This New Student Orientation resource is designed to assist in the process of students learning about and choosing classes/requirements that should be taken in their first semester at SF State.
If you are currently declared into a major or are relatively sure about changing to a major, select that major from the list below—also, take note of which academic college that major is a part of for future reference.
Africana Studies (College of Ethnic Studies)
American Indian Studies (College of Ethnic Studies)
American Studies (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Anthropology (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Apparel Design and Merchandising: Concentration in Design (College of Health & Social Sciences)
Apparel Design and Merchandising: Concentration in Merchandising (College of Health & Social Sciences)
Applied Mathematics (College of Science & Engineering)
Art: Art History (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Art: Art History and Studio Art (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Art: Studio Art (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Asian American Studies (College of Ethnic Studies)
Astronomy - See Physics: Concentration in Astronomy (College of Science & Engineering)
Astrophysics - See Physics: Concentration in Astrophysics (College of Science & Engineering)
B
Biochemistry (College of Science & Engineering)
Biology, General (College of Science & Engineering)
Biology: Botany (College of Science & Engineering)
Biology: Cell and Molecular Biology (College of Science & Engineering)
Biology: Ecology (College of Science & Engineering)
Biology: Marine Biology and Limnology (College of Science & Engineering)
Biology: Microbiology (College of Science & Engineering)
Biology: Physiology (College of Science & Engineering)
Biology: Zoology (College of Science & Engineering)
Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts — BECA (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Business Administration: Accounting (Lam Family College of Business)
Business Administration: Decision Sciences (Lam Family College of Business)
Business Administration: Finance (Lam Family College of Business)
Business Administration: General Business (Lam Family College of Business)
Business Administration: Information Systems (Lam Family College of Business)
Business Administration: International Business (Lam Family College of Business)
Business Administration: Management (Lam Family College of Business)
Business Administration: Marketing (Lam Family College of Business)
C
Chemistry B.A. (College of Science & Engineering)
Chemistry B.S. (College of Science & Engineering)
Child and Adolescent Development: Early Childhood (College of Health & Social Sciences)
Child and Adolescent Development: School Age Child and Family (College of Health & Social Sciences)
Child and Adolescent Development: Youth Work and Out of School Time (College of Health & Social Sciences)
Chinese: Chinese Language (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Chinese: Chinese Literature & Linguistics (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Chinese: Flagship Chinese Language (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Cinema (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Civil Engineering (College of Science & Engineering)
Classics (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Communication Studies (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Communicative Disorders - See Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (Graduate College of Education)
Comparative & World Literature (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Computer Engineering (College of Science & Engineering)
Computer Science (College of Science & Engineering)
Creative Writing (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Criminal Justice Studies (College of Health & Social Sciences)
D
Dance (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Design - see Apparel Design and Merchandising: Concentration in Design, Apparel Design and Merchandising: Concentration in Merchandising, or Interior Design (College of Health & Social Sciences); or Industrial Design: Product Design and Development or Visual Communication Design (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Drama - see Theatre Arts
E
Earth Sciences B.A. (College of Science & Engineering)
Earth Sciences B.S. (College of Science & Engineering)
Economics (Lam Family College of Business)
Electrical Engineering (College of Science & Engineering)
English: English Education (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
English: Linguistics (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
English: Literature (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
English: Professional Writing and Rhetoric (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Environmental Science (College of Science & Engineering)
Environmental Studies B.A. (College of Health & Social Sciences)
Environmental Studies B.S.: Natural Resource Management and Conservation (College of Health & Social Sciences)
F
Family and Consumer Sciences (College of Health & Social Sciences)
French (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
G
Geography (College of Science & Engineering)
German (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Geology — see Earth Sciences B.S. (College of Science & Engineering)
H
Health Education (College of Health & Social Sciences)
History (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Hospitality and Tourism Management (Lam Family College of Business)
Humanities (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
I
Industrial Design: Product Design and Development (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Interior Design (College of Health & Social Sciences)
International Relations (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Italian (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
J
Japanese (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Jewish Studies, Modern (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Journalism: Photojournalism (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Journalism: Print and On-line Journalism (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
K
Kinesiology: Exercise and Movement Sciences (College of Health & Social Sciences)
Kinesiology: Integrated Teacher Education Program (ITEP) (College of Health & Social Sciences)
L
Labor and Employment Studies (Lam Family College of Business)
Latina/Latino Studies (College of Ethnic Studies)
Liberal Studies (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
M
Mathematics B.A.: Advanced Study (College of Science & Engineering)
Mathematics B.A.: Liberal Arts (College of Science & Engineering)
Mathematics B.A.: Teaching (College of Science & Engineering)
Mechanical Engineering (College of Science & Engineering)
Meteorology — see Earth Sciences B.S. (College of Science & Engineering)
Modern Languages and Literatures — see individual languages (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Music B.A. (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Music B.M. (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
N
Nursing: Prelicensure (College of Health & Social Sciences)
Nursing: ADN to BSN (College of Health & Social Sciences)
Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly Dietetics): Concentration in Dietetics and Nutrition Science (College of Health & Social Sciences)
Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly Dietetics): Concentration in Foods and Community Nutrition (College of Health & Social Sciences)
O
Oceanography — see Earth Sciences B.S. (College of Science & Engineering)
P
Philosophy (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Philosophy and Religion (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Physics B.A. (College of Science & Engineering)
Physics B.A.: Astronomy (College of Science & Engineering)
Physics B.S. (College of Science & Engineering)
Physics B.S.: Astrophysics (College of Science & Engineering)
Physics B.S.: Physics for Teaching (College of Science & Engineering)
Political Science (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Professional Writing and Rhetoric (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Psychology (College of Science & Engineering)
R
Race and Resistance (College of Ethnic Studies)
Race, Ethnicity, and Health (College of Ethnic Studies)
Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration (College of Health & Social Sciences)
S
Social Work (College of Health & Social Sciences)
Sociology (College of Health & Social Sciences)
Spanish (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (Graduate College of Education)
Special Major (Division of Undergraduate Education & Academic Planning)
Statistics (College of Science & Engineering)
T
Theatre Arts (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
U
Undeclared (Undergraduate Advising Center)
Urban Studies and Planning (College of Health & Social Sciences)
V
Visual Communication Design (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)
W
Women and Gender Studies (College of Liberal & Creative Arts)