Numerous activities keep students of Italian involved and informed.
The Circolo Italiano is an active focal point, and the annual Cena Italiana prepared by students from Italy provides gastronomic delights. Italian films and guest speakers from North America and abroad offer food for thought throughout the academic year. The University of Wisconsin-Madison offers an extraordinary variety of affordable study abroad programs. In Italy, students may choose from a summer of language study in the green hills of Umbria at the University for Foreigners in Perugia , exploration of cultural topics for a semester or academic year in a Renaissance villa in Sesto Fiorentino just outside Florence , or an academic year of full immersion at the University of Bologna . The Major in Italian The Italian major is intended to provide students with a broad understanding of Italian culture, focused on studies in literature, film, and language.