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Department of English University of Pittsburgh.
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Department of English University of Pittsburgh CID Team Members: Eric Clarke, David Bartholomae, Don Bialostoski, Paul Bové, Steven Carr, Lucy Fischer, Kathryn Flannery, Kate Johnson, Ronald Judy, Valerie Krips, Marcia Landy, Adam Lowenstein, Richard Purcell, Jim Seitz, John Twyning, Stefan Wheelock
Years 1-3: Introduction to Cultural and Critical Studies • Faculty advising • 2 core courses: History of Criticism, Seminar in Pedagogy • 11 electives • Program certificates: Film Studies, Composition, Children’s Literature • Research and Teaching Field • Teaching support: CEAT • Foreign language(s) requirement
Years 3-4: The PhD Project • Student-designed version of the comprehensive examination • Project Proposal: approved by Project committee, reviewed by Graduate Procedures Committee • Project Paper • Project exams
Dissertation and Defense • From the Project to the Dissertation • Teaching and dissertation research
Student Involvement in Culture and Governance • Graduate Student Organization • Graduate student voting • Representation on committees • CEAT mentors • Teaching opportunities across program areas
Innovations Past and Present • Interprogrammatic emphasis • Integration of theory and literature, research and teaching • Recent changes in structure and curriculum • Looking forward: Revitalize “criticism”
The Novel Idea • Issue-orientated public seminar series.