Academics
Pitt-Greensburg offers 24 bachelor's degree programs, 19 minors, and numerous pre-professional and certificate programs. The Katz Graduate School of Business will begin offering an MBA at Pitt-Greensburg in the fall of 2009. The University of Pittsburgh, including UPG and its other regional campuses, is fully accredited through the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Higher Education. UPG is ineligible for U.S. News rankings as its accreditation is not separate from the main accreditation of the University of Pittsburgh.
A school-wide honor society, the Ben Franklin Society, was organized in 2008 for sophomores, juniors, and seniors with a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher. The society functions to help students identify, prepare and apply for prestigious fellowships and scholarships. Another honor society, the Da Vinci Society, also exists for juniors and seniors selected for their academic excellence, leadership, service, and international experience. Other honor societies also exist on campus for specific programs of study. In addition, Academic Villages, for which grades and participation are evaluated for admittance, act as living and learning communities for students with similar academic interests.
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“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
—Stephanie Coontz (b. 1944)
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