Declaring a new major or minor is very simple! Schedule an advising appointment via SDSU Navigate and the undergraduate advisor will guide you through the process. 

Ideally, students would take the 100-level courses first, then the 300-level courses, and finally the 500-level courses. In reality, most students take them in a different order. For example, many students take several 300-level courses before deciding to major or minor in LGBTQ+ Studies. Then they have to go back and take the 100-level courses. We do encourage you to wait until your Junior or Senior year before taking 500-level courses. 

Yes! Courses that are cross-listed in the major requirements can be used to satisfy requirements in the GE Foundations and Exploration areas. The only exception where a student cannot double count is with a course cross-listed between a major and minor.

Probably. Transfer credit depends upon comparability of courses, existing "articulation" agreements between institutions, and quarter versus semester hours. Normally you must wait until the transcript evaluators have determined transferability of your coursework from other institutions (usually during your first semester). However, you can easily log on to www.assist.org (the web-based clearinghouse for articulation among California institutions of higher education), to determine if agreements exist for the courses and schools in question. If the Registrar rejects a course you believe should have been transferable, bring supporting documents to the undergraduate adviser to determine if that decision can be challenged by a Request for Adjustment of Academic Requirements (RAAR).

Many schools offer equivalents to SDSU's major preparation (lower division) courses. Note that SDSU need not offer an equivalent course in order to accept transfer credit, particularly at the upper division level. If you have taken courses about LGBTQ+ Studies elsewhere for which no SDSU equivalents exist, the undergraduate advisor can probably help you apply those units toward the major or minor. Under no circumstances will the university allow more than 12 units of upper division coursework to be transferred for the major, or 6 units to the minor (that is, half of your upper division major or minor units must be completed at SDSU).

Possibly. See the undergraduate advisor for approval and for the RAAR (Request for Adjustment of Academic Requirement). She will help you complete it and sign it, and you will turn it in to the Academic Advising Center.

Definitely. LGBT 598 is an internship course designed to place students with organizations. The internship coordinator has a list of agencies in a variety of fields (politics, history, health, cultural arts, community services, etc.) that have requested interns. You may also contact agencies that are not listed and set up an internship that is relevant to LGBTQ+ Studies yourself.

For more information about LGBT 598 requirements and participating agencies, contact the director of the internship program, Dr. Marie Draz, at [email protected].

Most study abroad programs require that you meet first with a major or minor adviser for approval of planned coursework. However, final approval of units is done upon your return. Normally you must wait until the international transcript evaluators have determined transferability of your overseas coursework, though we can facilitate this process by meeting to go over your materials. If the Registrar rejects a course you believe should have been transferable, bring supporting documents to the department adviser to determine if that decision can be challenged by a Request for Adjustment of Academic Requirements (RAAR).

Note that SDSU need not offer an exact equivalent course in order to accept credits from abroad, particularly at the upper division level. When you take courses overseas for which no SDSU equivalents exist, please meet with the undergraduate advisor to see how best to apply those units toward the major or minor.

Yes! The LGBTQ+ Studies program keeps a Canvas homeroom page through which we post updates, events, and opportunities on campus and in the community. To sign up, please fill out this form.