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 (Gen Ed AT, DG) 4 cr

230 Intermediate Italian I 

240 Intermediate Italian II 

250 Food, History & Cultural Identity in Italy 

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

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

285 Introduction to Italian Culture (taught in English)

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 (Gen Ed AL, DG) 4 cr

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

339 The Medici

343 Medieval Myths and Maps

350 Italian Film (Gen Ed AT) 4 cr

371 Advanced Grammar and Composition

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

417 Medieval and Renaissance Novella

420/520 Expressions of the Modern

422/522 Literatures of Fascist Italy

427 Comedy: Italian Style

428/528 Boccaccio's Decameron

429 The Neorealist Window

466 The Three Crowns

470/570 Mapping Reality: Italo Calvino's Narrative and Theory

481 Civilization

507/608 Dante & the Duecento (taught in English)

514 Early Renaissance

524 High Renaissance

531 Fellini: Film as Veritable Lie (taught in English)

532 Pasolini, the Polymath

550 Ethics in Words: Modern Italian Poetry

564 Pirandello

569 Contemporary Italian Theater

572 Basic Methods of Teaching

580 Contemporary Italian Literature: Voices of the New Millennium