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The University Program in Cultural Studies is unique, even among other cultural studies programs.  It is designed as a pan-university program that will take advantage of and serve all of the resources of the UNC-CH campus. Moreover, UPCS plans to extend its activities to involve other campuses and universities in the state, ultimately becoming a state-wide center for cultural studies.

 

While firmly supporting and encouraging the interdisciplinary commitments of cultural studies, UPCS seeks to work with the disciplines (and graduate students are required to maintain their disciplinary location) as a complement to and a resource for established departments and already existing interdisciplinary programs.

 

Every institutionalization of cultural studies is defined by the intellectual resources of its particular faculty and the traditions they represent. The UPCS draws on and serves a unique combination of disciplines, including communication, anthropology, sociology, history, geography, international and area studies, African-American studies, law, art, English, education, medicine and public health. The strong presence of the historical, social and biological sciences especially distinguishes UNC's Program in Cultural Studies.  UPCS seeks to bring the excitement, fluidity and relevancy of cultural studies research into the classroom, by combining curricular and programmatic concerns, and by placing pedagogical commitments at its center.

 

 
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