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

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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,
  Childrens Literature
• Research and Teaching Field
• Teaching support CEAT
• Foreign language(s) requirement

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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

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Dissertation and Defense

• From the Project to the Dissertation
• Teaching and dissertation research

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Student Involvement in Culture and Governance

• Graduate Student Organization
• Graduate student voting
• Representation on committees
• CEAT mentors
• Teaching opportunities across program areas

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Innovations Past and Present

• Interprogrammatic emphasis
• Integration of theory and literature, research
  and teaching
• Recent changes in structure and curriculum
• Looking forward Revitalize criticism

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The Novel Idea

• Issue-orientated public seminar series.