Italian Studies, Minor

A minimum of 15 credits of the degree must be comprised of upper-division courses.

Students must complete a minimum of 12 credits from section one. The remaining 9 credits can be taken from any section, with a maximum of 3 credits in section three. Students are encouraged to spend at least one semester in Italy. Courses taken abroad may qualify for approval.

section one

Italian language and culture (taught in Italian)

ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian I 3 credits
ITAL 202 - Intermediate Italian II 3 credits
ITAL 291 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity 1-3 credits *
ITAL 301 - Conversation and Composition: Italian Regional Culture and Tradition 3 credits
ITAL 340 - History and Culture of Food in Italy 3 credits
ITAL 342 - Advanced Italian Grammar and Stylistics 3 credits
ITAL 344 - Advanced Italian Conversation and Composition 3 credits
ITAL 345 - Conversation and Composition: Introduction to Contemporary Italy 3 credits
ITAL 346 - Italian Translation for Tourism and Cultural Promotion 3 credits
ITAL 347 - Business Italian: Professional Language and Culture 3 credits
ITAL 349 - The Forms of Italian Theater: History and Practice 3 credits
ITAL 350 - The Made in Italy: Fashion, Design, and Material Culture 3 credits
ITAL 353 - The Short Narrative in Italian Culture: Oral Tradition, Literature, and Cinema 3 credits
ITAL 354 - Songs of Italy: Voices of Yesterday and Today 3 credits
ITAL 357 - Serious Laughter: Italian Comedy of Yesterday and Today 3 credits
ITAL 375 - Masterpieces of Italian Literature 3 credits
ITAL 377 - The New Italians: Immigration and Globalization in Twenty-First Century Italy 3 credits
ITAL 385 - From Page to Screen: Literature and Film in Italy 3 credits
ITAL 399 - Individual Study 1-6 credits *
ITAL 490 - Independent Internship ½-6 credits **
ITAL 491 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity 1-3 credits *
ITAL 499 - Individual Study 1-6 credits *

section two

Italian literary, film, and cultural studies (readings and discussion in English, coursework in Italian)

ITAL 291 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity 1-3 credits *
HON 314 - Narrating the Afterworld: Dante’s Spiritual Journey 3 credits
HON 315 - Power and Imagination in the Italian Renaissance 3 credits
ITAL 341 - Italian Cinema: Politics, Art, and Industry 3 credits
HON 371 - Tales of a Creative Mind: Fellini, the Dream-Director 3 credits
HON 373 - Pinocchio & Co: The Puppet Across Media 3 credits
ITAL 387 - Italian American Cinema 3 credits
HON 448 - The Beauty of Ideas: An Experience of Florence 3 credits
HON 455 - Interpreting the Past: an Experience of Rome 3 credits
ITAL 490 - Independent Internship ½-6 credits **
ITAL 491 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity 1-3 credits *
ITAL 499 - Individual Study 1-6 credits *

section three

Italian studies in a wider context (taught in English)

MUS 301 - Music History and Literature I 3 credits
AH 304 - Etruscan and Roman Art 3 credits
HIST 306 - The Middle Ages 3 credits
HIST 308 - Early Modern Europe 3 credits
FSN 309 - Topics in Food, Diet and Culture 3 credits
ENV 329 - Experimental Course ½-4 credits (topic: Venice and the Alps: Climate, Water, and Society of Northern Italy)
HIST 358 - Jewish Life from Napoleon to Hitler 3 credits
FTV 361I - Structure of an International Film Festival 3 credits
AH 379 - Rome: 3000 Years of the Eternal City 3 credits (Travel Course)
ITAL 387 - Italian American Cinema 3 credits

total credits 21

*Only three credits total of individual study and student-faculty research/creative activity courses combined may be counted towards the minor.

**Only three credits total of independent internship courses combined may be counted towards the minor.