Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Italian Major and Minor
Requirements for Italian Majors and Minors
Italian Major
The Italian major requires that students take either 1311-1321 or 1331-1341 and eight approved courses at the 2000 level in the language of the major (see “Course Offerings” page). Courses taught in English, do not count toward the major or minor. Students may also elect to combine a major in Italian with another major and find that such a double major opens a variety of international career opportunities.
Italian Minor
With the approval of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, students may elect a minor in
Italian by taking six courses beyond the second-year level.
Italian Courses
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ITA 1011 | First-Year Italian 1 |
4 |
| ITA 1021 | First-Year Italian 2 |
4 |
| ITA 1031 | First-Year Italian 3 (intensive third semester) |
4 |
| ITA 1211 | Second-Year Italian 1 |
3 |
| ITA 1221 | Second-Year Italian 2 |
3 |
| ITA 1311 | Italian Conversation and Composition 1 |
3 |
| ITA 1321 | Italian Conversation and Composition 2 |
3 |
| ITA 1331 | Selections in Italian Literature 1 |
3 |
| ITA 1341 | Selections in Italian Literature 2 |
3 |
| ITA 2021 | Advanced Italian Conversation and Composition |
3 |
| ITA 2101 | Italian Culture and Civilization |
3 |
| ITA 2131 | The Italian Business World and Its Language |
3 |
| ITA 2111 | Modern Italian Culture |
3 |
| ITA 2191 | Major Italian Authors |
3 |
| ITA 2211 | From Novel to Film |
3 |
| ITA 2231 | L’italiano al cinema II: From Neorealism to the Present |
3 |
| ITA 2241 | Italian Journeys: From Marco Polo to Global Tourism |
3 |
| ITA 2251 | The Medici Court: Poetry, Patronage & Power |
3 |
| ITA 2261 | The Artist and the Madman from the Renaissance to the Reformation |
3 |
| ITA 2271 | Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio: The Dawn of the Renaissance |
3 |
| ITA 2321 | Italian Society in the Media: TV, Internet, and the Press |
3 |
| ITA 2411 | Profane and Sacred Love in Medieval and Renaissance Literature |
3 |
| ITA 2421 | Rebels, Revolutionaries and Romantics: Italian Literature and Society from the Baroque to the Risorgimento |
3 |
| ITA 2521 | Women's Voices in 20th-Century Italian Fiction |
3 |
| ITA 2931 | Directed Readings in Italian 1 |
3 |
| ITA 2941 | Directed Readings in Italian 2 |
3 |
| ITA 2953 | Honors Reading and Research in Italian 1 |
3 |
| ITA 2963 | Honors Reading and Research in Italian 2 |
3 |
Current and recent upper-division courses
Fall 2004
ITA 2131 Italian Business World and Its Language
ITA 2021 Advanced Italian Conversation and Composition
Spring 2005
ITA 2411 Profane and Sacred Love in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
Fall 2005
ITA 2321 Italian Society in The media
ITA 2021 Italian Culture and Civilization
Spring 2006
ITA 2521 Women’s Voices in Twentieth-Century Italian Fiction
ITA 2191 Major Italian Authors
Fall 2006
ITA 2131 Italian Business World and Its Language
ITA 2111 Modern Italian Culture