Italian Major (B.A.)
A minimum of 120 credits of coursework is required for the baccalaureate degree with a minimum 2.0 overall GPA, and a minimum 2.0 major GPA. However, more than 120 credits may be required depending upon the major field of study.
Program Requirements
Students must complete 42 credits of General Education requirements and 3-9 credits of World Languages and Cultures Requirements.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Italian Required Courses | ||
| ITAL 242 | Italian Grammar and Composition I | 3 |
| ITAL 243 | Italian Grammar and Composition II | 3 |
| ITAL 340 | An Introduction to Italian Literature I: Heroes, Humanists and Sages | 3 |
| ITAL 341 | An Introduction to Italian Literature II: The Modern, Post-modern and Beyond | 3 |
| ITAL 381 | Contemporary Italian Cultural Studies | 3 |
| Italian Major Electives | ||
| Select seven of the following: | 21 | |
| The Italian American Experience: On the Margins or in the Mainstream? | ||
| Italy on the Silver Screen: Topics in Italian Cinema | ||
| Italian Conversation | ||
| Commercial Italian | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Introduction to Translating | ||
| Italian Study Abroad | ||
| Cooperative Education | ||
| Advanced Italian Grammar | ||
| Italian Literature of the Renaissance I | ||
| Italian Literature of the Renaissance II | ||
| Italian Literature of the 19th Century I | ||
| Italian Literature of the 19th Century II: Experimentalism | ||
| Italian Literature of the 20th Century I: A Changing Italy | ||
| Italian Literature of the 20th Century II: A Changing Italy | ||
| Dante Seminar I: Inferno | ||
| Dante Seminar II: Purgatorio and Paradiso | ||
| Italian Literature of the 13th and 14th Centuries | ||
| Senior Seminar in Literary Research | ||
| Italian Women Writers | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Total Credits | 36 | |