The San Diego State University College of Arts & Letters provides liberal arts education at

SDSU San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system ...

. 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 A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

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 feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppress ...

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

Publications

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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, with noted specializations in Border Studies, Critical Theory, Latin American Studies, Cultural Studies, and comics. It is the ol ...

'' – the oldest university press in the

California State University The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California. With 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 485,550 students with 55,909 faculty and staff, CSU is the largest four-year public univers ...

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

San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system ...

. : 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