SDSU's Title IX Notice of Non-Discrimination Statement of Non-Discrimination and Sexual Violence Prevention Education Statement 

SDSU does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, or sexual orientation in its education programs or activities. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and certain other federal and state laws, prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in all education programs and activities operated by SDSU (both on and off campus). Title IX protects all people, regardless of their gender or gender identity, from sex discrimination, which includes sexual harassment and violence: 

• Sexual Discrimination means an adverse act of sexual discrimination (including sexual harassment and sexual violence) that is perpetrated against an individual on a basis prohibited by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §1681 et seq., and its implementing regulations, 34 C.F.R. Part 106 (Title IX); California Education Code §66250 et seq., and/or California Government Code §11135. 

• Sexual Harassment is unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that includes, but is not limited to, sexual violence, sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, indecent exposure, and other verbal, nonverbal or physical unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature, where such conduct is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that its effect, whether or not intended, could be considered by a reasonable person in the shoes of the individual, and is, in fact, considered by the individual, as limiting the individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by the university. Sexual harassment also includes gender-based harassment, which may include acts of verbal, nonverbal, or physical aggression, intimidation, or hostility based on sex or sex stereotyping, even if those acts do not involve conduct of a sexual nature. 

• Sexual Violence means physical sexual acts (such as unwelcome sexual touching, sexual assault, sexual battery, and rape) perpetrated against an individual without consent or against an individual who is incapable of giving consent due to that individual’s use of drugs or alcohol or disability.