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Cultural Studies

Director: PATRIZIA LOMBARDO, Professor of French and Italian. (Adjunct appointments in History and Communication)

Faculty teaching in the program: James Allen (Philosophy), Roberta Astroff (Communication), Sarah Beckwith (English), Yves Citton (French & Italian), Danae Clark (Communication), Fred Clothey (Religious Studies), Amy Colin (German), James Conant (Philosophy), Nancy Condee (Slavic, Film Studies), Sabine von Dirke (German), Seymour Drescher (University Professor of History), Tony Edwards (Religious Studies), Jane Feuer (English, Film Studies), Lucy Fischer (English, Film Studies), William Fusfield (Communication), Mary Louise Gill (Classics), Adolf Grünbaum (Mellon Professor of Philosophy), Sabine Hake (German, Film Studies), Ann Harris (History of Arts and Architecture), Jane Harris (Slavic), Robert Hayden (Anthropology), Tamara Horowitz (Philosophy), Hugh Kearney (Amundson Professor of History), Dennis Kennedy (Theatre Arts), Henry Krips (Communication), Marcia Landy (English), James Lennox (History & Philosophy of Science), Colin MacCabe (English, Film Studies), Peter Machamer (History and Philosophy of Science), John Markoff (Sociology), Gerald Martin (Mellon Professor of Spanish), Barbara McCloskey (History of Art and Architecture), James McGuire (History and Philosophy of Science), Trevor Melia (Communication), José Moreno (Sociology), Clark Muenzer (German), Marianne Novy (English), Hugo Nutini (University Professor of Anthropology), Vladimir Padunov (Slavic, Film Studies), Guy Peters (Maurice Falk Professor of Political Science), Louis Picard (GSPIA), John Poulakos (Communication), Thomas Rimer (East Asian), Fritz Ringer (Mellon Professor of History), Roland Robertson (Sociology), Daniel Russell (French & Italian), Merrilee Salmon (History & Philosophy of Science), Kirk Savage (History of Art and Architecture), Alberta Sbragia (Political Science), Jerome Schwartz (French and Italian), Janet Skupien (Communication), Mae Smethurst (Classics), Andrew Strathern (Mellon Professor of Anthropology), Philip Watts (French & Italian), Iris Young (GSPIA)

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. Starting from the early 1960s, centers, programs and journals have attempted to address new questions imposed by changing relations and communications among nations since World War II. In the 1980s, programs and institutions in cultural studies began to be formally established in this country. The Program for Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh was created in the mid-1980s; it incorporates faculty from most departments in the humanities and the social sciences, and from some professional schools in the University. The program attracts students at the University of Pittsburgh who wish to work beyond the confines of the existing departmental structures.

The program addresses debates concerning the theory of texts and their production; the relationship between culture, society, 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, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Hispanic Languages and Literatures, History, History and Philosophy of Science, History of Arts and Architecture, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Sociology, and Theatre Arts.

Each semester, the program offers a series of core and designated courses open to any interested graduate student. In order to fulfill its interdisciplinary commitment, the program presents:

- courses team-taught by scholars from different departments throughout the University

- a series of invited lectures by well-known scholars, followed by a seminar for students with the speaker

- one- or two-day colloquia, workshops, or seminars with both inside and outside faculty

- a Common Seminar to encourage ongoing interaction between students and faculty.

Certificate in Cultural Studies
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. Because of the flexibility of the program, it is important that the student consult associated faculty from time to time as needed.

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 PhD 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 PhD Certificate, but not both. Discussions are currently under way with departments that are interested in establishing a joint PhD with the Program.

One-year fellowships are awarded annually to outstanding students.

Requirements for MA Certificate: the candidate must complete the Common Seminar; one core course from groups (a) or (b); 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).

Requirements for PhD Certificate: the candidate must complete the Common Seminar; three core courses (one from each group); one designated course in Cultural Studies 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.

Common Seminar
This course, offered annually, is designed to give students the opportunity to interact with faculty and other students from Cultural Studies and other departments, programs, and schools. Recent Common Seminars have been EVIDENCE AND ARGUMENT IN THE HUMAN SCIENCES and MYTH, IDEOLOGY, AND SCIENCE.

Core Courses
a. Text and Theory: courses in this group provide training in the study of textual practices and literary theories. They review contemporary critical approaches, identify the rhetorical elements in a variety of textual practices (including film), examine the work of recent criticism and theory, and evaluate the reception of texts and their ideological implications. Included in this group are:

2110 PROSEMINAR IN LITERARY THEORY (GERLL)
2229 MEDIA AND GLOBAL CULTURES (COMMRC)
2589 TOPICS IN ENGLISH STUDIES (ENG)
2701 CRITICAL READING (FILL)
2782 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE BODY (ANTH)
2830 CULTURAL CRITICS (RELST)

b. Disciplines and Intellectual Movements: courses in this group focus on the relationship between the cultural, the social, and the political; the relationship between interpretation and explanation; the history of intellectual movements beyond national borders; the formation of fields of knowledge, disciplines, and genres; the historical conditions in which disciplines are institutionalized, and the intellectual modes of their assessment. Included in this group are:

2004 PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCE (HIST, HPS)
2005 METHODS, RESEARCH, AND SCHOLARSHIP (HAA)
2031 CONTEMPORARY HISTORIOGRAPHY (HIST, HPS)
2032 EUROPEAN CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY (HIST, HPS)
2100 READINGS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY (HIST)
2226 MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES (COMMRC)
2302 SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION (SOC, RELST)
2604 POLITICAL PRACTICE AND REASON IN EUROPEAN SOCIAL THOUGHT (HIST, PS)
2620 PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE (PHIL)
2690 HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY (HPS)
2695 HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF ARCHAEOLOGY (ANTH, HPS)
2748 HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY (ANTH)
2750 CONTEMPORARY ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY (ANTH)

c. Cultural Antagonisms and Cultural Crises: courses in this group explore, compare, and contrast the nature and consequences of historical moments and intellectual debates particularly rife with cultural and social upheavals. Such crucial confrontations may be geographical (north-south, east-west); they may involve issues of individuality versus collectivity (revolutions, nationalism, ethnicity); or they may explore distinct cultural oppositions (pop culture and high culture, scientific models of knowledge and humanistic models of knowledge). Included in this group are:

2041 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE IN THE HUMANITIES (ENG, HPS)
2306 SOCIOLOGY OF REVOLUTION (HIST, SOC)
2464 LATIN AMERICAN 20TH-CENTURY TOPICS (HISLL)
2600 AGE OF GOETHE (GERLL)
2650 PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS (HPS, PHIL)
2704 SOVIET LITERATURE 1917-1958 (SLL)
2865 CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AND CULTURE (GERLL)
3104 MADE IN USA: AMERICA IN FRENCH CULTURE (ENG, FILL)

Designated Courses
Each semester, the program cross-lists several designated courses offered in various departments, programs, and schools. Included in this group are:

2021 HISTORY AND SPECTACLE (ENG)
2027 ROLAND BARTHES AND CULTURAL CRITICISM (ENG)
2053 METAPHOR AND CRITICAL THEORY (ENG)
2061 STUDIES IN HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY (CLASS, PHIL)
2070 ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY (PHIL)
2101 MEDIEVAL FRENCH LITERATURE (FILL)
2115 LITERARY THEORY: GINZBURG (SLL)
2126 SHAKESPEARE (ENG)
2146 PLOTTING OF HISTORY (GERLL)
2148 HISTORY, MEMORY, NARRATIVE (GERLL)
2150 HOBBES AND ROUSSEAU (PHIL)
2152 MODERN EUROPEAN SOCIAL THOUGHT (HIST, HPS)
2170 KANT (PHIL)
2201 RHETORICAL CRITICISM (COMMRC)
2203 SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY AND RHETORIC (COMMRC)
2210 WITTGENSTEIN (PHIL)
2216 ADVANCED THEORY AND METHODOLOGY (THEA)
2217 MODERN THEORIES OF RHETORIC (COMMRC)
2224 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CULTURAL ANALYSIS (HISLL)
2230 COMPARATIVE RESEARCH (SOC)
2233 THEORIES AND MODELS OF COMMUNICATION (COMMRC)
2237 THEATER AND CULTURE IN 19TH CENTURY (THEA)
2243 SHAW (THEA)
2245 SEMINAR IN CLASSICAL RHETORIC (COMMRC)
2258 CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN THEATRE (THEA)
2304 MODERNIZATION (SOC)
2305 RELIGION AND HISTORY (RELST)
2307 GLOBAL CHANGE AND MODERN LIFE (SOC)
2310 ART AND POLITICS IN 17TH-CENTURY ROME (HAA)
2342 CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY (SOC, RELST)
2371 NORTH/SOUTH RELATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS (PIA)
2380 RATIONAL CHOICE (PHIL)
2400 SPECIAL TOPICS: MODERN ART (HAA)
2402 TOPICS: 17TH AND 18TH-CENTURY FRENCH CULTURE (FILL)
2405 ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY (SOC)
2450 CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN NARRATIVE (HISLL)
2451 LATIN AMERICAN NOVEL (HISLL)
2460 FILM AND LITERATURE (ENG)
2461 EPISTEMOLOGY (PHIL)
2480 METAPHYSICS (PHIL)
2500 SPECIAL TOPICS: AMERICAN ART (HAA)
2505 RELIGION, COMMUNICATION, AND CULTURE (RELST)
2510 FRENCH ROMANTICISM (FILL)
2515 SEMINAR: 19TH-CENTURY TOPICS (FILL)
2520 TEXT AND CONTEXT (RELST)
2522 SPECIAL TOPICS: HISTORY OF SCIENCE (HPS)
2535 NATURE AND LAWS OF NATURE RENAISSANCE (HPS)
2550 19TH-CENTURY LITERATURE (FILL)
2611 GOETHE'S DRAMAS (GERLL)
2615 20TH-CENTURY LITERATURE: TOPIC (FILL)
2663 PERCEPTION (HPS)
2675 SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION (HPS, PHIL)
2685 SCIENCE AND ITS RHETORIC (HPS)
2702 DOUBLE OUTCASTS (GERLL)
2703 SEMINAR: TOPICS, GENRES, THEMES (FILL)
2708 LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH-CENTURY LITERATURE (SLL)
2710 PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGION (RELST)
2745 RITUAL PROCESS (RELST)
2810 WEIMAR CULTURE (GERLL)
2884 WEIMAR CINEMA (GERLL)
3018 THEORIES OF RECEPTION (ENG)
3169 TOPICS IN 19TH-CENTURY CULTURE (ENG)
3306 SEMINAR IN RHETORIC AND CULTURE (COMMRC)
3317 SEMINAR IN RHETORICAL THEORY (COMMRC)
3325 SEMINAR IN MASS COMMUNICATION (COMMRC)
3333 CONTEMPORARY VIEWPOINTS IN COMMUNICATION THEORY (COMMRC)
3336 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION (COMMRC)
3461 GENRE AND FILM: MELODRAMA (ENG)

also:

PIA 2193 GENDER, RACE, AND PUBLIC POLICY

Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Executive Committee: CONERMANN (German), DAVID (English), EDWARDS (Religious Studies), GREENBERG (History), RUSSELL (French and Italian), LOONEY (Director, French and Italian), WILLIAMS (History of Art and Architecture); DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES: BEVERLEY (Hispanic), BLUMENFELD-KOSINSKI (French), FAVORINI (Theatre Arts), LEWIS (Music), LOONEY (Italian), MASSEY (Philosophy), MCGUIRE (History and Philosophy of Science), MILLER (Classics), CONERMANN (German), NOVY (English), GREENBERG (History), SWAN (Slavic)

Students of the medieval or Renaissance period of a discipline, whether literature, the fine arts, history, philosophy, music, or other fields, have a particular need for a broad base in their training. Recognizing this need, the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Committee of the University of Pittsburgh instituted in 1968-69 a program that aims at stimulating interest in medieval studies generally, at facilitating contact and exchange of information and ideas among faculty and students in various fields of study, and at encouraging future medievalists and Renaissance scholars to develop greater breadth in their preparation. An interdisciplinary program with study in departments outside that of the student's major subject can significantly enrich his or her academic work.

The Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program comprises a course of studies leading to the doctorate in one of the conventional disciplines but with a broader and more varied preparation than marks the character of the present PhD in French, history, or other disciplines. Students who wish to specialize in the Middle Ages or Renaissance are permitted to take more courses outside their own department than is otherwise allowed. They might choose two ancillary fields for a minimum of four courses outside the department of their major. All departments participating in the program will permit the substitution of some interdisciplinary courses for regular departmental course requirements. The interdisciplinary nature of the student's work will be reflected in a consequent comprehensive examination and still later in the doctoral dissertation.

Prerequisites
The student should already hold the MA degree or its equivalent in one of the academic disciplines (i.e., in the subject the student will continue to take as his or her major). The student should have, or acquire not later than the end of the first year of study, a working knowledge of Latin in addition to the modern languages required by his or her department.

Library Resources
The University of Pittsburgh's Hillman Library holds a strong collection of books dealing with medieval and Renaissance studies. The History of Art and Architecture Department in particular has one of the best collections of texts and periodicals treating medieval and Renaissance subjects that is to be found in the United States. Students also have access to the extensive microfilm collection at the Charles Patterson Van Pelt Library of the University of Pennsylvania. Participation in the Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies on the part of this university makes the holdings of the Newberry Library and the Folger Shakespeare Library available for consultation by students; there are travel grants awarded for the purpose.

Special Features
Each year the program organizes a series of lectures and symposia presented by both distinguished visitors and members of the University faculty. The executive committee of the program publishes, each term, a newsletter carrying announcements of coming events, fellowship possibilities, upcoming professional meetings of interest, courses to be offered in the following term, and scholarly activity of faculty and graduate students; also, this publication provides a forum for the exchange of information among faculty and students at Pitt and at other colleges and universities in the area.

In addition to graduate work, the program offers upper-level undergraduate courses of one or three credits that graduate students from different disciplines sometimes find useful to audit or take for credit, with a view to broadening their interdisciplinary background. Two recent one-credit courses offered were Inquisitions (History) and Marie de France (French and Italian); a recent three-credit course was Man and the Cosmos in the 16th Century (HPS, Religious Studies, French).

Certificate Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
1. Admission. A student already holding an MA will declare to the major adviser in the department where he or she plans to obtain a conventional PhD an intention to work for the additional Certificate in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. This declaration of intention must normally be made during the first year of the student's work toward the PhD.

2. Requirements for the Certificate in Medieval and Renaissance Studies:

A. Language Proficiency. Proficiency in Latin and at least two modern languages. Proficiency will ordinarily be interpreted as the ability to conduct research projects involving use of material in those languages. The language examinations will be administered by members of the committee from the appropriate language department and will usually consist of the translation of critical essays in the modern languages and, in the case of Latin, of a selection from an appropriate document in medieval or Renaissance Latin.

B. Six approved courses or seminars, ordinarily in three departments. The courses will not be selected heterogeneously but will follow a definite pattern of interrelated studies. For instance, a student majoring in French may wish to pursue an interest in the Norman dialect by taking a course in the English Department on the effect of the Norman invasion on the development of the English language and literature; the same student may also take a course from the History of Art and Architecture Department on Anglo-Norman architecture. Four of those courses will be taken in at least two departments other than the student's major.

C. Research Requirements. A research paper in medieval and Renaissance studies is required of all students working for the certificate. The paper will reflect the student's multidisciplinary interests. The director of the research project may either be the major adviser or a member of the committee who would be professionally qualified to advise the student; e.g., a paper on Anglo-Norman architecture would certainly be directed by a member of the History of Art and Architecture Department. The paper will be defended before an interdisciplinary colloquium and also may fulfill degree requirements.

3. Upon completion of requirements, the major adviser will place in the student's file a report on the special nature and interests of the student's work toward the certificate, e.g., medieval Anglo-Norman culture or in the interrelationship of theology and literature in Renaissance Germany. This report can serve as a supplement to the student's professional job placement dossier.

Financial Assistance
Students in the program are eligible for assistantships and fellowships in the department of their specialization. Application forms are available from the various departments.

Courses on Medieval and Renaissance Studies
The following departments offer courses that may be included in a Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program: Classics, English, French and Italian, German, Hispanic, History, History of Art and Architecture, History and Philosophy of Science, Music, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Slavic, and Theatre Arts. Selection of specific courses should be made with the advice and approval of an academic adviser in the department of the major.

For further information about the program, consult the Director, Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, 1328 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

Women's Studies

Steering Committee
Professors: Colker (School of Law), Frieze (Psychology and Business Administration), Harris (History of Art and Architecture), Landy (English; Film Studies), Novy (Director, Women's Studies; English), Vander Ven (Child Development, School of Social Work), Young (Graduate School of Public and International Affairs; Political Science). Associate Professors: Berrian (Chair, Africana Studies), Carr (English), Detlefsen (School of Library and Information Science), Hansen (Political Science), Horowitz (Philosophy), Korr (Director, Doctoral Program - School of Social Work), Murrell (Katz Graduate School of Business; Psychology). Assistant Professors: Brush (Sociology), Coontz (Graduate School of Public and International Affairs), Margolis (Adjunct-School of Education), Rudman (Health Information Management, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences). Research Assistant Professor: McAllister (Graduate School of Public Health; Anthropology), Montelaro (Women's Studies; English).

Affiliated Faculty
Professors: Chamallas (School of Law), Fischer (Director, Film Studies), Martin (Social Work), Morana (Hispanic Languages and Literatures), Olson (Katz Graduate School of Business). Associate Professors: Brengarth (Social Work), Derricotte (English), Duquin (Health, Physical & Recreation Education), Goldstein (Psychology), Goscilo (Chair, Slavic Languages and Literatures), Greenberg (History), Greenwald (History), Kane (Religious Studies), Kay (English), Lillie (Africana Studies), Smith (English), Sutherland (English), Whiting (Philosophy). Assistant Professors: Andrade (English), Andrews (Africana Studies), Beckwith (English), Cameron (Medicine), Clarke (English), Constable (Anthropology), Glazener (English), Krips (English), Lovell (Sociology), Peterson (Health Services Administration), Pistella (Health Services Administration), Richards (Africana Studies), Silverman (Health Sciences Administration), Stabile (Communication), Varvaro (School of Nursing). Lecturers: Lau (Religious Studies), Vanda (Adjunct-School of Education; Director of Conference Coordination). Co-director, Institute for the Black Family: Jackson-Loman.

The Women's Studies Program offers undergraduate and graduate courses in a variety of disciplines and professional areas, with a special focus on women and gender issues. The program crosslists approximately seven graduate courses and thirty undergraduate courses each semester during Fall and Spring. Women's Studies accepts courses sponsored by individual departments within the University; course offerings are subject to change from term to term.

Interested students should come to the program office to schedule an appointment with an advisor, or should contact the Director, Women's Studies Program, 2632 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; telephone (412) 624-6485.

Options within Women's Studies
The following options are available within the Women's Studies Program:

Certificate in Women's Studies: For a Master's level certificate, four courses counting toward a graduate degree either offered by or cross-listed with the Women's Studies Program. At least one of these courses must be outside the certificate candidate's major discipline, and candidates should take at least two courses in one field. No more than one course may be independent study or directed reading. Candidates must have at least a 3.0 average in the four courses. For a PhD level certificate, six courses counting toward a graduate degree either offered by or cross-listed with the Women's Studies Program. [Note: Students will be advised to select courses cross-listed with women's studies, but individuals may petition to have accepted unlisted graduate courses with a considerable women's studies component or a major project in women's studies.] No more than two courses may be independent studies or directed readings. Candidates must have at least a 3.0 average in the six courses. Certificate candidates on both the master's and PhD levels must submit a research paper to be read by two faculty designated by the Women's Studies steering committee.
Directed Study: Because Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field, opportunities for innovative research are especially challenging. Students are encouraged to do research on special topics or other projects in a directed study course.

Course Offerings
All courses are offered for three credits unless otherwise indicated. For description of courses, see the CAS/CGS and FAS Course Descriptions published each term.

I. Core Courses Offered by Women's Studies Program (WOMNST)

0030/7730 Women and Society (Montelaro)
0040/7740 Special Topics
1140/8840 Special Topics
1900/8900 Internship
1901/8901 Independent Study
2240 Special Topics
2902 Directed Study

II. Departmental Courses in Women's Studies
The section on the Women's Studies Program in the back of the Schedule of Classes published each term lists all women's studies offerings for that particular term. The following list is not complete.

Administration of Justice (ADMJ)
8240 The Female Offender in Society (Coontz)

Africana Studies (AFRCNA) formerly Black Studies (BLK ST)
0011/7011 Introduction to African American Family (Andrews)
0034/7034 Psychological Experiences of African American Women (Jackson-Loman)
0035/7035 Antebellum Black Women's History (Richards)
0042/7042 Africana Urban Woman (Berrian, Lillie)
0054/7054 Man and Woman in Literature (Berrian)
1022/8022 Sex and Racism (Lillie)

2133 Women in Higher Education (Vanda)
2352 Educational Anthropology (Vanda)
2359 Gender, Education & Third World Development (Vanda)
3089 Special Topics: Gender Issues in Education Practice & Theory (Margolis)

Anthropology (ANTH)
1731/8731 Women and Gender in the Third World (McAllister)
1738/8738 Gender Perspectives in Anthropology
1772/8772 Anthropology of Women (Constable)

Communication Rhetoric (COMMRC)
1730 Special Topics: Gender and Communication (Stabile)

English Composition (ENGCMP)
0203/7203 General Writing: Women's Studies (Andrade, Glazener)

English Literature (ENGLIT)
0360/7360 Women and Literature (Andrade, Carr, Glazener, Montelaro, Novy)
1128/8128 Women in Shakespeare (Novy)
1280/8280 Contemporary American Women Writers (Glazener, Novy, Sutherland)
1703/8703 Women and Film (Fischer)
1704/8704 Women Novelists (Andrade, Glazener, Montelaro, Novy)
2011 Issues in Cultural Studies: Queer Theory (Clarke)
2032 Gender and Discourse (Novy)
2033 Feminist Theory (Andrade, Beckwith)
2128 Renaissance Discourses of Gender (Novy)
2154 Social Theory 18th-Century Novel (Kay)
2155 Sensibility (Kay)
2211 "Scribbling Women"/Classic Authors (Carr)
2256 Dramatizing American Women (Smith)
2285 Race & Gender in 20th-Century Poetry (Derricotte/Kameen)
2391 Women Writers From Africa & Diaspora (Berrian)
2451 Film History/Film (Landy)
2565 Producing Books, Producing Subjects (Carr)
3128 Historical Discourses of Gender (Novy)

Health, Physical and Recreation Education (HPRED)
2461 Sport Sociology (Duquin)

Health Sciences Administration (HSADM)
2562 Seminar in Family Planning (Peterson)
2599 Public Health Approaches to Women's Health (Peterson/Pistella)

History (HIST)
1154/8154 European Families (Greenberg)
1660/8160 United States Women 1 (Greenwald)
1661/8161 United States Women 2 (Greenwald)
1662/8162 Topics in Women's History (Greenwald)
2005 Special Topics (Greenwald)

Law (LAW)
322 Women and the Law (Chamallas)
5458 Feminist Jurisprudence (Colker)

Philosophy (PHIL)
1340/8340 Feminist Philosophy (Horowitz, Whiting)
2340 Philosophical Perspectives on Feminism (Horowitz)

Political Science (PS)
1204/8204 Women in Politics (Hansen)
2360 Comparative Politics: Women & Public Policy (Hansen)

Psychology (PSY)
0184/7184 Psychology of Gender (Frieze, Goldstein)
1110/8110 Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality (Frieze)
1130/8130 Special Topics in the Psychology of Gender (Frieze)
3130 Special Topics in the Psychology of Gender (Frieze)

Public & International Affairs (PIA)
2193 Gender, Race, and Public Policy (Young)

Religious Studies (RELGST)
1620/8620 Women in Religion (Kane, Lau)

Russian (RUSS)
1200/8200 Russian Women's Writing (Goscilo)
2471 Russian Women's Writing (Goscilo)

Social Work (SWBEH)
2058 Women as Professionals and Clients (Brengarth)

Social Work (SWINT)
2035 Family Violence (Martin)
2063 Child Abuse & Neglect: Sexual (Martin)

Sociology (SOC)
0446/7446 Sociology of Gender
1105/8105 Feminist Social Theory (Brush)
1365/8365 Race, Gender, and Development (Lovell)
1448/8448 Working Women (Brush)
2430 Comparative Social Policies (Brush)
3193 Topics in Feminist Social Theory (Brush)

Spanish (SPAN)
1405/8405 Seminar: Latin American Literature & Culture (Morana)

Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh

Graduate Training Faculty Members

Professors: de GROAT (Pharmacology), FERNSTROM, J. (Psychiatry, Pharmacology), FRANK (Neuro-biology), MOORE (Director, CNUP; Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Neurology), ONTELL (Cell Biology and Physiology), PEREL (Psychiatry, Pharmacology), PLANT (Cell Biology and Physiology), ROBINSON (Medicine), RUSSELL (Biological Sciences), SCHNEIDER (Psychology), SCLABASSI (Neurological Surgery, Electrical Engineering, Behavioral Neuroscience), SIMONS (Neurobiology), STRICKER (Neuroscience), VERBALIS (Medicine, Neuroscience), ZIGMOND (Neuroscience, Psychiatry), ZUBENKO (Psychiatry); Associate Professors: BARRIONUEVO (Neuroscience, Psychiatry), FERNSTROM, M. (Psychiatry, Epidemiology), FURMAN (Otolaryngology, Neurology, Electrical Engineering), GRACE (Neuroscience, Psychiatry), HOFFMAN, G. (Neurobiology), HORN (Neurobiology), HUMPHREY (Neurobiology), KAPLAN (Psychiatry), KREITHEN (Biological Sciences), LAGENAUR (Neurobiology), LANCE-JONES (Neurobiology), LAND (Neurobiology), LEWIS (Psychiatry, Neuroscience), POLLOCK (Psychiatry, Pharmacology), REDGATE (Cell Biology and Physiology), SALAMA (Cell Biology and Physiology), SCHOR, N. (Pediatrics, Neurology, Pharmacology), SCHOR, R. (Otolaryngology, Neurobiology), SVED (Neuroscience, Psychiatry), VOLLMER (Pharmacology/Physiology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Neuroscience), WOOD (Neuroscience), YIP (Neurobiology); Assistant Professors: ABRAMSON (Pharmacology), AIZENMAN (Neurobiology), CAMERON, J. (Psychiatry, Cell Biology and Physiology, Neuroscience), CARTHEN (Biological Sciences), HALFTER (Neurobiology), HOFFMAN, E. (Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Human Genetics, Pediatrics), JOHNSON (Neuroscience, Psychiatry), LEVITAN (Pharmacology, Neuroscience), REYNOLDS (Pharmacology), SCUDDER (Otolaryngology, Neurobiology), SHERMAN (Neuroscience, Psychiatry); Research Associate Professor: CAMERON, W. (Neuroscience, Psychiatry)

Center for Neuroscience
The Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh (CNUP) was established in 1984:

(1) to encourage and coordinate research and academic programs in the neurosciences, (2) to develop training programs in the neurosciences at the undergraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels, (3) to establish workshops and seminar series that focus on important contemporary areas in the field, and (4) to foster collaborative research between basic and clinical neuroscientists. Members of the center represent a broad range of areas from molecular neurobiology to clinical psychiatry and neurology. The faculty represent more than 15 departments within four schools of the University - the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the School of Medicine, the School of Pharmacy, and the School of Public Health. This blend of individuals and skills allows unusual opportunities for research among faculty, staff, students, and visiting fellows. The CNUP is particularly interested in fostering interaction among individuals from different departments and disciplines since it believes that the solution of many of the problems in neuroscience requires such collaborative efforts. CNUP currently grants its neuroscience degree through the medical school. The Department of Neuroscience (see Departmental Degree Programs and Course Offerings) grants the neuroscience degree through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Further information can be obtained by contacting: Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, W1656 Biomedical Science Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15261. (412) 648-8322.

Program
The training program in basic neuroscience is a university-wide, interdisciplinary program coordinated by the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh. The principal objective of the program is to provide students with the conceptual background and skills to become successful researchers in neuroscience. In addition, the program provides training in other tasks in which an active investigator must engage, including oral and written expression, preparation of grant proposals, and teaching. Finally, the program seeks to provide students with a firm background in biological sciences and a broad exposure to current issues in the field of neuroscience, from the molecular to the clinical levels.

All trainees become involved in research upon arrival and spend a majority of their time throughout their program in one or more of the laboratories of the program faculty. In addition, students participate in a variety of activities designed to supplement their laboratory training, including course work in the biological sciences and in neuroscience, advanced seminars in basic and clinical neuroscience, and specific tutorials in areas selected by the students.

Those interested in more detailed information on the training program should request the publication Guide to the PhD Program in Neuroscience.

Admissions Requirements
Students should contact the CNUP administrator for current information regarding admission to the doctoral program. In general, applicants should have received or should anticipate receiving a baccalaureate degree in one of the biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, physics, psychology, or mathematics, and should have some background in biological sciences. Applicants will be evaluated by the admissions committee of CNUP on the basis of their previous academic performance, background including research experience, scores on the Graduate Record Examination, and a personal interview.

Doctoral Requirements
The specific plan of study is determined by the student together with faculty advisers from the neuroscience program. During their first year, students typically take Neuroscience I, Neuroscience II, and Neuroscience III. During their second year, a course entitled Biological Bases of Neuropsychiatric Disorders is taken. Additional courses in biostatistics, biochemistry, molecular biology, computer science, and cognitive psychology may also be taken as determined by the student's interest, background, and program requirements. By the end of their second year, students complete and defend an early research project. A written and oral comprehensive examination in an area selected by the student is taken by the end of the third year. The final requirement is the execution of a major research project and the oral defense of the resulting dissertation before an interdepartmental committee.

Research Programs
Members of the CNUP Graduate Training Faculty carry on research programs covering a wide range of issues. Areas of particular strength include developmental and molecular neurobiology, synaptic physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology and plasticity, learning, sensory physiology, autonomic function, neuroendocrinology, homeostasis, cognitive neuroscience, and the neurobiology of neurological and psychiatric disorders. The research of program members is well supported by various agencies including NSF, NIMH, NINDS, NEI, and AFOSR. Those interested in more detailed information on these and other research programs, including a list of recent articles, should request the Directory of Neuroscientists.

Facilities
The activities of the program are located in a number of buildings on the Pittsburgh campus: Clapp, Crawford, Langley, Salk and Scaife Halls, the Eye and Ear Institute, the Learning Research and Development Center, Rangos Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, and the Biomedical Science Tower. These buildings contain the laboratories of the CNUP Graduate Training Faculty members, common research facilities, shops, classrooms, and libraries devoted to biomedical science. Other major facilities available include: facilities for ultrastructural analysis including transmission and scanning electron microscopes and image analysis systems; biochemical facilities including mass spectrometers, a gas phase protein sequencing facility, facilities for tissue and virus culture and for the production of hybridoma cell lines, and facilities for DNA sequencing and synthesis; computing facilities including a variety of mini- and microcomputers to supplement the University's VAX cluster mainframe computer and the facilities of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center.

Support
All graduate students receive support as teaching assistants, research assistants, or fellows. Students are encouraged to apply for University funds, such as the Mellon predoctoral fellowships, and for the several national fellowships that are available. Students may also be eligible for support from one of the training grants administered in conjunction with the CNUP. Further information can be provided by the CNUP administrator.

Program Courses
Students take courses offered by the CNUP and a variety of departments within the several schools participating in the training program. Among the areas covered by these courses are: behavioral neuroscience, cellular neurobiology, clinical neuroscience, developmental neurobiology, general neuroscience, homeostasis, learning and memory, molecular neurobiology, neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neuroendocrinology, neuropharmacology, neurophysiology, psychoimmunology, psychopharmacology, and sensory physiology.

Relevant courses are also available in more general areas of biological and behavioral science. For more specific details, students should consult the course listings for specific departments.

Scientific Computing

STEERING COMMITTEE: LAYTON, (Mathematics and Statistics), CARLITZ (Physics and Astronomy), FUREY (Crystallography), JORDAN (Chemistry), NOVACKY (Computer Science), RAYMUND (Director, Mathematics and Statistics), ROSENBERG (Biological Sciences), ROSKIES (Physics and Astronomy), BALAZS (Engineering), SOFFA (Computer Science, Dean of Graduate Studies)

Certificate Program
The use of computers in solving problems arising in applied and basic research in the natural sciences has increased dramatically in the past 30 years. As the power and sophistication of computers have increased, so has the need for persons trained in a scientific discipline, but with a thorough grounding in applied mathematics and a state-of-the art knowledge of computers. The advent of supercomputers has made this need even more acute. Large-scale scientific users have to be aware of developments in computer architecture to make efficient use of the pipelined and parallel processing power of today's supercomputers. The new interdisciplinary certificate program in scientific computing is designed to train researchers to meet these needs.

The present computing facilities at the University include:

the University's VAX computers

several other superminis

excellent peripherals including workstations, graphic devices, zero graphic printing, etc.

Students will have access to these facilities and those enrolled in SCICMP 2100 and MATH 2070 A and B will also be given access to a CRAY YMP supercomputer for course-related assignments.

Admission Requirements
Admission to the certificate program is normally restricted to graduate students enrolled in mathematics and statistics, computer science, or one of the natural science or engineering departments. A student wishing to pursue the program should request a Certificate Application Form from the Director, Dr. Mahlon Raymund, c/o Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 301 Thackeray Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. A person who has already obtained a master's degree in one of these disciplines and is not pursuing a degree at the University of Pittsburgh may be admitted into the certificate program. Such a person must, in addition to the Certificate Application Form, complete the FAS Application for Admission in order to be admitted to the University as a Special Student. The applicant must show evidence of an adequate background in mathematics, science, and computer science. Specific prerequisites include the following:

1. Mathematics. An applicant must know calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations as they are customarily presented to science and engineering students. An applicant who is admitted to graduate study in mathematics is considered to have an adequate background.

2. Science or Engineering. An applicant should have the prerequisite material to complete successfully upper-division undergraduate (1000-level) courses in some area of science or engineering. An applicant who is admitted to graduate study in an area of science or engineering is considered to have an adequate background.

3. Computer Science. An applicant should have sufficient knowledge and experience to program larger independent scientific projects. An applicant who is admitted to graduate study in computer science is considered to have an adequate background.

The director of the program will notify students concerning admission into the program.

Certificate Requirements
1. Six courses, including: the two-term numerical methods sequence MATH 2070, Numerical Methods in Scientific Computing I, II; the two-term sequence CS 2040, Computer Science Concepts for Scientific Computing and SCICMP 2100 Topics in Scientific Computing; two approved upper-level courses in a science or engineering department, which can not be mathematical methods courses.

2. A substantive research project/paper in the area of computational modeling of a scientific application that contains both actual computing and a corresponding analysis of the methods and results. The project/paper is supervised by a faculty member participating in the program; the topic must be approved in advance by the steering committee of the program.

3. An oral examination on the project/paper and related course work. The examination will be administered by two faculty members from different departments, one of whom is the supervisor of the project. The faculty members are appointed by the director of the program after consultation with the student.

4. The certificate is awarded only after completion of the master's degree or its equivalent in a participating department. It can be earned by students who have obtained a master's degree at another institution if approved by the director. Students must complete the Application for Graduation available in the Office of Graduate Studies early in the term they expect to finish.

Course Listings
Students are welcome to register for any of the following four courses whether or not they have enrolled in the certificate program.

CS 2040 COMPUTER SCIENCE CONCEPTS FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING (Fall Term)

An overview of the fundamental ideas of computer science. Further develops the student's ability to write well-structured modular and documented programs. Prerequisite: ability to write substantial FORTRAN programs.

MATH 2070 NUMERICAL METHODS IN SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING I (Fall Term)

Introduces students to basic numerical methods by connecting these methods with production codes and with realistic problems using these codes. Prerequisites: a knowledge of calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations, and the ability to write substantial FORTRAN programs. (CRAY accounts will be available to students.)

SCICMP 2100 TOPICS IN SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING (Spring Term)
The first half is an introduction to programming for pipelined and vector machines. The second half covers more specialized topics which have recently included such items as data parallel architectures, symbolic calculation, graphics, and Monte Carlo simulation. Students will have access to the CRAY-YMP. Prerequisite: consent of the instructor.

MATH 2070 NUMERICAL METHODS IN SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING II (Spring Term)
A continuation of MATH 2070 I. Prerequisite: MATH 2070 I or equivalent.








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