All undergraduate and graduate Latin American Studies students are strongly encouraged to take advantage of study or work abroad opportunities. You may select a program that will develop your language skills, enrich your area studies knowledge, provide an opportunity for researching a thesis, work in an international internship, or some combination. Regardless of your motives, study and/or work abroad will provide you with new perspectives and greatly enhance your career opportunities.

The search for an appropriate program should begin with a visit to SDSU’s Global Crossroads, which is both a physical resource located in the International Student Center, and an online resource.

Programs administered by SDSU, the California State University International Programs (CSU-IP), or the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP) Consortia are usually the easiest way to earn SDSU credits. All the current SDSU, ISEP, and CSU-IP programs in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal, are linked below, but you may also find it useful to investigate SDSU's College of Extended Studies, which has a wide variety of Travel/Study Programs and Language Immersion Programs.

The following summer programs are administrated by the Latin Amerian Studies department. Please drop by Arts and Letters 377 for information or call 619-594-1104.

Costa Rica       Oaxaca, Mexico    

If you are interested in any of the programs in Oaxaca please visit the new Oaxaca Summer Programs website

The following countries host programs sponsored by SDSU, ISEP, or CSU-IP. The number of programs in each country is in parentheses. Each of the links will take you to a description of the programs in that country.