Professors: Arturo Arias (Humanities), Joann Aviel (International Relations), Judith Bettleheim (Art), Karen Bruhns (Anthropology), Emilio Cabeza-Olias (Spanish), Gustavo Adolfo Calderon (Spanish), Carlos Cordova (La Raza), Jose Cuellar (La Raza), Sharon Girard (Music), Gary Pahl (Anthropology), Julian Randolph (Spanish)

Associate Professors: Carlos Baron (Theatre Arts), Phillipe Bourgois (Anthropology), Teresa Carrillo (La Raza), Abdiel Oñate (History), Roberto Rivera (La Raza)

Assistant Professors: Julyana Peard (History), Quesada (Anthropology)

The Minor in Latin American Area Studies is a multidisciplinary program for the student seeking greater knowledge of Latin American society. The program is designed to provide the student with an understanding of a variety of aspects of Latin America, including the history, language and literature, social, economic, cultural, and political development and international relations. The minor provides great flexibility to explore a wide range of subjects of particular interest-from the ancient Maya to doing business in Latin America-as well as to specialize in particular regions, such as Central America or Mexico.

The minor will be useful to students planning careers in education, the foreign service, international organizations, overseas corporations and banking, as well as for those who simply desire a better understanding of Latin America. The multidisciplinary nature of the program also prepares the student for further study in any number of academic fields at the graduate level.

The Latin American Area Studies Minor consists of a core curriculum of three courses which deal with the region as a whole from a variety of disciplinary perspectives plus fifteen or sixteen units of upper division courses suggested upon advisement. Please consult the SFSU Bulletin for further information.

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