Coordinator: Enza Antenos
The 36 credit Italian major provides language courses on all levels, Italian literature and civilization classes, and a large variety of extra-curricular activities. Study abroad opportunities allow students to experience firsthand the rich cultural and economic makeup of Italy, and are offered as spring break, summer, and full semester/year programs.
120 credits of coursework is required for the baccalaureate degree with a minimum 2.0 overall GPA, and a minimum 2.0 major GPA.
Program Requirements
Students must complete General Education requirements and 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 | Reading, Writing, Translating Early Modern Italy | 3 |
| ITAL 341 | Reading, Writing, Translating Modern and Contemporary Italy | 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? | ||
| Italian Americans in Film | ||
| Topics in Italian Cinema and Introduction to Subtitling | ||
| 20th Century Italian Literature | ||
| Italian Conversation | ||
| Introduction to Italian Business and Commercial Translation | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Introduction to Translating | ||
| Translation for Tourism and Cultural Promotion | ||
| Italian Study Abroad | ||
| The Italian-American Novel | ||
| Dante | ||
| Italian Humanism and Renaissance | ||
| 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 | ||
| Audiovisual Translation | ||
| 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 | |