Italian Major Course Requirements

Italian Major - 31 credits

ITAL 2110Ìý(4 credits)

Advanced Italian Requirement (6 credits) can take in any order; must take at least one to move on to Upper-Division Requirement in Italian

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý 3013ÌýÌýÌýÌý Exploring Contemporary Italy: Conversation and ReadingÌý(3 credits, prereq 2110)

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý 3015ÌýÌýÌýÌý Italia Oggi (3 credits, prereq 2110)

Upper-Division courses in ItalianÌý(at least 6 credits)Ìýprereq 3013 or 3015

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý 3030ÌýÌýÌýÌý Storia dell’Arte: Italian Conversation through Art HistoryÌý

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý 3040ÌýÌýÌýÌý Cinema Italiano: Italian Conversation through Cinema

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý 3050ÌýÌýÌýÌý Issues in Italian Culture, and Society: SustainabilityÌý

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý 3140, 3150, 3160 Main Currents in Italian Literature and Culture

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý 4010 Ìý ÌýÌýProblems in TranslationÌý

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý 4030 Ìý ÌýÌýContemporary Italian Politics, Culture, and the MediaÌý

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý 4040 Ìý ÌýÌýBusiness Italian StyleÌý

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý 4145 Ìý ÌýÌýThe Age of Dante in ItalianÌý

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý 4500 Ìý ÌýÌýItalian TheaterÌý

Courses taught in EnglishÌý(Major – up to 15 credits, Minor – up to 3 credits (no prerequisites, can take at any time)

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý 1300ÌýÌýÌýÌý La dolce vita: How to live a good life, Italian Style

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1350ÌýÌýÌýÌý Introduction to Social Change in the Arts

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1400ÌýÌýÌýÌý Sexuality and Gender Wars in Early Modern Italy and France

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1500ÌýÌýÌýÌý That’s amore: Introduction to Italian Culture

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1550ÌýÌýÌýÌý The Power of Fairy Tales in Italy and France

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1600ÌýÌýÌýÌý Strategies of Fear: Introduction to Italian Fantastic Literature

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1700ÌýÌýÌýÌý Voices of Italian Women

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2271ÌýÌýÌýÌý Space, Innovation, and Wonder in Fairy Tales, Literature, and Film

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4140ÌýÌýÌýÌý What the Hell? Dante’s Divine Comedy and the Meaning of Life

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4147ÌýÌýÌýÌý Global Seminar in Florence Visualizing Dante’s Inferno

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4150ÌýÌýÌýÌý Boccaccio’s Decameron: Tales of Sex and Death in the Middle Ages

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Ìý4160, 4170, 4200 Special topicsÌý(prereq 3013 or 3015 if taught in Italian)

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4250ÌýÌýÌýÌý History of Modern Italy

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4260ÌýÌýÌýÌý Mafia and Terrorism: Organized Violence in Italy

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4280ÌýÌýÌýÌý Topics in Italian Cinema

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4290ÌýÌýÌýÌý Italian Culture Through Cinema

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4300ÌýÌýÌýÌý Multiculturalism in Italy

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4350ÌýÌýÌýÌý From Wops to Dons to Movers and Shakers: The Italian American Experience

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4600ÌýÌýÌýÌý Once Upon a Time in Italy

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4730ÌýÌýÌýÌý Italian Feminisms: Culture, Theory, Narratives of Difference

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4840ÌýÌýÌýÌý Independent StudyÌý(prereq 3013 or 3015 if taught in Italian)

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4930ÌýÌýÌýÌý Internships for the professions

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4980ÌýÌýÌýÌý Italian Senior Thesis

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4990ÌýÌýÌýÌý Senior Seminar/Senior ProjectÌý(independent)

The senior essay is no longer required; students wishing to complete a senior essay or senior project will work independently with a faculty member. The honors thesis will require ITAL 4980 and one course that focuses on literary or cultural theories/theory related to the thesis, including but not limited toÌýFREN 3200; ENGL 2026 Popular Culture, Critical Reading; ENGL 2036 Introduction to Media Studies in the Humanities; ENGL 2112 Introduction to Literary Theory. Students should consult with their honors thesis advisor when choosing a course.

Students majoring in Italian are required to have an initial advising session with the departmental advisor and to meet with the advisor at each semester's registration. Students majoring in Italian must earn a grade of C- or higher in ALL courses required for the major and may NOT take major requirement courses Pass/Fail. Twelve hours of upper division ITAL credit must be completed on the CU-Boulder campus.

ÌýCredits earned in Education Abroad programs may be applied to the Italian major as follows:

• Credits earned through a University of Colorado program in Italy may be applied to the Italian major. Students majoring in Italian must meet with the Italian advisor before going on an Education Abroad program to Italy to discuss their course of study and how courses will satisfy major requirements.
• Credits earned through other Education Abroad programs will be evaluated by the Italian advisor for application to the Italian major. Students may apply a maximum of 18 transfer credit hours to the Italian major -- only 15 hours can be applied at the upper division level. Students majoring in Italian must meet with an advisor prior to attending an Education Abroad program with an institution other than CU.
• Courses taken in all Education Abroad programs must be completed with a grade of C- or better in order to apply to the Italian major.

Double Major

All requirements described above must be fulfilled in the event that a student wishes to use Italian as part of the double major.