My time at Pitt has helped me to incorporate my love of filmmaking into the other things I love: culture, global studies, and African studies. I was able to take my love of film and connect it to those things and tailor my learning experience to my needs and wants.
—Khadija-Awa Diop (Film Studies and African Studies)
Popular Majors
Students interested in words and stories often explore such majors and minors as:
- Communication: Rhetoric and Communication
- Creative Writing (minor)
- English Literature
- English Writing
- Film Studies
- Linguistics
- Public and Professional Writing
Enrichment Opportunities
Students interested in words and stories have enhanced their studies with some of the following opportunities:
- CBS Anthony and Concetta Ambrosio Internship Award (Watch video)
- Fantasy Studies Fellowship
- Forbes & Fifth (Read Lindsay Bayne's story here.)
- Geo A. Bivins Jr. Internship Award
- Gods and Androids Academic Community
- Internship in gender and development with World Vision International (Read Emily Olmstead's story here.)
- London Field Studies (Watch video)
- New York Field Studies (Watch video)
- Pittsburgh-London Film Program
- Summer Undergraduate Research Awards (Read Michael Rosenthal's story here.)
- Undergraduate Teaching Experience
- William Pitt Debating Union
Career Choices
Recent graduates in words and stories have gone on to exciting careers, with such titles as:
- Arts and culture journalist
- Assistant to the vice president and director of manufacturing for global publisher (Read Paige Carlson's story here.)
- Associate editor, Walt Disney Company (Read Megan Roth's story here.)
- Attorney (Watch video)
- Cinematographer
- Instructor, University of Minnesota Early Childhood Education Program (Read Elizabeth Criswell's story here.)
- Marketing and communications professional
- Medical school student (Watch video)
- Pediatrician (Read Alexandra Cathcart's story here.)
- Writer and producer