<p>dc2014. I think you may have gotten the wrong impression from the other thread. Within the International Studies major, you can concentrate in any region of the world, with the majority focusing on Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Africa. AU actually has the most Latin American specialists outside of Latin America and strongly encourages students to study abroad outside of Europe, which is why it has a high percentage of Boren Scholarship recipients (a program for students studying critical languages like Chinese and Arabic).</p>
<p>I think AU is one of the more flexible schools in the District with a strong role for student input in every level of the university, including at the Board of Trustees level. As a result of student opinion, the school last year started an African American Studies program and will be launching a new Center on Latin American and Latino studies in the fall.</p>