistance
• RRS 625 Mixed Race Studies: A Comparative Focus
• RRS 630 Palestine: Ethnic Studies Perspective
• RRS 640 Race and Sexual Migration
• RRS 645 Sex, Race, Lies, and Love in San Francisco
• RRS 655 Comparative Border Studies: Palestine and Mexico
• RRS 657 South Asian Diaspora
• RRS 675 Variable Topics in Race and Resistance Studies
• RRS 694 Community Engaged Learning: Praxis in Race and Resistance Studies
• RRS 699 Independent Study