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The University of Pittsburghã¢ââ¢s Kenneth P Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Kenneth P. Dietrich
School of Arts and Sciences
Blazon Higher of Arts and Sciences
Established 1787 (1787)

Parent establishment

 University of Pittsburgh
Bettye J. and Ralph East. Bailey Dean Kathleen M. Blee

Academic staff

 1,012
Undergraduates 10,328
Postgraduates 1,511
Website www.as.pitt.edu

The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences (Dietrich School or Schoolhouse of Arts and Sciences) is 1 of the 17 schools and colleges of University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A direct descendant of the 1787-chartered Pittsburgh Academy, and the oldest part of the university,[one] : 501 the school serves as "the liberal arts core" of the university;[2] some thirty departments and programs provide instruction in natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences to all students at the Oakland campus, including more x,000 Dietrich Schoolhouse undergraduates. In addition, the Dietrich School has over i,500 graduate and professional person students, over 15% of the academy'due south post-baccalaureate student population, making it the largest graduate school in the Pittsburgh expanse.

History [edit]

The Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh, the master home of the School of Arts and Sciences. In September 2011, a large banner was hung from the Cathedral'southward 16th to 5th flooring announcing the name change for the school.[3]

Founded past Hugh Henry Brackenridge as the Pittsburgh Academy and chartered in 1787,[4] the School of Arts and Sciences may have originally grown out of a school that was agile before the charter was granted,[ane] : 26 [five] mayhap as early as 1770.[6] [vii] Thus the SAS began its life as a preparatory school, presumably in a log cabin, in what is now downtown Pittsburgh, which was and so on the frontier of the United States. The school was established on the principles of pedagogy the rudiments of the "sacred 6" of the Scottish universities, as Brackenridge was himself Scottish.[ane] : 27 Inside a short menses, more than advanced educational activity in the area was needed, then in 1819 the Republic of Pennsylvania amended the school'due south 1787 lease to confer university status. The schoolhouse took the name the Western Academy of Pennsylvania.[eight]

By the 1830s, the school faced astringent financial pressure level to abandon its traditional liberal pedagogy in favor of the state legislature's desire for it to provide more vocational grooming. The conclusion to remain committed to liberal educational activity well-nigh ended the university, but it persevered despite its abandonment past the city and land.[9] Similar pressure to carelessness the liberal arts focus of the school occurred once more between 1902 and 1908 when industrial evolution in the region was alluring more students to technical trades. Financial force per unit area mounted to abandon the traditional liberal arts curriculum and focus on more than vocational preparation, but petitions from students, alumni, kinesthesia and some trustees kept the original mission intact.[i] : 503–505

Out of the school, which by then was oft referred to as "the College", came the genesis for some of the university's other schools, such as the School of Applied science and Schoolhouse of Police. Both continued to crave the traditional classical studies for a bachelor's degree, but they began to formally separate around the time when the university moved to its new location in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, when it also changed its name to the University of Pittsburgh in 1908.[1] : 503–505 With the formal separation from the school of engineering, the school became known every bit the Higher of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Several of the school'due south departments, like mathematics and chemical science, take an unbroken line of professors from the Pittsburgh Academy.[one] : 517 Courses such equally astronomy, chemistry, English, mathematics, modern languages, and classics, are essentially descended from the academy and resemble the class listings of the day.[1] : 512

In the summer of 2006, the School of Arts and Sciences began to oversee the administration of the Academy'due south College of General Studies,[10] [11] expanding the community of Arts and Sciences learners to include nontraditional students. On September 22, 2011, information technology was announced that an alumnus of the school'southward Department of Political Science, William Southward. Dietrich II, had donated $125 one thousand thousand to the university, the largest ever donation to the university up until that time, and that the university would rename the Schoolhouse of Arts and Sciences to honor his father, Kenneth.[12] [13] Since August 2017, Kathleen H. Blee has served every bit the schoolhouse's Bettye J. and Ralph E. Bailey Dean.[fourteen] The position is named afterward a couple that donated $3 million to the school in November 2007 using profits from high-ranking positions with Consol Energy, Conoco, and Fuel Tech, as Bettye had graduated from Pitt's College of General Studies with a BA in 1984.[15]

Academics [edit]

The Schoolhouse of Arts and Sciences graduate programs offer MA, MS, MFA, and PhD programs in 34 concentrations, equally well as a wide range of interdisciplinary programs.[xvi]

Undergraduate majors [edit]

*also available as a minor

Undergraduate certificate programs [edit]

The Nicholas Lochoff Curtilage of the Frick Fine Arts Building, dwelling to the school's Section of Studio Arts and Architectural Studies Plan

Certificate programs permit students to complete a concentrated area of study in addition to their major. Certificates typically require eighteen-24 credits, are noted the pupil'south transcript upon graduation.

Certificates can also be obtained from the University Center for International Studies.

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Graduate departments and programs [edit]

Graduate certificate-granting programs [edit]

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Rankings [edit]

Many of the programs offered within the School of Arts and Sciences are considered among the best in the nation. For example, the Department of Philosophy,[19] is considered i of the top five in the United states,[twenty] and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science,[21] consistently ranked at the top of the field.[22] [23] [24]

Other rankings, including those by the National Research Council and U.s. News & World Report, include the following programs amidst the all-time in the nation:[25] [26] [27]

*National Research Council[28]
^ US News & Earth Report America's All-time Graduate Programs [28]

References [edit]

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  2. ^ "About Us". Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences. University of Pittsburgh. April 1, 2020. Retrieved April one, 2020.
  3. ^ Harvith, John (2011-10-x). "Pitt Alumnus, Trustee, and Quondam Lath Chair William S. Dietrich II, Who Gave the Academy the Single-Largest Gift in Its History, Dies". Pitt Chronicle. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2011-10-xiv .
  4. ^ The Story of Pitt Archived February 13, 2012, at the Wayback Auto
  5. ^ "Early on Schools". Pittsburgh Schoolhouse Bulletin. Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Teachers Clan, Inc.: 25 May 1928. Retrieved 2009-12-22 .
  6. ^ Holland, William Jacob (1893). First Alumni Year Book: Our University. Pittsburgh, PA: Alumni Clan of the Western University of Pennsylvania. p. 36. Retrieved 2009-12-21 .
  7. ^ Annual catalog of the Western University of Pennsylvania, Year Ending 1905. Western Academy of Pennsylvania. 1905. p. 27. Retrieved 2009-12-21 .
  8. ^ "The Commemoration of the Ane Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary: History of the University". University of Pittsburgh Bulletin. 8 (21): 4–five. 1912-11-01. Retrieved 2010-01-20 .
  9. ^ Alberts, Robert C. (1987). Pitt: The Story of the University of Pittsburgh 1787–1987. University of Pittsburgh Printing. p. 17. ISBN0-8229-1150-seven.
  10. ^ Highlights from CGS history, University Times, 2008-10-23, accessdate=2008-ten-23 Archived June fifteen, 2010, at the Wayback Car
  11. ^ University of Pittsburgh Fact Book 2008, pg. 5 Archived July 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Begos, Kevin (2011-09-22). "University Of Pittsburgh Gets $125 Million Pledge". Huffington Post . Retrieved 2011-10-11 .
  13. ^ Chute, Eleanor; Schackner, Nib (2011-09-23). "Pitt to receive $125 million gift". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2011-ten-xi .
  14. ^ "Bettye J. and Ralph E. Bailey Dean Kathleen Blee". www.thebigdig.pitt.edu. 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2022-03-19 .
  15. ^ "Asking Rejected". www.news.pitt.edu . Retrieved 2022-03-xix .
  16. ^ School of Arts and Sciences Graduate Studies, University of Pittsburgh, accessdate=2009-04-02 Archived October xx, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ School of Arts and Sciences: Majors, Minors, and Certificates, University of Pittsburgh, accessdate=2009-04-02 Archived April xvi, 2009, at the Wayback Car
  18. ^ Arts and Sciences Graduate Studies - Departments & Programs, University of Pittsburgh, accessdate=2009-04-02 Archived March 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ Pitt Philosophy Archived April 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ The Philosophical Gourmet Report, appointment=Match 2009
  21. ^ Department of History and Philosophy of Science Archived May 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^ "Internet Archive: The Philosophical Gourmet Study 2004–2006: Philosophy of the Sciences and Mathematics". 2008. Archived from the original on 2002-11-07. Retrieved 2008-03-26 .
  23. ^ "The Philosophical Gourmet Written report 2006–2008:Breakdown:Philosophy of Scientific discipline". 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2008-03-26 .
  24. ^ Graduate Programs in History and Philosophy of Science
  25. ^ Hart, Peter (2009-04-thirty). "U.Due south. News ranks graduate programs". University Times. Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2009-05-01 .
  26. ^ Hart, Peter (2007-04-05). "U.S. News ranks graduate programs". University Times. Archived from the original on 2012-02-sixteen. Retrieved 2009-05-01 .
  27. ^ "Best Graduate Schools". U.South. News & Globe Study. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-05-01 .
  28. ^ a b "NRC Rankings in Each of 41 Areas". Enquiry-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change. National Research Quango. 1995. Retrieved 2009-01-02 .

External links [edit]

  • Official website

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_School_of_Arts_and_Sciences