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.
If you are interested in semester or year-long opportunities, read more about our world class partner institutions. If you are interested in internships, research, or community engaged learning projects, read more about our Hands On Experiences.
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.
What can food, farming, and rural communities tell us about the future of Japan—and about the challenges communities face around the world? Led by Professor Kay Shimizu, coauthor of Betting on the Farm: Institutional Change in Japanese Agriculture, the program takes you beyond the classroom and into communities where these questions are playing out in real time. Through site visits, conversations with local experts and community members, and travel across distinct regions of Japan, you will examine how national and global challenges take different forms at the local level—and why communities respond to them in different ways.
What does it mean to make ethical decisions in healthcare? How do politics, society, law, religion, and culture shape those choices? In this three-week faculty-led program, you'll explore those questions firsthand in Amsterdam and Milan; two cities with rich and distinct approaches to medicine, public health, and human rights. Led by Dr. Cindy McCarthy, Associate Professor and Director, Bioethics Certificate, you'll examine real-world ethical debates through a combination of coursework, guest lectures, and hands-on site visits.
On Bioscience Breakthroughs you will learn about the history of bioscience discovery during the scientific revolution in Europe, including landmark discoveries such as the development of the Germ Theory of Disease. You will also hear from current university researchers and leaders in the bioscience start-up communities in Pittsburgh and Berlin to learn about how current, cutting-edge scientific discoveries develop from ideas to actual products and services.
During this 10-day winter break program, you and your peers from the Frederick Honors College will gain hands on-experience with St. Lucia's constitutional framework, parliamentary system, legal profession, public policy environment, and access to justice initiatives.
Through institutional visits, meetings and networking with legal and policy professionals, discussions, and workshops, you will develop a practical understanding of how law, governance, and public policy operate within the small island. You will apply your hands-on learning to small group project based in real policy and legal issues.
During this 10-day winter break program, you and a cohort of your peers from the Frederick Honors College will get first-hand experience with the healthcare and hospital system of St. Lucia. Your time in-country will include hospital-based observations, exploration of the broader healthcare systems and comparative analysis with that of the US, and cultural opportunities. Following the AAMC's guidelines, you will not be permitted to have direct patient contact or provide care, but you will have the ability to learn about different specialties and learn from practicing medical professionals.
This one-week honors seminar uses Oxford as a living classroom to explore how power is produced, experienced, and contested in Britain, and to examine how the University of Oxford has shaped Britain’s place in the world. With the new University College North campus as your home base, you will take part in some of the rituals and cultural experiences that further this legacy. You will also have time in London to find connections between the cities and their institutions.
Inspired by innovations in healthcare born from movements for social justice, we will explore the ways in which the political, economic, social, and technological conditions impact the development of standard-setting care in various aspects of health and human care. Compare the development of Freedom House EMS in Pittsburgh with the formalization of trauma care at Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.