Italian

Programs

Courses

ITA 1111: Introductory Italian I

Program
Credits 4

Groundwork in Italian, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension and reading for students with no prior knowledge of Italian. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral drills.

Last Offered
Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Effective Term
202230

ITA 1112: Introductory Italian II

Program
Credits 4

Groundwork in Italian, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension and reading for students. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral drills.

Last Offered
Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
Effective Term
202230

ITA 1119: Foundations in Italian I

Program
Credits 3

A beginner's journey into the Italian language emphasizing reading and writing. This course cultivates basic communication abilities, setting the stage for ongoing Italian education.

Effective Term
202510

ITA 1120: Foundations in Italian Il

Program
Credits 3

Progressing from Foundations in Italian I, this course enhances linguistic expertise in reading and writing. Students amplify conversational capacities, delve into complex grammar, and uncover regional distinctions. Aimed to fortify foundational skills, propelling students toward intermediate coursework.

Effective Term
202510

ITA 1121: Intermediate Italian I

Program
Credits 3

Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. Students should have completed ITA 1111 and 1112 or the equivalent.

Last Offered
Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023
Effective Term
202230

ITA 1122: Intermediate Italian II

Program
Credits 3

Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. Students should have completed ITA 1121 or the equivalent.

Last Offered
Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023
Effective Term
202230

ITA 1135: Italy Now

Program
Credits 3

Contemporary Italian culture, politics, geography, and art, with emphasis on conversation skills.

Effective Term
202420

ITA 1136: Italy by Vespa

Program
Credits 3

An itinerary through the different cultures and histories of Italian regions.

Last Offered
Fall 2024, Fall 2023
Effective Term
202420

ITA 1138: Advanced Grammar

Program
Credits 3

Intensive practice of spoken and written Italian.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131 :D-

Last Offered
Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2014
Effective Term
202230

ITA 1140: Writing & Stylistics in Ita.

Program
Credits 3

Intensive practice in written expression and textual analysis. Compositions are modeled on selected Italian texts.

Last Offered
Fall 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2016
Effective Term
202230

ITA 1141: Italy in Business

Program
Credits 3

An overview of contemporary Italy from the perspective of business (leading brands, productive sectors, marketing strategies, financial trends, law and politics).

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Last Offered
Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2015
Effective Term
202420

ITA 1143: Readings in Italian Literature

Program
Credits 3

Readings in fiction, verse and drama representing various literary currents and personalities from the Renaissance to modern times.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Last Offered
Spring 2025, Spring 2022, Summer 2016, Spring 2016
Effective Term
202230

ITA 2075: Visual History of Italy

Program
Credits 3

An introduction to Italian history through its major works of art (from the middle ages to the present). Pre-reqs 1131-1999 or permission.

Effective Term
202420

ITA 2220: Italian Lit and Culture I

Program
Credits 3

Introduction to Italian literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. A required course for majors. Pre-requisite: ITA 1131 or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Last Offered
Fall 2022, Spring 2021
Effective Term
202230

ITA 2221: Italian Lit. and Culture II

Program
Credits 3

Introduction to Italian literature and culture from the Baroque to the 20th century. A required course for majors. Pre-requisite: ITA 1131 or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Last Offered
Fall 2018, Spring 2017
Effective Term
202230

ITA 2222: Italians and America

Program
Credits 3

Introduction to the cinematographic and literary images of Italians and Italian-Americans, from the discovery of the new world to the present.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Last Offered
Spring 2025, Fall 2018
Effective Term
202230

ITA 2225: Italian Music

Program
Credits 3

The interaction of musical performance and poetry (from opera to contemporary songwriting) and the role of music in Italian society. Pre-requisite: ITA 1131 or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Last Offered
Spring 2018
Effective Term
202230

ITA 2300: Art of Love

Program
Credits 3

Literature and art dealing with eroticism and relationships. Pre-reqs 1131-1999 or permission.

Effective Term
202420

ITA 2310: Pinocchio and Italian HIstory

Program
Credits 3

The famous Italian puppet from Collodi's original masterpiece to contemporary reinventions in cinema, theatre, and design. Pre-reqs 1131 to 1999 or permission.

Effective Term
202420

ITA 2314: Italian Poetry

Program
Credits 3

A selection of masterpieces of Italian poetry from the origins to the present. Pre-requisite: ITA 1131 or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Last Offered
Fall 2019
Effective Term
202230

ITA 2330: Calvino

Program
Credits 3

An introduction to the literary works of 20th century giant Italian literature Italo Calvino Pre-reqs 1131-1999 or permission.

Last Offered
Spring 2024
Effective Term
202420

ITA 2340: Boccaccio: Sex Lies Silence

Program
Credits 3

Seminar on Boccaccio's story collection Decameron, with emphases on eroticism, gender, censorship. Pre-reqs 1131-1999 or permission

Last Offered
Fall 2024
Effective Term
202420

ITA 2360: Manzoni: Betrothed

Program
Credits 3

A reading of Italy's most important work of prose, the 19th century novel I promessi sposi by Alessandro Manzoni. Pre-reqs 1131-1999 or permission.

Effective Term
202420

ITA 2365: Italian Theatre

Program
Credits 3

Seminar on the masterpieces of the Italian theatrical tradition (from opera to contemporary theatre). Pre-reqs 1130-1999 or permission.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131 or ITA 1134 or ITA 1136

Prerequisite Courses
Effective Term
202420

ITA 2380: Art of Storytelling

Program
Credits 3

An anthology of Italian short stories with a peculiar attention on storytelling techniques. Pre-req 1131-1999 or permission.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131 or ITA 1134 or ITA 1136

Prerequisite Courses
Last Offered
Fall 2025
Effective Term
202420

ITA 2413: Italy and Beauty

Program
Credits 3

An exploration of different forms of Italian beauty in architecture, visual arts, design, fashion, music, and literary imagination.

Effective Term
202420

ITA 2490: Italy in Business

Program
Credits 3

An overview of contemporary Italy from the perspective of business (leading brands, productive sectors, marketing strategies, financial trends, law and politics). Pre-reqs 1131-1999 or permission.

Last Offered
Fall 2023
Effective Term
202420

ITA 2993: Italian Internship Project

Program
Credits 3

Students may receive up to 3 credits for an internship experience in an Italian business, non-profit, government agency, museum, or an Italian cultural association. Approval of the Italian Coordinator is required. Pre-requisite: ITA 1131 or authorization of instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Effective Term
202230

ITA 3064: Performing Comedy

Program
Credits 3

Reading and staging of a theatrical piece in Italian. The course includes grammar review, critical interpretation and production of the text. Pre-requisite: Any ITA course at the 2000 level or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Effective Term
202230

ITA 3074: Intro to Italian Cinema

Program
Credits 3

A critical introduction to the masterpieces of the Italian cinema from DeSica and Fellini to Tornatore and Sorrentino. Pre-requisite: Any ITA course at the 2000 level or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Last Offered
Spring 2023, Spring 2021
Effective Term
202230

ITA 3100: Teaching Practicum

Program
Credits 3

The practicum gives qualified students the opportunity to work as teaching assistants in level appropriate courses under the supervision of a faculty member. Tasks will vary based on level and course, but may include working with students on writing, leading activities or discussion, and helping students with homework, language learning, or research. By permission.

Last Offered
Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023
Effective Term
202420

ITA 3285: Italy and Europe

Program
Credits 3

The contribution and role of Italy in the European politics, economy, and culture, from its making as a nation to the present. Pre-requisite: Any ITA course at the 2000 level or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Effective Term
202230

ITA 3366: Italian Opera

Program
Credits 3

Introduction to Italian opera from Monteverdi to Verdi and Puccini. Pre-requisite: Any ITA course at the 2000 level or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Effective Term
202230

ITA 3412: Special Topics

Program
Credits 3

Advanced study of topics of special interest in Italian literary and/or cultural studies. May be repeated for credit if topic changes. Pre-requisite: Any ITA course at the 2000 level or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Last Offered
Spring 2025, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Summer 2016
Effective Term
202230

ITA 3455: Dante's Divine Comedy

Program
Credits 3

Selected readings in Italian from Dante's masterpiece. Pre-requisite: Any ITA course at the 2000 level or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Effective Term
202230

ITA 3470: Voyagers, Explorers, Immigrant

Program
Credits 3

A survey of Italian literature from the early modern age through the present focusing on the theme of travel and exploration. Pre-reqs 1131-1999 or permission.

Last Offered
Spring 2024
Effective Term
202420

ITA 3545: Petrarca and Boccaccio

Program
Credits 3

The major works of Francesco Petrarca and Giovanni Boccaccio. Pre-requisite: Any ITA course at the 2000 level or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Effective Term
202230

ITA 3625: The Italian Renaissance

Program
Credits 3

Writers, artists, intellectuals of the Humanistic age and of the Renaissance. Pre-requisite: Any ITA course at the 2000 level or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Last Offered
Summer 2014
Effective Term
202230

ITA 3710: ITA Futurism & the Euro Avantg

Program
Credits 3

A multi-disciplinary itinerary on the Italian 20th century avantgarde of Futurism (in literature, painting, theatre, and design). Pre-reqs 1131-1999 or permission.

Effective Term
202420

ITA 3725: The Italian Baroque

Program
Credits 3

An introduction to the poetics and the main artists of the Italian Baroque. Caravaggio, Bernini, Galileo, Marino, Vico, commedia dell'arte, opera. Pre-requisite: Any ITA course at the 2000 level or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Effective Term
202230

ITA 3824: Classics and Romantics

Program
Credits 3

An overview of Italy's culture in the 18th and 19th centuries: neo-Classicism, Romanticism (Foscolo, Leopardi, Manzoni) and Risorgimento. Pre-requisite: Any ITA course at the 2000 level or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Effective Term
202230

ITA 3925: Italian Modernism

Program
Credits 3

Literature and art of the 20th century. Futurism, avant-gardes, Pirandello, De Chirico, Calvino and postmodernism. Pre-requisite: Any ITA course at the 2000 level or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Effective Term
202230

ITA 3970: Research Seminar

Program
Credits 3

Concentrated study on one aspect of Italian literature chosen by the instructor. Immersion in primary and secondary materials and introduction to principles and techniques of literary research and bibliography ultimately leading to the writing of the research paper. Required for majors. Open to all advanced students. Pre-requisite: Any ITA course at the 2000 level or authorization from instructor.

Prerequisites

ITA 1131

Last Offered
Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
Effective Term
202230

ITA 3971: Directed Research in Italian

Program
Credits 1

Directed semester-long research project that satisfies the College research requirement, taken in conjunction with another upper-level ITA content course. Pre-requisite: ITA 2220, ITA 2221 or approval from the ITA coordinator.

Prerequisites
Last Offered
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024
Effective Term
202230

RLL 3413: Topics on Italy and Beauty

Program
Credits 3

Advanced study of expressions of beauty as manifested in Italian Culture Literature, Art, Philosphy, Design, and Commerce. May be repeated for credit if topic changes. Taught in English

Last Offered
Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
Effective Term
202230