Requirements for the B.A. in Italian Studies

Learning Outcomes for the Italian Studies Major

Requirements for the Degree (Pre-Fall 2023)

A. The Proficiency and General Distribution Requirements of the University.

B. Core Curriculum

• IT 301 Advanced Italian I
• IT 302 Advanced Italian II
• IT 308 Introduction to Professional Translation or
  IT 309 Italian Language Through Literature
• IT 310 Elements of Italian Literature
• IT 317 Roots of Italian Identities
• HS 365 Italy from the Risorgimento to the First World War (1815 - 1915) or
  HS 366 Italy from Mussolini to the Crisis of the First Republic (1918 to present) or
  other courses in Modern Italian History approved by the advisor
• ITS/SOSC 250 Contemporary Italian Society or
  PL 215 Italian Politics and Society 
• BUS/ITS 260 Made in Italy: The Italian Business Environment
• ITS/CMS 332 Italian Media and Popular Culture
• IT 401 Advanced Workshop in Italian Writing
• PL 460 Social Science Research Methods or 
  IT/SOSC 380 Researching Rome: Fieldwork in the Eternal City or
  HUM 460 Research and Writing in the Humanities
• IT 480 Senior Thesis 

The University requires an overall minimum grade point average of 2.00 in all courses taken at the University, with no more than two grades lower than C- in core courses.

C. Major Electives

Five electives, to be chosen with the advisor from the following: 

• Any core courses not taken in fulfillment of the core requirements
• Any IT 300 level classes not required for the core
• Any ITS courses
• Any approved major electives from outside the Department

D. General Electives sufficient to give a total of 120 credits.