The San Diego State University College of Arts & Letters is a college that provides liberal arts education at

San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1897, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CS ...

(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.

Academics

Degrees

* BA * MA * Ed.D. * Ph.D.

Degree programs

The College of Arts & Letters includes several degree programs housed in 19 academic departments: * Africana Studies * American Indian Studies * Anthropology * Asian and Pacific Studies * Chicana and Chicano Studies * Classics * Comparative International Studies * Comparative Literature * Economics * English * European Studies * French * Geography * 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 * Urban Studies *

Women's Studies Women's studies is an academic field that draws on Feminism, feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining Social constructionism, social and cultural constructs of gender; ...

- The first Women's Studies Program in the United States.SDSU Women's Studies Department

Special programs

*Institute for International Security and Conflict Resolution (ISCOR)

Institutes and research centers

* Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies * Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER) *

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(CICS) * National Center for the Study of Children’s Literature * Center for War and Society * Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias (ISRC) * International Institute for Ethics * Japan Research Institute (Japan Studies Institute) * Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies * Chinese Studies Institute

Special facilities

Social Science Research Laboratory The Social Science Research Laboratory (SSRL) is a component of the College of Arts & Letters at San Diego State University (SDSU) in San Diego, California. Functions The SSRL provide comprehensive survey research and program evaluation services ...

(SSRL) *The Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation Center for Earth Systems Analysis Research (CESAR)

Publications

San Diego State University Press San Diego State University Press (or SDSU Press) is a university press that is part of San Diego State University (SDSU), with noted specializations in border studies, critical theory, Latin American studies, cultural studies, and comics. It is th ...

– the oldest university press in the

California State University The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a Public university, public university system in California, and the List of largest universities and university networks by enrollment, largest public university system in the United States ...

system, with noted specializations in Border Studies, Critical Theory, Latin American Studies, and Cultural Studies. *''Pacific Review'' – magazine published by undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at

. : Academic journal * SDSU Occasional Archaeological Paper series * ''Poetry International'' – literary magazine published annually by

that was established in 1997. The journal has since its 4th issue included a section focusing on poetry in translation from one nation.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:San Diego State University College of Arts and Letters A Liberal arts colleges at universities in the United States