The Courses

(All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.)

Notes on Elementary and Intermediate Italian:

Students wishing to study Italian and who have completed three years or more of this language in Grades 9 through 12, or have taken the AP exam, should meet with the Undergraduate Program Director. They will begin at the Intermediate level (230 or 240) unless they place into a more advanced level.
All courses in Elementary and Intermediate Italian develop students' listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, as well as an understanding of many aspects of Italian culture.
The foreign language requirement for the College of Humanities and Fine Arts is fulfilled by completing ITAL 230 and 240.

110 Elementary Italian I

120 Elementary Italian II

229 The Culture of Italian Comics (AT, DG) 4 cr

230 Intermediate Italian I

240 Intermediate Italian II

250 Food, History & Cultural Identity in Italy (taught in English. Reading in Italian available.)

251 Hip Hop and Identity in Contemporary Italy (AT, DG) 4 cr

280 Language Suite Conversation 2 cr with additional 1-cr Honors option

285 Introduction to Italian Culture (taught in English)

297D Introduction to the Middle Ages

297L New Horizons in Reading, Writing and Conversation

297T Teach to Learn: Italian Language Pedagogy in Practice

303 Writing on Language (JYW)

324 Introduction to Italian Literature I

325 Introduction to Italian Literature II

328 Introduction to Italian Linguistics

333 Women's Bodies: Poetry, Politics and Power (AL, DG) 4 cr

334 The Italian American Experience (AL, DU) 4 cr

350 Italian Film (AT) 4 cr

371 Advanced Grammar and Composition

394MI Italy and the Mediterranean (taught in English) (IE)

420/520 Expressions of the Modern

422/522 Literatures of Fascist Italy

428/528 Boccaccio's Decameron

497AF The "Maestri" - Antonioni and Fellini

497B The Italian-American Experience

497CF Italian Neorealism and Beyond

497DF The Divas: Feminine Icons in Italian Cinema

497FL/597FL The Liar: Federico Fellini

497L/597L Literature, Theory & Thinking in Calvino's Narratives

497LC/597LC The Liar's Circus: Federico Fellini and His American Legacy

507 Dante & the Duecento

514 Early Renaissance

572 Basic Methods of Teaching

580 Contemporary Italian Literature: Voices of the New Millennium

608 Dante's Comedy (taught in English)