Courses
ITAL 101. Elementary Italian I (4)
Prerequisite: Not open to students with oral and writing proficiency or who attended schools where Italian was the language of instruction. Study of the fundamentals of Italian: grammatical structures, reading, practice in the spoken language. May not be challenged by exam. (Available for General Education, F Comparative Cultural Studies.)
ITAL 102. Elementary Italian II (4)
Prerequisite: ITAL 101 or instructor consent. Not open to students with oral and writing proficiency or who attended schools where Italian was the language of instruction. Continuation of the study of the fundamentals of Italian, including grammatical structures, reading and practice in the spoken language. May not be challenged by exam. (Available for General Education, F Comparative Cultural Studies.)
ITAL 201. Intermediate Italian I (3)
Prerequisite: ITAL 102. May not be challenged if principal schooling has been in Italian. (Available for General Education, F Comparative Cultural Studies.)
ITAL 204. Intermediate Italian Grammar and Composition (3)
Prerequisite: ITAL 201 or instructor consent. Recommended Corequisite: ITAL 202. One-semester course for non-native speakers consisting of extensive grammar review and literary composition. May not be challenged if principal schooling has been in Italian.
ITAL 290. Intermediate Reading and Conversation (3)
Prerequisite: ITAL 202 or equivalent. This course offers the opportunity to increase functional language competence. Reading comprehension and communicative skills will be fostered with the use of active vocabulary, media presentations and performances. Guided conversations, reading, and pronunciation will emphasize the development of accurate idiomatic expressions. Use of Internet resources and multimedia materials will be an integral part of this course. Course will target computer literacy and technology competencies.
ITAL 300. Advanced Conversational Italian (3)
Prerequisite: ITAL 204. One-semester course intended to encourage students to further develop their ability to express themselves in the Italian language.
ITAL 306. Translation and Style (3)
Prerequisite: ITAL 204 or permission of the instructor. This course is designed to help students enhance their mastery of the Italian language through translation from English into Italian and Italian into English. This course is a study of the syntactic, morphemic and semantic structures of both languages. Texts to be translated will include literary excerpts, newspaper articles, business letters, technical and scientific material and a variety of essays. This course will allow students to understand the various stylistic differences between Italian and English, to increase vocabulary proficiency and, above all, to achieve a higher writing competence in the target language.
ITAL 396A-Z. Experimental Topics Courses in Italian Literature (3)
Prerequisite: ITAL 204 or equivalent. Experimental topics in Italian literature or linguistics, with content to be determined.
ITAL 496A-Z. Experimental Topics Courses in Italian Literature (3)
Prerequisite: ITAL 315. Selected topics in Italian literature, with course content to be determined.
ITAL 499A-C. Independent Study (1-3)
Independent Study