It integrates well with our considerable holdings in the main library and is an invaluable resource center for those interested in Italian studies. Exhibits and fine lectures are regularly sponsored by this collection. Our program at SFSU is enhanced by the presence of the Italian Cultural Institute, and the Museo Italo-Americano, cultural clubs such as the Leonardo da Vinci Society, and a large Italian community. In addition, any regularly enrolled, full-time student of the San Francisco Consortium may register in a course offered by our program if the desired course is not offered at his or her home institution. Cross-registration application forms are available at the SFSU Registrar's Office.
Many students study Italian because they plan to become language teachers.
Quite a few students of music, art, film, archaeology, international relations, history, business, and comparative literature, as well as students planning to become translators and interpreters, have discovered the usefulness of Italian. Some continue in Ph.D. programs. Others take Italian purely because of the cultural enrichment they derive from it. The study of Italian is particularly rewarding to those of Italian heritage. Our first and second semester Italian offerings are five-unit courses with a lab requirement in the Foreign Language Multimedia Center.