Italian (ITAL)

Designed for students with no prior knowledge of Italian. Includes elements of grammar, vocabulary, oral skills, listening comprehension, and reading. Notes: Students may not receive credit for ITAL 101 and ITAL 110. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts. Equivalent to ITAL 110.

Continuation of ITAL 101. Notes: Students may not receive credit for ITAL 102 and ITAL 110. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts. Equivalent to ITAL 110.

Introduces elements of grammar, vocabulary, oral skills, listening comprehension, and reading. Notes: Students may not receive credit for ITAL 110 and ITAL 101 or 102. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts. Equivalent to ITAL 101, ITAL 102.

Further development of skills in listening, speaking, and writing. Notes: ITAL 201 and 202 must be taken in sequence. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.

Application of language skills to reading, composition, and discussion. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.

Explores Italian history through the lens of literary and cinematic movements from 1911 onwards. Compares the representations of historical movements in different artistic languages, from poetry and prose to the moving image. Topics include neorealism, Fascism, the Resistance, the Mafia and others. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.

Works of major Italian or Italian-American authors in translation. Writers to be studied vary. Notes: May be repeated for credit when topic is different. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.

Develops linguistic and critical proficiency in Italian language and culture for students who have completed intermediate studies in Italian. Analyzes authentic texts that reveal the diversity of Italian experience in regional, national and international contexts. Fosters advanced reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills that will enable students to understand and to critique Italian with greater ease and sophistication. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.

An advanced course that emphasizes linguistic fluency and cultural awareness in contemporary Italian realities. Highlights changes in the domestic, regional, and national spheres. Notes: May be repeated for credit when topic is different. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.

Develops linguistic proficiency and historical and cultural awareness through the study of a thematic selection of films. Fosters advanced reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills, incorporating advanced-level grammar and vocabulary in a content-based approach. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.

Examines the history and culture of southern Italy with an eye toward cultural and linguistic competence. Students analyze authentic texts ranging from literature to journalism that treat a specific area of southern Italy. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.

Examines Italian culture in its urban, regional, national, and diasporic manifestations. Analyzes authentic texts, from literature to journalism, in the spirit of a cultural studies approach. Fosters advanced reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills that will enable students to understand and critique contemporary Italy with greater ease and sophistication. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.