Italian Major

Program Coordinator: James Kriesel, Ph.D.
Office Location: 333 Saint Augustine Center
Telephone: 610-519-4680
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About

Our current economic and social realities require a dynamic education. Italian Studies provides students with the analytic and creative thinking skills to engage a multimedia world of fraught complexities and exciting opportunities. Students develop advanced fluency in Italian and are exposed to all aspects of Italian culture—literature, visual art, film, music, etc. They gain perspective by studying one of the world’s most influential cultures, which is at the crossroads of the world’s eastern and western hemispheres.

PRIMARY MAJOR (122 Credits)

Required Major Courses (31 credits)

The Italian Studies Program is designed to make students fluent in Italian, to expose them to Italian culture in all its aspects (literature, visual arts, design, history, cinema), to broaden their intellectual horizon, and to introduce them to the professional world. Italian offers a flexible major or minor, which can be easily combined with majors in psychology, communications, humanities, economics, business, nursing, law and politics. 

Program Notes:

  • Students may transfer 2 courses (6 cr) taken abroad toward the major.
  • Students have the option of taking two courses taught in English - a maximum of 2 classes with the subject ITA and attribute TENG.
    • 1 may be offered in another department if student presents rationale (scheduling conflicts, special interest, etc.); approval of director required prior to registration.
Course
Title
Credits
Advanced Language and Contemporary-modern Italy  +
3
Pre-20th Century Culture  +
3
Non-literary Media including business, beauty, cinema, design, mental health, fashion, music, theatre, visual history of Italy  +
3
Italian Electives  +
18
Italian Capstone Seminar  +
3
Sub-Total Credits
31

Core Curriculum Requirements (44 credits)

Course
Title
Credits
Mathematics or Statistics (1 course)  +
3
Natural Science (2 courses with laboratory)  +
8
Literature and Writing Seminar (1 course)  +
3
History (1 course)   +
3
Social Sciences (2 courses)  +
6
Fine Arts (1 course)  +
3
Upper-Level Theology (1 course)  +
3
Language Requirement  +
Diversity Requirement (2 courses)  +
Sub-Total Credits
44

Free Elective Requirement (47 credits)

Students with an Italian Studies primary major have forty-seven (47) required free elective credits. 

Degree Credit Summary

  • Major Credits: 31 credits
  • Core Credits: 44 credits
  • Free Electives Credits: 47 credits
  • Total Required Credits: 122 Credits

Note: The above credit totals are based on the minimum number of required credits in each degree area. The minimum number of required credits in each area listed above must be met. Credits taken beyond the required minimum for one area may not be applied to another area. 

SECONDARY MAJOR

Students who declare Italian Studies as a secondary major must complete the Required Major Courses to achieve this major. Students are able to count any eligible course taken in their primary major, the core curriculum, minors, concentrations, or free electives toward these requirements. 

Total Credits:
30

 

Disclaimer:
The above program requirements are applicable to students entering Summer 2024 and beyond. Please consult the appropriate archived catalog available on the homepage for years prior to these requirements. In order that programs offered by Villanova University reflect current advances and additions to knowledge and upgraded professional requirements, Villanova University reserves the right to change programs and requirements without prior notice. Students generally are bound to the requirements in effect and published online for the year in which their class begins its first year of study. Special requirements may be in effect for students who have left the University and are being readmitted. Students are advised to check with the web catalog or with their college offices regarding changes that may affect them. Additional academic information may be obtained from the various college offices and the web sites listed for the particular policies, programs and services found in this catalog. 

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Program

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Bachelor of Arts

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