A&S—Cultural Studies
The Program for Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary program concerned with the dynamics of culture on a global scale. It provides an institutional forum for responding to the increasing need to comprehend the role and formation of culture beyond national boundaries and disciplinary divisions.
The program addresses debates concerning the theory of texts and their production; the relationship between culture and politics; the formation of disciplines and institutions; and the nature of cultural antagonisms and crises. It features a variety of recent methodologies of historical and textual interpretation, and offers students opportunities to work with faculty and other students from the following departments, programs, and schools: anthropology, classics, communication, East Asian languages and literatures, English, film studies, French and Italian languages and literatures, Germanic languages and literatures, Hispanic languages and literatures, history, history and philosophy of science, history of art and architecture, law, medicine, music, philosophy, political science, public and international affairs, religious studies, Slavic languages and literatures, sociology, and theatre arts.
The program offers programs leading to a master’s degree certificate or a doctoral certificate in cultural studies.
Contact Information
- Director: Nancy Condee
- Main Office: 2208 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
- 412-624-7232
- Fax: 412-624-4575
- E-mail: cultural@pitt.edu
- www.pitt.edu/~cultural
Admissions
Students who wish to apply to the certificate program must be enrolled in a graduate or professional program at the University of Pittsburgh and must be in good academic standing.
The master’s certificate in cultural studies is granted only after the completion of all degree requirements for the MA (or corresponding degree) in the student’s home department, school, or program. The doctoral certificate can be awarded only after the student has been admitted to candidacy for the PhD (or corresponding degree). A student may earn either a master’s certificate or a doctoral certificate, but not both.
One-year fellowships are awarded annually to outstanding resident students.
Following are course requirements for the master’s certificate in cultural studies:
- Common Seminar (CULST 2050)
- One core course from group A (COMMRC 2229, RELGST 2830) or B (SOC 2302, HPS 2690)
- One designated cultural studies course in the student’s home department or school
- One designated cultural studies course outside the student’s home department or a course from group C (PHIL 2650, ENGLIT 3104)
The following are course requirements for the doctoral certificate in cultural studies:
- Common Seminar (CULST 2050)
- Three core courses (one from each group): A (COMMRC 2229, RELGST 2830), B (SOC 2302, HPS 2690), or C (PHIL 2650, ENGLIT 3104)
- One designated cultural studies course in the student’s home department or school
- One designated cultural studies course outside the student’s home department
Students from departments without foreign language requirements are expected to demonstrate the ability to use primary and secondary texts in one language other than English. Courses are regularly offered in the language departments toward the achievement of this level of reading proficiency.
Publications
Cultural studies faculty edit journals of international renown, including boundary 2 and Critical Quarterly, leading publications in the study of culture.
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