Our signature global programs partner works with you, faculty from Pitt and our partner institutions to dive into unique academic experiences that use the world as your classroom. You'll travel with students from different majors, schools, and Pitt campuses with one thing in common -- the curiosity and drive that comes with being a Frederick Honors student.
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Available exclusively to first-year students in the Frederick Honors College, these two-week programs combine time both in Pittsburgh and abroad to guide you in developing a comparative understanding of your field of interest. Each year, faculty and staff from Frederick Honors lead unique, interdisciplinary programs that will help you develop connections beyond your major.
Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times.” ~ Machiavelli
Join FHC faculty Ron Idoko on an exploration of the history and future of the American Civil Rights movement. Course work is combined with a bus tour through the American South that brings students and faculty together for a comparative view of social movements. Hear from community leaders and historians about the life that many lived and lost in the pursuit of their civil rights in the 1950s and '60s. When you return, you’ll work collaboratively to develop a culminating video project, focusing on bringing the experience to students on campus who weren’t able to attend. (Image by Ted Eytan)
This program is a Writing Intensive course and can be used to fulfill the writing requirement in Anthropology and should fulfill a Writing general education requirement.
Based in Laramie, Wyoming, learn and practice the craft of environmental and ethnographic writing. Focusing on the historical and present-day multispecies communities of the Mountain West, you’ll examine interconnections between humans and other life forms. The area around Laramie is rich in iconic species, both in fossil and living form: dinosaurs, bison, pronghorn, elk and others. Through frequent field trips and excursions, you’ll engage with the environment, people, and life forms populating the region and develop skills in writing about place, environment, and multispecies relationships. Explore the ways in which technology and AI are helping humans understand more about the animals with which we share the world. By the end of the course, you’ll produce writing portfolios based on a topic of your interest that aligns with course themes and material.
This program fulfills both a Writing and Literature requirement for Dietrich Arts and Sciences and fulfills 6 credits of the Medical Humanities certificate.
Spend one month in the Netherlands exploring the art, science, and culture in the Dutch Golden Age with Professors Jeff Aziz and Uma Satyavolu Rao. Coursework explores intersections of literature and science as well as the intersections of literature and medicine. Immerse yourself in health humanities in a place steeped in the history of art, anatomy, medicine, and emerging natural science. Through museum visits and city exploration, you have the opportunity to study the centrality of medicine in the emergence of modernity.
This program fulfills Creative Work, Specific Geographic Region, The Arts, and Diversity general education requirements. It also fulfills 5 requirements in the Film Studies program.
Combining diverse academic coursework from world-renowned film makers and academics, hands-on film production with the support of the Derek Jarman Lab, and the rich cultural tapestry of London, you will work to craft your own film that captures you time in London. This program is hosted by the Frederick Honors College but available to students from across the University of Pittsburgh.