(Formerly offered as ITAL 145-146) Both semesters. Four credits each semester. Four class periods and one 1-hour laboratory practice. Not open for credit to students who have had three or more years of Italian in high school. Students who wish to continue in Italian but feel ill prepared should contact the head of the Modern and Classical Languages Department.

Elementary Italian grammar. Drill in pronunciation. Reading of simple texts. Practice in easy conversation.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 147-148.) Both semesters. Four credits each semester. Four class periods and one 1-hour laboratory practice. Prerequisite: ILCS 146 or equivalent.

Review of elementary Italian grammar. Graded composition and translation. Intensive and extensive reading. Oral practice in the language.

First and second semesters. Eight credits per semester. Two hours a day, four days a week, plus a two-hour laboratory practice. Open only with consent of the instructor. Not open for credit to students who have passed ILCS 145 through ILCS 148.

Intensive coverage of two years of Italian in two semesters. Intensive Italian 175-176 (Fall) covers the same material as ILCS 145-146; Intensive Italian 177- 178 (Spring) covers the same material as ILCS 147-148.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 213.) Second semester. Three credits. Open only to students selected for the Year Abroad in Florence Program.

A comprehensive review of Italian language and civilization.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 237.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ILCS 148.

A survey of contemporary Italian political, social, economic and cultural life.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 238.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ILCS 148 or equivalent.

A survey of social, cultural and artistic trends in Italy during the Renaissance.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 239.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ILCS 148 or equivalent.

Practice in written and oral composition. Syntax study.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 240.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ILCS 239 or equivalent.

Further practice in written and oral composition. Treatment of the finer points in syntax.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 243.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ILCS 148 or equivalent.

The history of Italian literature through the Renaissance is traced through its main developments. The aim of the course is to acquaint the student with the principal authors, literary schools and trends.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 244.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ILCS 148 or equivalent.

The history of Italian literature after the Renaissance is traced through its main developments. The aim of the course is to acquaint the student with the principal authors, literary schools and trends.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 250.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ILCS 237 or 239 or 243 or equivalent.

Readings from Metastasio, Goldoni, and Alfieri.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 251-252.) Both semesters. Three credits each semester. Prerequisite: ILCS 237 or 239 or 243 or equivalent.

Selected readings from the works of Poliziano, Leonardo da Vinci, Lorenzo de'Medici, Michelangelo, Ariosto, Machiavelli, Castiglione, Tasso, and others.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 253.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ILCS 237 or 239 or 243 or equivalent.

Selected readings from Dante, Petrarch, Compagni, Villani.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 254.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ILCS 237 or 239 or 243 or equivalent.

Readings from Boccaccio and others with special attention to the problems of social and sexual ethics.

Either semester.  Three credits. One 3-hour class period and one 2-hour laboratory.  Prerequisite: ILCS 148.

Major topics in modern and contemporary Italian cinema. Taught in Italian.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 261.) Either semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: ILCS 237 or 239 or 240. Bouchard

Major trends in twentieth-century Italian Literature from the early modern period to contemporary times.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 262.) Either semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: ILCS 237 or 239 or 240 or 243 or instructor consent. Bouchard

Nineteenth-century Italian drama, poetry, and narrative from the Napoleonic period to the years immediately following the conquest of Rome in 1870.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 299.) Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit.

The Florence Program is open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Courses include intensive Italian, Italian literature, and, with the consent of the director of the Program, any course offered by the University of Florence. Offered at the Florence campus.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 101.) First semester. Three credits. A knowledge of Italian is not required. Taught in English.

A survey of Italian Renaissance civilization, with emphasis on literature and intellectual life. CA 1.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 149.) Second semester. Three credits. Three class periods and one 2-hour laboratory period. Lectures in English. Films in Italian with English subtitles.

A critical analysis of contemporary Italian society seen through the media of film and literature. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

Either semester. Three credits.Three class periods and one 2-hour laboratory period. 

Focuses on the Italian American experience as represented in a variety of fields, including literature and cinema. CA 1. CA 4.

First semester. Three credits. Lectures in English.

The way Italian literary and cinematic culture justified, survived, and fought the terrors of the Fascist totalitarian regime. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
 

Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Masciandaro

Dante's poem as a unique synthesis of Medieval culture.  Emphasizes its integration of ethics, political thought, and theology with poetic imagination. CA 1.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 256W.) Second semester. Three credits.  Not open to students who have passed ILCS 251-252.

A survey, in English, of the major literary and philosophical currents of the Italian Renaissance. Selections from Boccaccio, Petrarch, Pico della Mirandola, Machiavelli, Castiglione, and others.

Either semester. Three credits. Three class periods and one 2-hour laboratory period. 

Cinematic representations of Italian Americans in the works of major directors from the silent era to the present. Construction of and attempts to dislodge negative stereotypes of Italian American male and female immigrants. CA 1. CA 4.

Prerequisite: ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250.

CA 1. CA 4.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 260W.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Two class periods and one 2-hour laboratory period. Lectures in English. Films in Italian with English subtitles. Bouchard

Italian cinema from the silent era to the present. Its genres, such as epic film, melodrama, comedy "Italian-style," "Spaghetti-Westerns," and political cinema. Cinema as a reflection on and comment upon the social and political contexts of Italian history from pre-fascist Italy to modernization and beyond. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 193.) Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. Consent of Department Head required, normally before the student's departure.

Special topics taken in a foreign study program.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 293.) Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. Consent of Department Head required, normally granted prior to the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor.

Special topics taken in a foreign study program.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 295.) Either semester. Three credits. With a change in topic, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.

(Formerly offered as ITAL 298.) Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.