CSUN SEEKS ETHNIC MAJOR CENTRAL AMERICAN STUDIES PLANNED.(News)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: December 18, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: SUSAN ABRAM Staff Writer

NORTHRIDGE -- More than 30 years after the stormy launch of ethnic-studies classes at Cal State Northridge, the campus is now embracing what could become the nation's first-ever major in Central American studies.

Though awaiting approval from local and state officials, university officials want to add dozens of classes to the flourishing Central American minor program that debuted in 2000.

``We anticipate all of th...

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