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THEA 1500 - MODERN ACTING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course builds students’ acting skills and styles. It provides the means through which students may develop or expand their acting abilities through practical work with a variety of scripts, focusing primarily on 20th-century English plays. This course has been designed based upon the technical foundations established by Stanislavky, and requires students to develop acting skills through exercises and methods taken from a mixture of America, European, as well as Russian acting traditions. Such techniques are fundamental to most lessons given at British universities and acting schools and are often used throughout rehearsals in the context of professional productions.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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THEA 1501 - SHAKESPEARE ACTING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this course students develop a fluency in Shakespeare’s rhetorical style through practical study, performing extracts from Shakespeare plays as well as speaking a Sonnet. The course will enable students to place Shakespeare firmly in the context of his own time, as well as in ours. The course gives an introduction to the rules of rhetorical theatre, with particular reference to the role of the iambic pentameter in Shakespeare’s plays. Students are shown how to ‘work’ a line to the point of delivery, through attention to meaning, scansion, stress and breathing.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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THEA 1900 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
The terms of the student’s independent study will be agreed upon by the instructor and the student.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: Capstone Course
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THEA 1901 - INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
The location and terms of the student’s internship will be agreed upon by the instructor and student.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: Capstone Course
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THEA 1903 - SEMINAR IN THEATRE ARTS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course covers a specialized topic in Theatre Arts. Topics vary every semester. Current course descriptions can be found in the notes section.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
*Applies to all WRIT Courses*
Course Attributes: Capstone Course, Writing Requirement Course
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TURKSH 0101 - TURKISH 1
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
The greatest part of the first term will be devoted to the presentation and practice of the basic sound patterns of the language, its fundamental sentence patterns, and sufficient vocabulary to illustrate and practice them. An introduction to the writing system will be offered together with the opportunity to acquire elementary writing and reading skills.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, European Union Studies, European and Eurasian Studies, Global Studies, Russian & East European Studies
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TURKSH 0102 - TURKISH 2
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
At the end of the second term of the first year of study the student should be able to produce all the significant sound patterns of the language, to recognize and use the major grammatical structures within a limited core vocabulary. The student should be able a) to engage in simple conversations with native speakers about a limited number of everyday situations and b) to read and write simple material related to the situations presented.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: LING 0561 or TURKSH 0101; MIN GRADE: ‘C’ FOR LISTED COURSES
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, DSAS Second Language General Ed. Requirement, European Union Studies, European and Eurasian Studies, Global Studies, Russian & East European Studies
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TURKSH 0103 - TURKISH 3
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The first term of the second year will concentrate on the further development of fluency in oral production and the improvement in the student’s ability to understand the flow of speech as uttered by a native speaker. Increased attention will be paid to reading as a means of augmenting a recognition vocabulary and writing as a drill and as a means of consolidating and communicating the knowledge gained.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: LING 0562 or TURKSH 0102; MIN GRADE: ‘C’ FOR LISTED COURSES
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, DSAS Second Language General Ed. Requirement, European Union Studies, European and Eurasian Studies, Global Studies, Russian & East European Studies
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TURKSH 0104 - TURKISH 4
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
At the end of the second term of the second year the student should be able to converse comfortably with a native speaker on a variety of non-specialized subjects. The student will be offered an opportunity to experience and more fully understand the culture of the people who use the language through readings of various types. More complex writing tasks will be expected at this level.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: LING 0563 or TURKSH 0103; MIN GRADE: ‘C’ FOR LISTED COURSES
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, DSAS Second Language General Ed. Requirement, European Union Studies, European and Eurasian Studies, Global Studies, Russian & East European Studies
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TURKSH 0105 - TURKISH 5
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students in this course will: refine and consolidate their language skills in everyday communicative situations covered in Turkish 1 through 4; expand and build on their language skills in more complex communicative situations that require creative and resourceful use of the Turkish Language; learn to express themselves creatively in both spoken and written Turkish at higher levels of articulation with context specific vocabulary, cultural formulas and grammar forms; and, advance their skills in reading and comprehending various types of texts with advance level grammar forms. Focus will be on communicative competence grounded in solid knowledge of grammar, writing, listening and reading comprehension skills.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: LING 0564 or TURKSH 0104; MIN GRADE ‘C’ FOR ALL LISTED COURSES
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, European Union Studies, European and Eurasian Studies, Global Studies, Russian & East European Studies
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TURKSH 0106 - TURKISH 6
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students in this course will: refine and consolidate their language skills in everyday communicative situations covered in Turkish 1 through 5; expand and build on their intermediate level language skills in more complex communicative situations that require creative and resourceful use of language skills; learn to express themselves creatively in both spoken and written Turkish at higher levels of articulation with context specific vocabulary, cultural formulas and grammar forms; and advance their skills in reading and comprehending various types of texts with advance level grammar forms. Focus will be on communicative competence grounded in solid knowledge of grammar, writing, listening and reading comprehension skills.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: TURKSH 0105; MIN GRADE ‘C’
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, European Union Studies, European and Eurasian Studies, Global Studies, Russian & East European Studies
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TURKSH 0107 - TURKISH 7
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students in this course will: refine and consolidate their language skills in everyday communicative situations covered in Turkish 1 through 6; expand and build on their language skills in more complex communicative situations that require creative and resourceful use of the Turkish Language; learn to express themselves creatively in both spoken and written Turkish at higher levels of articulation with context specific vocabulary, cultural formulas and grammar forms; and advance their skills in reading and comprehending various types of texts with advance level grammar forms. Focus will be on communicative competence grounded in solid knowledge of grammar, writing, listening and reading comprehension skills.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: TURKSH 0106; MIN GRADE ‘C’ FOR ALL LISTED COURSES
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, European Union Studies, European and Eurasian Studies, Global Studies, Russian & East European Studies
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TURKSH 0108 - TURKISH 8
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students in this course will: refine and consolidate their language skills in everyday communicative situations covered in Turkish 1 through 7; expand and build on their language skills in more complex communicative situations that require creative and resourceful use of the Turkish Language; learn to express themselves creatively in both spoken and written Turkish at higher levels of articulation with context specific vocabulary, cultural formulas and grammar forms; and, advance their skills in reading, comprehending, interpreting, translating and transcribing various types of texts with advance and superior level grammar forms. Focus will be on communicative competence grounded in solid knowledge of grammar, writing, listening and reading comprehension skills.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: TURKSH 0107; MIN GRADE ‘C’
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, European Union Studies, European and Eurasian Studies, Global Studies, Russian & East European Studies
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TURKSH 1615 - TURKISH CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Cross-Cult. Awareness General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, European and Eurasian Studies, Russian & East European Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req.
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TURKSH 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 9
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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TURKSH 1905 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT IN TURKISH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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TURKSH 1909 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN TURKISH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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URBNST 0019 - COVID-19 AND THE CITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The global pandemic COVID-19 has disrupted the way we live, and this is especially true for those of us living in metropolitan areas. This introductory course addresses the current pandemic by exploring the interconnections between urbanization, globalization, and public health. Using lectures, discussions, and guest speakers we will explore what this public health crisis reveals about the way cities are constructed. By looking back at previous global pandemics including the Great Plague, Spanish Flu, and SARs we can evaluate the potential of COVID-19 to change urban life at scales from the global to the local. This course is designed for any Pitt student interested in the interdisciplinary dimensions of the crisis.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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URBNST 0080 - INTRODUCTION TO URBAN STUDIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course serves as the required introduction into the Urban Studies major or as a general course in the social sciences for the non-major. The course explores the problems and potentials of cities by combining the various disciplinary perspectives—economics, Africana studies, history, political science, sociology, and anthropology. As the course is providing the students with the necessary concepts and information to understand cities, the students will be developing their own skills through field trips, debates, group presentations and journal writing.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Restricted ARTSC UGRD Students
Course Attributes: DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Diversity General Ed. Requirements, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req., Urban Studies
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URBNST 0400 - CRIME, PUNISHMENT, JUSTICE, REINTEGRATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will focus on the concept of punishment as a response to a criminal act. While in religiously-grounded societies punishment is seen as a retribution for an evil act, tendencies in modernity (and post-modernity) privilege the use of punishment as a tool for social reintegration. With the rise of human rights-based doctrines, the characterization of punishment as retribution has proven to be more and more difficult to justify. Even if sayings such as “paying my debt to society” are still in use, it is becoming more and more evident - especially in a time of mass incarceration - how incarceration as punishment cannot be the only solution. This course exposes students to ideas of justice as a process aimed at reintegrating wrong-doers in society through a path of reconciliation and re-socialization, so that the end of the process will produce fellow citizens rather than ex-felons.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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URBNST 1005 - SPECIAL TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will entail the exploration of a specific urban topic.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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URBNST 1102 - INTRODUCTION TO GIS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Geospatial data are digital representations of our physical world. As such, many public policy programs are critically informed by applications of geospatial data. This course will teach students how to acquire, manage, analyze, and visualize spatial data using ArcGIS Desktop. Students will also be introduced to applied data analysis using R. R is powerful, free, and flexible software used in many “big data” application. Assignments, applications, and course discussion will emphasize contemporary issues in public policy. Upon completing this course, students should expect to be proficient in basic GIS analysis and prepared for more advanced statistical coursework.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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URBNST 1104 - APPLIED GIS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to core methods for analyzing geo-spatial data, questions and applications with an emphasis on spatial and cluster analysis of point data using ArcGIS desktop. It will focus on teaching students the principles of GIS through computer-based exercises. Classroom projects will train students in acquiring, constructing, and managing geo-spatial data in order to solve spatially explicit problems. Exercises and projects will be geared toward equipping students with the set of quantitative tools that are relevant to courses taught in the urban studies program, especially courses taken by students in the planning and politics concentrations. This will provide students with the background for pursuing advanced work in urban economic geography, public administration, economic and community development, and regional analysis. However, the core methods presented in this course form the foundation for quantitative work in political science, sociology, and economics as well. This is a self-contained course. Students who have taken courses in Introduction to GIS or Introductory Statistics will find such courses useful, but they are not essential.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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URBNST 1110 - GIS & COMMUNITY DATA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to the application of mapping community data to inform decisions at the municipal level. The ability to problem scope, analyze and think critically about complex local issues is critical to the successful application of GIS to decision making by local groups/ actors including Community Development Corporations (CDCs), neighborhood associations, resident associations and planning groups using different types of community data. Throughout the course, students will explore real world scenarios involving real stakeholders using local data and GIS to make decisions and practice planning. Students will be expected to engage with community stakeholders and data about technical and non-technical issues to complete exercise and projects. The course will primarily use ArcGIS Desktop, Microsoft Excel, and Carto online mapping software.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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URBNST 1200 - URBAN STUDIES FIELD RESEARCH SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the urban studies methodology of “field study”. The class will go on field trips to Pittsburgh communities that epitomize current urban problems and issues. Readings and classroom discussions will focus on how to “read” the urban landscape as well as provide background on current urban problems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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URBNST 1210 - NEIGHBORHOOD, GENTIFICATION, BELONGING AND THE CITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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URBNST 1300 - URBAN SKILLS SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this course students will learn and apply a set of basic research and communication skills relevant to work in urban settings. After active participation in the course, students will be able to locate data, analyze in thorough and theory based fashion, and present clearly and persuasively. Skills include defining a research question, questionnaire design and interviewing, finding and interpreting secondary data, using pc based spreadsheet, database and presentation software and participating on a team. Coursework is organized around real world problems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Attributes: Capstone Course, Urban Studies
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URBNST 1406 - POPULAR CULTURE & IDENTITY IN IRELAND
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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URBNST 1408 - GLOBAL CITY - FLORENCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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URBNST 1410 - GLOBAL CITY - LONDON
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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URBNST 1414 - GLOBAL CITY - SYDNEY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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URBNST 1416 - ANALYZING & EXPLORING THE GLOBAL CITY: BUENOS AIRES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Attributes: Study Abroad
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URBNST 1418 - GLOBAL CITY - SHANGHAI
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This three-credit course is designed to encourage students to engage in a critical analysis of the development of modern Shanghai. It is a municipality that already exhibits the key characteristics of many global cities. Students will discuss what that concept means in general terms, and in ways that re specific to Shanghai. Students will explore how this city has been imagined, invented, and transformed by the forces of foreign engagement, industrialization, and globalization. The cityscape and social landscape of Shanghai are the “texts” that student will explore, interpret, and analyze.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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URBNST 1420 - CITY SYMPHONY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Attributes: Study Abroad
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URBNST 1422 - URBAN SCAVENGER
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Attributes: Study Abroad
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URBNST 1424 - PITT IN SYDNEY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is taught through the Study Abroad Office as part of the Pitt in Sydney summer program.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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URBNST 1500 - URBAN RESEARCH SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The Urban Research Seminar focuses the knowledge and skills, which the student has gained through the program, on a particular topic. The specific topic varies from term to term and faculty member to faculty member, but it always concerns an issue of relevance to the immediate Pittsburgh environment. Examples include riverfront development, the impact of Reagan’s cutbacks, the redevelopment of East Liberty, etc. To investigate the topic students will review secondary sources as well as collect and analyze their own information through interviews, field trips, surveys, etc.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: URBNST 0080 and 1300PLAN: Urban Studies (BA or BPH); PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
Course Attributes: Capstone Course, Writing Requirement Course
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URBNST 1502 - FIELD ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL URBANISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course presents University of Pittsburgh students with the opportunity to travel to Singapore and Malaysia for a two-week Urban Studies field course, guided by Pitt faculty. This 3-credit IFTA (integrated Field Trip Abroad) is a base three-credit course that facilitates comparative analysis of urban processes in two strategic Southeast Asian cities. This course is available to all Pitt undergraduates, and does not include any prerequisite courses. The course consists of lectures and site visits to places of significant urban interest in both Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Students will complete readings and discussions about urban processes in both cities, and will develop a blog and independent reports about these places. The content for this three-credit course will be contained within the two-week field course, and will focus on Asian urbanization, consumption, and sustainable city development.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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URBNST 1504 - ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL FIELD PLACEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course presents Urban Studies students with the opportunity to travel to Singapore and Malaysia for a two-week Urban Studies field course, guided by Pitt faculty. This 3-credit IFTA (integrated Field Trip Abroad) is a three-credit course that supplements URBNST 1502, and your domestic research courses (URBNST 1300 & URBNST 1500). Therefore, it is expected that you will have previously completed 1300 and 1500, and be taking URBNST 1502 concurrently with this course. The course focuses upon design and implementation of a pilot research project that attempts a comparative analysis of some aspect of urbanism within Southeast Asia. Students will work in teams to complete this project, under the supervision of Pitt Faculty. This three-credit course will be preceded by five pre-departure meetings, and the research project should in some way focus on one of the course themes.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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URBNST 1608 - URBAN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Participants in this course will learn about the evolving forms of metropolitan government and governance in the United States, with a special focus on the post-1992 period. Course units examine the history and contemporary shape of urban politics, and the opportunities and challenges facing local communities during the 21st century. By the end of the course students will be able to appraise how the contemporary landscape of regional governance in the United States is affecting specific cities.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: Urban Studies
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URBNST 1610 - REMAKING CITIES THROUGH POLICY AND PRACTICE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Who holds political power in cities across the United States, and how do they use it to remake cities? “Remaking Cities through Policy and Practice” lets you explore the political and community development dynamics of US cities, and builds a toolkit that you will use to evaluate the players and rules of tactical urbanism. During the semester you will meet regional leaders and conduct practical research on the way that neighborhoods are using comprehensive plans and other policy tools to generate economic growth.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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URBNST 1612 - SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE CITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Social justice and economic justice are popular buzz-words that are closely tied to urban environments: but what do they really mean, and how can we understand them? URBNST 1612 uses critical social geography to interrogate both historical and contemporary social justice movements that claim to protect human rights, fair housing, or to expand definitions of public space and citizenship. Taken together these agendas form a powerful prescription for social action, one often emerging in urban settings. Using a combination of lectures, Concept Mapping exercises, and case studies, we will examine the historical and theoretical context for social justice in the city and then evaluate different geographies of social change. By the end of the course students will be able to use a critical perspective to understand how the rhetoric of social justice is changing the urban geographies of specific cities worldwide.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Attributes: Urban Studies
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URBNST 1613 - SUSTAINABLE CITIES 1: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Attributes: Study Abroad
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URBNST 1614 - URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides a critical introduction to the concept of sustainability in relation to cities in the United States and internationally. We will investigate how the fuzzy concept of sustainability has developed, and look at how principles of urban sustainability are put into practice. In particular, we will look at the Pittsburgh city-region, and draw on examples from Singapore, Auckland (New Zealand), and Tianjin (China). In particular, the class will concentrate on how sustainability is embedded in planning urban structures, organizing for sustainable communities, and mitigating environmental risks and vulnerability. Students will hear from a variety of professionals engaged in sustainable urbanism, and learn about specific tools used to assess sustainability at different geographic scales.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: Urban Studies
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URBNST 1615 - SUSTAINABLE CITIES 2: FIELD RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Attributes: Study Abroad
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URBNST 1616 - RENT, BUY OR SQUAT: HOUSING AND PROPERTY IN US CITIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Housing is the basic building block of the city. Whether you rent or own, shelter is a basic necessity for urban life, but how does housing work? This survey course explores the changing forms of urban housing in the United States, and introduces you to the people and organizations responsible for housing from developers, bankers and landlords to local, federal, and non-profit agencies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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URBNST 1700 - INTERNATIONAL URBANISM SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
It is undeniable that the world has become integrated through the globalization of social, political, cultural and economic activity. Cities worldwide have been markedly affected by globalization, but in turn have played a role in the process. By utilizing published material, films, slides and the internet, this course will compare the economic, social, political, historical and cultural differences between different global cities as they struggle to survive in the twenty-first century.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: URBNST 0080
Course Attributes: DSAS Cross-Cult. Awareness General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req.
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URBNST 1708 - WORLD URBAN PATTERNS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
On May 23, 2007, for the first time in human history, more of the world’s population became urban than rural. This course explores two related aspects of global urbanization: changing patterns of urban growth and urbanization, and similarities and differences in the nature of urban processes at the regional level. This course begins by exploring the causes of urbanization, factors driving urban growth, impacts of globalization, and regional variations in urbanization levels at a variety of scales including the global north and global south. In contrast, the second part of the course focuses on the differences and similarities in the characteristics of the economic, social, demographic, and cultural processes that shape urban places and urban life in different regions of the world. The optics covered include, but are not limited to, residential and commercial gentrification, residential segregation, gates communities, common interest developments, and sustainability.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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URBNST 1900 - URBAN FIELD PLACEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 6
This course gives the Urban Studies major the opportunity to get off the campus and into the community. It allows the student to relate his or her academic training to a real world situation by working in an urban related organization or agency. The student works under the combined supervision of the agency personnel and the urban studies advisor. The student is required to keep a journal, attend scheduled meetings with other field placement students and write a final reflective paper.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: PLAN: Urban Studies (BA or BPH)
Course Attributes: Capstone Course, Urban Studies
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URBNST 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Individual project administered under the supervision of a faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Urban Studies (BA or BPH)
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URBNST 1903 - URBAN STUDIES HONORS THESIS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is only for people who will be writing an honors thesis.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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VIET 0101 - VIETNAMESE 1
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
The greatest part of the first term will be devoted to the presentation and practice of the basic sound patterns of the language, its fundamental sentence patterns, and sufficient vocabulary to illustrate and practice them. An introduction to the writing system will be offered together with the opportunity to acquire elementary writing and reading skills.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, Global Studies
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VIET 0102 - VIETNAMESE 2
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
At the end of the second term of the first year of study the student should be able to produce all the significant sound patterns of the language, to recognize and use the major grammatical structures within a limited core vocabulary. The student should be able a) to engage in simple conversations with native speakers about a limited number of everyday situations and b) to read and write simple material related to the situations presented.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: LING 0581 or VIET 0101; MIN GRADE: ‘C’ FOR LISTED COURSES
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, DSAS Second Language General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies
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VIET 0103 - VIETNAMESE 3
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The first term of the second year will concentrate on the further development of fluency in oral production and the improvement in the student’s ability to understand the flow of speech as uttered by a native speaker. Increased attention will be paid to readings as a means of augmenting a recognition vocabulary and writing as a drill and as a means of consolidating and communicating the knowledge gained.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: LING 0582 or VIET 0102; MIN GRADE: ‘C’ FOR LISTED COURSES
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, DSAS Second Language General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies
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VIET 0104 - VIETNAMESE 4
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
At the end of the second term of the second year the student should be able to converse comfortably with a native speaker on a variety of non-specialized subjects. The student will be offered an opportunity to experience and more fully understand the culture of the people who use the language through readings of various types. More complex writing tasks will be expected at this level.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: LING 0583 or VIET 0103; MIN GRADE: ‘C’ FOR LISTED COURSES
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, DSAS Second Language General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies
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VIET 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 9
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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VIET 1905 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT IN VIETNAMESE
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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VIET 1909 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN VIETNAMESE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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