Italian Studies Minor

Italian Studies Minor

 

Italian Studies minors gain a broad understanding of the language, literature, and lives of Italy.

Our multidisciplinary program is vibrant, flexible, challenging, and engaging. You will work toward linguistic proficiency in Italian, honing your basic vocabulary and progressing toward sophisticated communication, oral and written. From there, you’ll encounter Italian culture through a plethora of film, history, politics, art, and music. In small, discussion-based classes, you’ll engage with writers and thinkers like Elena Ferrante, Dante, Italo Calvino, and Machiavelli, to name a few.

Throughout your journey, you’ll receive highly personalized instruction from our world-renowned faculty. We are here to equip you for whatever future you envision!

 

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CURRICULUM

Italian Studies, Minor

The minor in Italian Studies gives students language skills and cultural competencies for traveling and working in Italian-speaking cultures.

Requirements

Lower Division

The following lower-division courses are required for the minor. ITAL 101 and 102 are prerequisites for ITAL 201 unless a student places directly into ITAL 201 or higher.

  • Elementary Italian (4 units)
  • Continuing Elementary Italian (4 units)
  • Intermediate Italian (4 units)

Conversation

At least two units of conversation courses are required, courses may be repeated

  • Basic Conversation (1 units)
  • Italian Civilization (1 units)
  • Advanced Conversation (1 units)

Upper Division

Take at least 7 units from the following (or equivalent). The capstone course is not required, but recommended. Courses from allied fields may be counted towards these requirements by petition.

  • Advanced Italian (4 units)
  • Advanced Italian EL (1 units)
  • Italian Language Tutorial (1 units)
  • Internship (1-3 units)
  • Capstone (1 units)
  • Independent Study (1-4 units)
  • Modern Critical Theory (3 units)
  • Culture/Civilization of Italy (3 units)
  • Lower Division Literature
  • Elementary Italian (4 units)
  • Continuing Elementary Italian (4 units)
  • Basic Conversation (1 units)
  • Italian Civilization (1 units)
  • Intermediate Italian (4 units)
  • Intermediate Italian (3 units)
  • Intermediate Italian (3-5 units)
  • ITAL Elective (1-5 units)
  • Advanced Italian (4 units)
  • Advanced Italian EL (1 units)
  • Advanced Conversation (1 units)
  • Italian Language Tutorial (1 units)
  • ITAL UD Elective (1-5 units)
  • Internship (1-3 units)
  • Internship (1-3 units)
  • Capstone (1 units)
  • Independent Study (1-4 units)
  • Italian Language Placement Lvl

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