Program Overview

San Francisco State University Programs

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

College of Business

• Accounting: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, as well as a Master of Science in Accountancy and a Graduate Certificate in Accounting.
• Business Administration: Provides programs in General Business, Minor in Business Administration, and various business certificates.
• Decision Sciences: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Decision Sciences, a Graduate Certificate in Decision Sciences, and a Minor in Decision Sciences.
• Economics: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Master of Science in Quantitative Economics, and a Minor in Economics.
• Entrepreneurship: Offers programs related to entrepreneurship.
• Finance: Provides a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance, a Minor in Finance, and graduate certificates in Finance and related fields.
• General Business: Offers a 4-Year Roadmap and various transfer roadmaps for students.
• Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management: Includes a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management and a Minor in Hospitality and Tourism Management.
• Information Systems: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with concentrations in Information Systems and Business Analytics, along with minors and graduate certificates in related fields.
• International Business: Provides a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in International Business, a Minor in International Business, and a Graduate Certificate in International Business and Global Leadership.
• Labor and Employment Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Labor and Employment Studies and a Minor in Labor and Employment Studies.
• Management: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Management, a Minor in Management, and graduate certificates in Ethics & Compliance and Sustainable Business.
• Marketing: Provides a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing, a Minor in Marketing, and a Graduate Certificate in Marketing in the Digital Economy.
• Master of Business Administration: Offers an MBA program.
• Master of Science in Business Analytics: Provides a program focused on business analytics.

Graduate College of Education

• Education Doctoral Program: Offers a doctoral program in education.
• Education Minor Program: Provides a minor in education.
• Elementary Education: Includes a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction and a Master of Arts in Early Childhood Education.
• Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies (ELSIT): Offers various master's degrees and certificates in education leadership and instructional technologies.
• Secondary Education: Provides a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction.
• Special Education: Includes a range of programs such as a Doctor of Philosophy in Education with a concentration in Special Education, Master of Arts in Special Education, and various teaching credentials.
• Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, a Master of Science in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, and related certificates.
• Teaching and Educational Services Credential Programs: Provides multiple subject credential programs, single subject credential programs, and other teaching credentials.

College of Ethnic Studies

• Africana Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies and a Minor in Africana Studies.
• American Indian Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in American Indian Studies and a Minor in American Indian Studies.
• Asian American Studies: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Asian American Studies, a Master of Arts in Asian American Studies, and a Minor in Asian American Studies.
• Critical Mixed Race Studies: Offers programs related to critical mixed race studies.
• Ethnic Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies, a Master of Arts in Ethnic Studies, and a Certificate in Ethnic Studies.
• Ethnic Studies Empowerment Certificate: Provides an empowerment certificate in ethnic studies.
• Latina/Latino Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Latina/Latino Studies and a Minor in Latina/Latino Studies.
• Race and Resistance Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Race and Resistance Studies and minors in related fields.

College of Health and Social Sciences

• Child & Adolescent Development: Offers various Bachelor of Arts concentrations and a Minor in Early Childhood Development.
• Counseling: Provides a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a Minor in Counseling.
• Criminal Justice Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Studies and minors in related fields.
• Family, Interiors, Nutrition & Apparel: Offers various bachelor's degrees in family and consumer sciences, apparel design and merchandising, nutrition and dietetics, and interior design.
• Gerontology: Provides a Master of Arts in Gerontology.
• Kinesiology: Offers Bachelor of Science degrees in kinesiology with various concentrations, a Master of Science in Kinesiology, and related minors and certificates.
• Nursing: Includes a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Master of Science in Nursing, and various nursing certificates.
• Physical Therapy and Clinical Laboratory Science: Offers a Doctor of Physical Therapy and programs in clinical laboratory science.
• Public Administration: Provides a Master of Public Administration.
• Public Health: Includes a Bachelor of Science in Public Health, a Master of Public Health, and a Minor in Public Health.
• Recreation, Parks, and Tourism: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration and related minors and certificates.
• Sexuality Studies: Provides a Master of Arts in Human Sexuality Studies and minors in related fields.
• Social Work: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work and a Master of Social Work.
• Sociology: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Minor in Sociology.
• Urban Studies and Planning: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and Planning and a Minor in Urban Studies and Planning.

College of Liberal & Creative Arts

• Anthropology: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, a Master of Arts in Anthropology, and a Minor in Anthropology.
• School of Art: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Art History, a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, a Master of Fine Arts in Art, and related minors.
• Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, a Master of Arts in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, and related minors and certificates.
• Cinema: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema, a Master of Arts in Cinema Studies, a Master of Fine Arts in Cinema, and related minors.
• Classics: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Classics, a Master of Arts in Classics, and minors in classics and modern Greek studies.
• Communication Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, a Master of Arts in Communication Studies, and a Minor in Communication Studies.
• Conflict Resolution: Provides programs related to conflict resolution.
• Creative Writing: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing, a Master of Arts in Creative Writing, a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, and a Minor in Creative Writing.
• School of Design: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design, a Bachelor of Science in Visual Communication Design, a Master of Arts in Design, and a Minor in Design.
• English: Provides various Bachelor of Arts concentrations in English, undergraduate and graduate certificates, and a range of master's degrees in English.
• History: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in History, a Certificate in Historical Research, a Master of Arts in History, and a Minor in History.
• Humanities and Comparative World Literature: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies, a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative and World Literature, a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities, and related minors and master's degrees.
• International Relations: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, a Master of Arts in International Relations, and related minors.
• Jewish Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Jewish Studies and a Minor in Jewish Studies.
• Journalism: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with various concentrations, a Minor in Journalism, and related certificates.
• Liberal and Creative Arts Certificate: Provides a certificate in liberal and creative arts.
• Liberal Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies, a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies Integrated Teacher Preparation, and related minors.
• Modern Languages and Literatures: Includes programs in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Russian, Spanish, and related minors and master's degrees.
• Music: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Music, a Bachelor of Music, a Master of Arts in Music, a Master of Music, and a Minor in Music.
• Philosophy: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Religion, a Master of Arts in Philosophy, and related minors.
• Political Science: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, a Certificate in Pre-Law, a Master of Arts in Political Science, and related minors.
• Religious Studies: Provides programs related to religious studies.
• School of Theatre & Dance: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Dance, a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts, a Master of Arts in Theatre Arts, and related minors.
• Women and Gender Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Women and Gender Studies, a Master of Arts in Women and Gender Studies, and related minors.

College of Professional & Global Education

• American Language Institute: Provides English language instruction.
• Business Administration: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in General Business.
• Business Administration Certificate: Provides a certificate in business administration.
• Business Analytics Certificate: Offers a certificate in business analytics.
• Clinical Laboratory Science: Includes programs in clinical laboratory science.
• Criminal Justice Studies: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Studies.
• Data Science and Machine Learning for Biotechnology Professionals Certificate: Offers a certificate in data science and machine learning.
• Dietetics Certificate: Includes a certificate in dietetics.
• Ethnic Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies.
• Ethnic Studies Empowerment Certificate: Provides an empowerment certificate in ethnic studies.
• Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate: Includes a family nurse practitioner certificate.
• Hospitality & Tourism Management Certificate: Offers a certificate in hospitality and tourism management.
• International Business: Provides programs related to international business.
• Liberal and Creative Arts Certificate: Includes a certificate in liberal and creative arts.
• Master of Business Administration: Offers an MBA program.
• Nursing (Accelerated-Prelicensure): Provides a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• Paralegal Studies: Includes paralegal studies programs.
• PK-12 Climate Justice Education Graduate Certificate: Offers a graduate certificate in PK-12 climate justice education.
• Pre-Health Professions: Provides programs for pre-health professions.
• Pre-Nursing: Includes pre-nursing programs.
• Psychology: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.
• School Nurse Services Credential: Provides a school nurse services credential.
• University Pathway Program: Includes a university pathway program.

College of Science and Engineering

• Biology: Offers various Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in biology, master's degrees, and a minor in general biology.
• Chemistry and Biochemistry: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, master's degrees, and a minor in chemistry.
• Computer Science: Provides a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, a certificate in data science and machine learning, a graduate certificate in software engineering, a Master of Science in Computer Science, and minors in computer science and computing applications.
• Cooperative Education: Offers cooperative education programs.
• Data Science for Biology and Chemistry, Graduate Certificate: Includes a graduate certificate in data science for biology and chemistry.
• Engineering: Provides various Bachelor of Science degrees in engineering, master's degrees, and minors in engineering fields.
• The School of the Environment: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Earth Sciences, a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies, a Bachelor of Arts in Geography, a Bachelor of Science in Earth Sciences, a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, and related certificates and minors.
• Interdisciplinary Marine and Estuarine Sciences: Includes programs in interdisciplinary marine and estuarine sciences.
• Mathematics: Provides various Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in mathematics, a Master of Arts in Mathematics, a Master of Science in Statistical Data Science, and a minor in mathematics.
• Physics and Astronomy: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Physics, a Bachelor of Arts in Physics with a concentration in Astronomy, a Bachelor of Science in Physics, master's degrees, and minors in astronomy and physics.
• Psychology: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, a certificate in data science for psychology, master's degrees in psychological science, and a pupil personnel services credential in school psychology.

Bachelor of Arts in English: Concentration in Linguistics Roadmap

This roadmap is a suggested plan of study for the Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in Linguistics. It requires a minimum of 120 units.

First Semester

• ENG 114: Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (A2)
• GE Area A
• GE Area B: Quantitative Reasoning (B4)
• Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two

Second Semester

• ENG 218: Literature Is Not A Luxury: Writing For Self and Community (Major Lower-Division Core, E)
• ENG 250: Topics in Literature and Culture (Major Lower-Division Core, C2)
• GE Area A
• GE Area B: Physical Science (B1) and Laboratory Science (B3)
• Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective

Third Semester

• GE Area B: Life Science (B2) and Laboratory Science (B3)
• GE Area C
• GE Area D
• Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two

Fourth Semester

• GE Area C
• GE Area D
• Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective Take Three

Fifth Semester

• ENG 420: Introduction to the Study of Language (Major Upper-Division Core, UD-C, GP)
• ENG 480GW: Writing in English: GWAR Seminar (Major Upper-Division Core)
• GE Area F
• GE Area UD-B: Upper-Division Physical and/or Life Sciences
• U.S. and California Government

Sixth Semester

• ENG 402: Introduction to Professional Writing and Rhetoric (Major Upper-Division Core)
• ENG 421: Syntax (Major Concentration)
• ENG 424: Phonology and Morphology (Major Concentration)
• ENG 583: Shakespeare: Representative Plays (Major Upper-Division Core)
• Major Electives (9 units) - Take One

Seventh Semester

• ENG 425: Language in Context (Major Concentration)
• ENG 461: Literature in English Since 1800 (Major Upper-Division Core)
• ENG 640: Global Texts and Practices (Major Upper-Division Core, GP)
• Major Electives (9 units) - Take One
• GE Area UD-D: Upper-Division Social Sciences

Eighth Semester

• ENG 422: History of the English Language (Major Capstone)
• Major Electives (9 units) - Take One
• Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective Take Three

Complementary Studies Requirement

12 units of Complementary Studies are required for English majors. These can be fulfilled through one of four pathways: Foreign Language, Second Major or Minor, Study Abroad, or Related Subjects.