Category: Italian Courses

This 4-credit course is designed for students who have taken Italian 181 or 101. In most cases, the honors section has the same syllabus and the same program as Italian 102 (for your reference, see description of 102). Students in Honors Italian benefit from a smaller class size and will be able to do many fun …

LT 410, Food Cultures of Italy is a 3-credit course conducted in English. It focuses on the history of Italian food cultures from the end of the 19th-century to the present. Readings include fiction, cookbooks, and history. It does not count towards the Italian major. 

LT 360, French and Italian Renaissance Literature is an online only 3-credit course conducted in English. It offers multimedia lectures that relate literature to art, politics and spirituality. It includes readings of Renaissance literary, philosophical and historical works. It does not count towards the Italian major.

LT 253, Dante’s Divine Comedy is a 3-credit course conducted in English. Through readings, videos and original images, we explore the most significant episodes from one of the greatest world literary classics, Dante’s Divine Comedy. From hell, through Purgatory to Paradise, we travel together with Dante in a universal tale of the journal of the human …

This course (4 credits) is designed for students who have successfully completed Italian 203. It will advance spoken and written language skills developed in previous courses through a variety of oral and written exercises. The goal is to develop further oral and written proficiency in Italian. The skills acquired from this course are needed for …

This 4-credit course is designed for students who have successfully completed Italian 102 or 201.  The goal of this course is to provide an in-depth understanding of contemporary Italian language and culture.  This course will advance spoken and written language skills developed in previous courses.  Pair and group work will provide you with numerous opportunities …

This 4-credit course is designed for students with little or no knowledge of the Italian language, but who have a strong background in another Romance language (i.e. Spanish, French, Rumanian, Portuguese, Catalan, etc.).  Italian 201 is an accelerated course that combines Italian 101 and 102 in 1 semester. The goal of this course is to …

This 4-credit course is designed for students with some knowledge of the Italian language.  In this course, you will improve the skills gained in Italian 101 and learn new structures and expressions that will enable you to talk about past events, formulate plans for the future, express desires and opinions. Several workshops throughout the semester …

This 4-credit course is designed for students with little or no knowledge of the Italian language.  The goal is to provide an introduction to contemporary Italian language and culture.   You will be actively engaged in  activities such as:  role-plays, and pair and group work.  Listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills are integrated in all activities.  …

This seminar will explore the career of the controversial Italian artist Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), including his work as poet, filmmaker, playwright, theorist, and political commentator. Pasolini’s work will be studied against the backdrop of Italian and European history from the period of fascism and Resistance through the Economic Boom and rise of new social …