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2018-2019 Greensburg Campus Catalog
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg
   
2018-2019 Greensburg Campus Catalog 
    
 
  Mar 29, 2024
 
2018-2019 Greensburg Campus Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Information


Special Courses

Pitt-Greensburg offers a variety of special courses that students may use to enhance their educational experience. The special courses include independent studies, internships, excellence courses, study abroad courses, and capstone courses. Most of the special courses are optional, but for some majors (e.g. criminal justice) an internship is required, and the capstone course is required of all majors.

An independent study allows a student to explore a topic for which no course is available at Pitt-Greensburg or extend the exploration of a topic begun in a regular course. To arrange for an independent study, a student must find a faculty sponsor and work with the sponsor to develop a course plan. Independent study courses are available in every department. See an advisor for more details.

Internships allow students to earn credits toward graduation while gaining on-the-job experience in their majors. An internship is required in some majors (e.g. criminal justice and the journalism track in English writing), but it is available as an elective in most majors. Students are expected to find their own internship opportunities, but faculty advisors and the Office of Career Services may be aware of employers looking for interns and can provide suggestions about seeking an internship. Some departments ask students to complete an internship application. See a faculty advisor for more information.

Pitt-Greensburg students have an opportunity to study abroad in a country/region of their choice. Academic credits are earned while abroad and will transfer directly back into the student’s academic degree requirements. See the study abroad coordinator for more information.

As part of the new Pitt-Greensburg curriculum that took effect in fall 1999, every Pitt-Greensburg student must complete a senior seminar or a senior project as a capstone to the work in the major program. The faculty views the capstone course as a significant enhancement to the UPG degree program because it provides students with the opportunity to bring together the themes and skills of the major. Capstone work typically involves research and both written and oral reports.

Departmental Course Listings

Please note, when searching courses by Catalog Number, an asterisk (*) can be used to return mass results. For instance a Catalog Number search of ” 1* ” can be entered, returning all 1000-level courses.

 

History of Art and Architecture

   •  HAA 0050 - INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL ART
   •  HAA 0060 - MASTERPIECES OF WESTERN PAINTING
   •  HAA 0090 - INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY ART
   •  HAA 0150 - ANCIENT ART
   •  HAA 0225 - MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE
   •  HAA 0302 - RENAISSANCE ART
   •  HAA 0304 - VISUAL CULTURE AND GLOBAL IDENTITY IN FLORENCE
   •  HAA 0306 - STUDY ABROAD: EXPLORING ART IN ITALY
   •  HAA 0350 - BAROQUE ART
   •  HAA 0370 - REMBRANDT
   •  HAA 0402 - WOMEN ARTISTS, 1550-1800
   •  HAA 0501 - AMERICAN ART
   •  HAA 0810 - EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA
   •  HAA 1005 - ART AND FORENSIC ANALYSIS
   •  HAA 1010 - APPROACHES TO ART HISTORY
   •  HAA 1015 - THEORY AND METHODS OF ART HISTORY
   •  HAA 1300 - SPECIAL TOPICS-RENAISSANCE
   •  HAA 1304 - LEONARDO, MICHELANGELO AND RAPHAEL: PAINTING IN 16TH-C ITALY
   •  HAA 1410 - REALISM AND IMPRESSIONISM
   •  HAA 1601 - SPECIAL TOPICS-JAPANESE
   •  HAA 1602 - SPECIAL TOPICS-ASIAN
   •  HAA 1710 - UPG EXCHANGE: HISTORY OF MEXICAN ART
   •  HAA 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
   •  HAA 1903 - HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE INTERNSHIP
   •  HAA 1955 - VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CAPSTONE

Humanities

   •  HUMAN 0105 - STUDY ABROAD EXCHANGE PROGRAM
   •  HUMAN 0300 - VILLAGE SEMINAR IN THE HUMANITIES
   •  HUMAN 0350 - FLORENCE: DOOR TO GLOBAL IDENTITY
   •  HUMAN 1030 - DIGITAL HUMANITIES
   •  HUMAN 1050 - DIGITAL HUMANITIES: CODING AND DATA VISUALIZATION
   •  HUMAN 1055 - ARTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP
   •  HUMAN 1100 - ARTS TIMELINE
   •  HUMAN 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
   •  HUMAN 1955 - HUMANITIES AREA CAPSTONE

Information Science

   •  INFSCI 0010 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION, SYSTEMS AND SOCIETY
   •  INFSCI 0011 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SCIENCE ADVANCED
   •  INFSCI 0012 - INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING
   •  INFSCI 0015 - DATA STRUCTURES AND PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES
   •  INFSCI 0017 - FUNDAMENTALS OF OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
   •  INFSCI 0018 - FILE PROCESSING
   •  INFSCI 1012 - LISP AND SYMBOLIC PROGRAMMING
   •  INFSCI 1014 - GRAPHICS
   •  INFSCI 1017 - IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
   •  INFSCI 1022 - DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
   •  INFSCI 1024 - ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
   •  INFSCI 1028 - DATA VISUALIZATION
   •  INFSCI 1032 - ONLINE RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS
   •  INFSCI 1037 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT MANAGEMENT
   •  INFSCI 1038 - MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
   •  INFSCI 1044 - HUMAN FACTORS IN SYSTEM DESIGN
   •  INFSCI 1050 - BEHAVIORAL MODELS
   •  INFSCI 1052 - USER CENTERED DESIGN
   •  INFSCI 1053 - DIGITAL FORENSICS
   •  INFSCI 1058 - WEB PROGRAMMING
   •  INFSCI 1060 - GAME DESIGN
   •  INFSCI 1068 - GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
   •  INFSCI 1070 - INTRODUCTION TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS
   •  INFSCI 1071 - APPLICATIONS OF NETWORKS
   •  INFSCI 1072 - INTRODUCTION TO WIRELESS NETWORKS
   •  INFSCI 1073 - APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FOR MOBILE DEVICES
   •  INFSCI 1074 - COMPUTER SECURITY
   •  INFSCI 1075 - NETWORK SECURITY
   •  INFSCI 1078 - ETHICS IN COMPUTING
   •  INFSCI 1080 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
   •  INFSCI 1085 - INTERNSHIP
   •  INFSCI 1086 - INTERNSHIP
   •  INFSCI 1092 - SPECIAL TOPICS: SYSTEMS
   •  INFSCI 1160 - DATA MINING
   •  INFSCI 1680 - SOCIAL MEDIA
   •  INFSCI 1950 - UNDERGRAD TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE

Instruction and Learning

   •  IL 0020 - DIRECTED TUTORING
   •  IL 0201 - UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GREENSBURG EXCHANGE: TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
   •  IL 0202 - UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GREENSBURG EXCHANGE: TEACHING READING AND WRITING
   •  IL 1000 - INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING
   •  IL 1060 - EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM 1
   •  IL 1061 - EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM 2
   •  IL 1075 - GIFTED EDUCATION
   •  IL 1150 - HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE PRIMARY YEARS: ISSUES AND STRATEGIES
   •  IL 1161 - SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE PRIMARY YEARS
   •  IL 1210 - EMERGENT LITERACY
   •  IL 1215 - READING IN THE PRIMARY YEARS
   •  IL 1218 - ASSESSMENT IN EDUCATION
   •  IL 1220 - LANGUAGE ARTS IN THE PRIMARY YEARS
   •  IL 1222 - MATHEMATICS IN THE PRIMARY YEARS
   •  IL 1225 - PEDAGOGY LAB - LITERACY AND MATHEMATICS
   •  IL 1230 - INTRODUCTION TO INQUIRY IN ENGLISH EDUCATION
   •  IL 1235 - TEACHING ENGLISH IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
   •  IL 1236 - PEDAGOGY LAB - ENGLISH
   •  IL 1237 - TEACHING SPANISH METHODS IN K-12 CLASSROOMS
   •  IL 1238 - PEDAGOGY LAB- SPANISH
   •  IL 1260 - INTRO TO SOCIAL STUDIES EDUC
   •  IL 1270 - INTEGRTG ART & MUSIC ELEM CLSSRM
   •  IL 1275 - INTEGRATING THE CREATIVE ARTS
   •  IL 1280 - TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
   •  IL 1281 - PEDAGOGY LAB - SOCIAL STUDIES
   •  IL 1298 - DIRECTED STUDY
   •  IL 1324 - ENGAGING YOUNG CHILDREN IN LEARNING
   •  IL 1330 - STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES OF INSTRUCTION - EARLY CHILDHOOD
   •  IL 1332 - STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES OF INSTRUCTION - SECONDARY
   •  IL 1333 - STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES OF INSTRUCTION K-12
 

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