San Diego State University College of Arts & Letters

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San Diego State University College of Arts & Letters
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The newly constructed Arts & Letters building opened on August 28, 2006
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San Diego State University
Location, ,
U.S.

32°46′40″N117°04′25″W / 32.7778°N 117.0735°W / 32.7778; -117.0735
Website cal.sdsu.edu

The San Diego State University College of Arts & Letters provides liberal arts education at SDSU. Its programs in the humanities and social sciences are offered through nineteen academic departments and a number of interdisciplinary programs, each of which is designed to help students understand their role in society and to develop aesthetic sensibilities. With 300 permanent faculty and many associated lecturers, this is the largest of the seven colleges, and is responsible for over one-third of the instruction at SDSU. Because the college occupies an important role in general education, virtually all SDSU students take courses offered here.

Contents

Academics

Degrees

Degree programs

The College of Arts & Letters includes several degree programs housed in 19 academic departments:

  • Africana Studies
  • American Indian Studies
  • Anthropology [1]
  • Asian and Pacific Studies
  • Chicana and Chicano Studies
  • Classics
  • Comparative International Studies
  • Comparative Literature
  • Economics
  • English
  • European Studies
  • French
  • Geography [2]
  • German
  • History
  • Humanities
  • International Business
  • International Security and Conflict Resolution
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Modern Jewish Studies
  • Latin American Studies
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Transsexual,Queer+ Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Linguistics
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Study of Religion
  • Rhetoric & Writing Studies
  • Russian
  • Social Science
  • Sociology
  • Spanish & Portuguese
  • Sustainability [3]
  • Urban Studies
  • Women's Studies - The first Women's Studies Program in the United States. [4]

Special programs

Institutes and research centers

Special facilities

Publications

Academic journal
  • SDSU Occasional Archaeological Paper series [6]
  • Poetry Internationalliterary magazine published annually by San Diego State University Press that was established in 1997. The journal has since its 4th issue included a section focusing on poetry in translation from one nation.

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