Benvenuti to the Italian Program at Montclair State University. Studying Italian is an intellectually, professionally and personally enriching experience in a culture whose influence spans from antiquity to the present. Explore Italian music, the figurative arts, literature, cinema, design, gastronomy, science and philosophy. The engaged and dedicated faculty offer a wealth of language, literature, culture and pre-professional courses and can help you achieve your academic career goals, Italian-style!
120 credits of coursework is required for the baccalaureate degree with a minimum 2.0 overall GPA, and a minimum 2.0 major GPA.
Degree Requirements Overview
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 1 |
| 27 |
| 36 |
| 56 |
| Total Credits | 120 |
Major Requirements
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| 6-9 |
| Italian I | |
| Italian II | |
| Comprehensive Beginning Italian for Spanish Speakers | |
| Comprehensive Italian III and IV | |
| Comprehensive Intermediate Italian for Spanish Speakers | |
| ITAL 242 | Italian Grammar and Composition I | 3 |
| ITAL 243 | Italian Grammar and Composition II | 3 |
| ITAL 340 | Reading, Writing, Translating Early Modern Italy | 3 |
| ITAL 341 | Reading, Writing, Translating Modern and Contemporary Italy | 3 |
| ITAL 381 | Contemporary Italian Cultural Studies | 3 |
| 15-12 |
| Total Credits | 36 |
Electives
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ITAL 176 | The Italian American Experience: On the Margins or in the Mainstream? | 3 |
| ITAL 230 | Living in Translation | 3 |
| ITAL 262 | Italian Americans in Film | 3 |
| ITAL 277 | Special Topics in Italian Cinema and Intro to Subtitling | 3 |
| ITAL 280 | 20th Century Italian Literature | 3 |
| ITAL 309 | Italian Conversation | 3 |
| ITAL 321 | Introduction to Italian Business and Commercial Translation | 3 |
| ITAL 345 | Special Topics in Italian | 3 |
| ITAL 350 | Introduction to Translating | 3 |
| ITAL 351 | Translation for Tourism and Cultural Promotion | 3 |
| ITAL 375 | Italian Study Abroad | 3 |
| ITAL 378 | The Italian-American Novel | 3 |
| ITAL 379 | Dante | 3 |
| ITAL 380 | Italian Humanism and Renaissance | 3 |
| ITAL 385 | Cooperative Education | 4-8 |
| ITAL 410 | Advanced Italian Grammar | 3 |
| ITAL 450 | Audiovisual Translation | 3 |
| ITAL 460 | Capstone Course in Audiovisual Translation | 3 |
| ITAL 470 | Senior Seminar in Literary Research | 3 |
| ITAL 475 | Italian Women Writers | 3 |
| ITAL 480 | Independent Study | 3 |
New Student Seminar
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| |
| 1 |
| Pathways to Success | |
| Freshman Seminar in Chemistry | |
| First Year Seminar | |
| Adult Academic Success Seminar | |
| New Student Seminar | |
| Freshman Seminar in Health and Physical Education | |
| Pathways to Adult Learning | |
| New Student Seminar | |
| New Student Experience for Mathematical Sciences | |
| Freshman Seminar for Music Majors | |
| Introduction to Nursing | |
| Freshman Seminar in Political Science and Law | |
SEEDS General Education Requirements
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Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| |
| 12 |
| Total Credits | 27 |
Recommended Roadmap to Degree Completion
This recommended degree plan is provided as an outline for students to follow in order to complete their degree requirements within four years and 120 credits. This plan is a recommendation and MUST be used in consultation with their academic advisor. Important note: Students should be aware this plan assumes no pre-requisite coursework is required. If pre-requisite coursework is needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which do not appear on the plan.
| First Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| New Student Seminar | 1 | ITAL 102 (or 211 Italian for Spanish Speakers; SEEDS: World Languages I, depending on placement) | 3 |
| ITAL 101 (or 111 Italian for Spanish Speakers; SEEDS: World Language I, depending on placement) | 3 | SEEDS: Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| SEEDS: Effective Writing I (Recommend WRIT 105) | 3 | SEEDS: Effective Writing II (Recommend WRIT 106) | 3 |
| SEEDS: Interactive Communication (Recommend ITAL 230) | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| SEEDS: Political and Civic Life | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| | 16 | | 15 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| ITAL 140 (SEEDS: World Language II) | 3 | ITAL 242 or 243 | 3 |
| SEEDS Exploration 1 (Recommend Literary & Artistic Analysis: Italian 262) | 3 | ITAL 381 | 3 |
| SEEDS Exploration 2 (Recommend Analyzing Cultures & Societies) | 3 | SEEDS Exploration 3 (Recommend Historical Thinking) | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | SEEDS Exploration 4 (Recommend Ethical Inquiry) | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| | 15 | | 15 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| ITAL 243 | 3 | ITAL 309 | 3 |
| Major Elective | 3 | Major Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective | 3 | Major Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 1 | Free Elective | 1 |
| | 16 | | 16 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| ITAL 340 or 341 | 3 | ITAL 341 | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| | 15 | | 12 |
| Total Credits 120 |