This minor enables students to advance their Italian language skills and to study Italian culture, history, and literature from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Policies
Eight credits of coursework must be unique to the minor and students must earn a minimum grade of 2.00 in all courses applied to the minor. For policies governing all minors, see AP.5.3.4 Minors.
Minor Requirements
Total credits: 18
Students should be aware of the specific policies associated with this program, located on the Admissions & Policies tab.
Students complete coursework with a language emphasis or a history and culture emphasis. Special topics courses, such as HIST 388 Topics in European History, GOVT 520 Political Theory, and RELI 235 Religion and Literature (Mason Core), when relevant, may be applied to the minor with prior written approval of the coordinator.
Language Emphasis
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select five language courses from the following courses, most of which are repeatable: | 15 | |
| Advanced Italian: Language and Culture I | ||
| Advanced Italian Language and Culture II | ||
| Italian through Arts | ||
| Southern Italy | ||
| Global and Local Italy | ||
| Select one course in Italian literature and film in translation from the following: | 3 | |
| Topics in Italian Film and Literature (Mason Core) | ||
| Major Italian Writers (Mason Core) | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |
History and Culture Emphasis
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select three language courses from the following: | 9 | |
| Advanced Italian: Language and Culture I | ||
| Advanced Italian Language and Culture II | ||
| Italian through Arts | ||
| Southern Italy | ||
| Global and Local Italy | ||
| Select one course in Italian literature and film in translation from the following: | 3 | |
| Topics in Italian Film and Literature (Mason Core) | ||
| Major Italian Writers (Mason Core) | ||
| Select two electives from the following: | 6 | |
| Early Renaissance Art in Italy, 1300-1500 (Mason Core) | ||
| High Renaissance Art in Italy, 1480-1570 (Mason Core) | ||
| Western Europe in the Middle Ages | ||
| The Renaissance | ||
| Nineteenth-Century Europe (Mason Core) | ||
| Modern Western Political Theory | ||
| Catholicism | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |