Required Courses (2 of 2 required):
GEOG 1000, Global Studies: State Memory/Private Lives (Prof. Nancy Condee, Academic Director): 3 credits
This interdisciplinary course focuses on PittMAP cities in order to gain knowledge of the physical, political, economic, and cultural geography of the world. How is state memory constructed and enforced? Do we, as citizens, produce a common memory system or does it produce us? What happens to shared memories incompatible with state practices? The course will focus on moments of historical crisis and the ways in which they are commemorated both publicly and privately. The course will include both theoretical and site-specific readings on memory systems. Open only to students enrolled in the PittMAP (Global Study) program.
GEOG 1020, Global Perspectives: Common Knowledge and the Plural Self (site faculty): 3 credits
This interdisciplinary course focuses on PittMAP cities in order to gain knowledge of the physical, political, economic, and cultural geography of the world. What constitutes the local citizen’s “common knowledge,” (school-room classics, cult films, popular icons, urban myths, children’s fables)? How do texts and practices that “everyone knows” serve as touchstones of memory across class, racial, and gender lines? How do they reveal cultural value, anxieties, and contradictions? Open only to PittMAP students.
Related Courses (pick 2 or 3):
HAA 0100, Introduction to World Art (Prof. Cynthia Persinger, History of Art and Architecture): 3 credits
From ancient to the present, works of art can be understood as significant cultural documents. This introductory course, designed for students with no previous background in art or art history, is intended to demonstrate how to interpret works of art and architecture. The course will focus on selected works of art produced world-wide, relating them to their historical context. The class is taught through online illustrated lectures and class discussions in a thematic approach to the material. In the broadest light, the course is designed to demonstrate some of the basic tools of analysis with which to approach works of art as both aesthetic objects and historic documents. This course is open only to students enrolled in the PittMAP (Global Study) program and will include readings, assignments, and research trips relevant to that semester.
POLSCI 0300, Comparative Politics (Prof. Anibal Pérez-Liñán, Political Science): 3 credits
This course is an introduction to Comparative Politics, a field of political science that involves cross-national analysis of political institutions and processes. We will discuss political systems outside the United States and use those examples to examine major forms of government. The first part of the course will be devoted to the study of modern democracies and the second part to the study of dictatorships. The course is also designed to help students understand the government of the United States in comparative perspective and to develop some understanding of comparative methodology in the social sciences. We will cover historical examples from Latin America, Asia, Africa, Western Europe, and the former Soviet Union. This on-line section of the course is open only to PittMAP students and will include materials relevant to the study-abroad program.
PSY 0105 Introduction to Social Psychology (Prof. Barbara Kucinski, Psychology): 3 credits
This course offers an overview of social psychology-- the scientific study of how people influence one another's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Topics covered include: self understanding and self-justification; perception of individuals and groups; attitude change and attitude-behavior relations; group processes, including conformity, productivity, leadership, and conflict resolution; interpersonal relationships; and altruism and aggression. This course is open only to Pitt MAP students and will include readings, assignments, and research trips relevant to that semester.
PSY 0035 Research Methods (Prof. Barbara Kucinski, Psychology): 3 credits
The course introduces students to the fundamentals of psychological research, including the nature of psychology as a science, the selection of a research problem, research designs, writing research proposals and papers, and ethical considerations. This course is open only to PittMAP students and will include readings, assignments, and research trips relevant to that semester.
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