Similarly, a degree in Italian and Linguistics qualifies you to enter the professions that are normally open to arts graduates. Both degrees help to service the increasing need for foreign-language skills in Europe's single market. You then move on to key political, economic and social developments since 1943. Using a variety of sources including literature and film, you study the nature of the political parties, the economic miracle, the North-South divide and the Mafia. In Year 2 those studying joint Majors have a choice of two options, although occasionally both may not be available.
Students studying single Majors take both courses.
If you enrol at an Italian university in Year 3, you take a one-year package of courses and sit the related examinations. Alternatively you can work as a teaching assistant in a secondary school in Italy. In this case, you complete a dissertation in Italian on a topic negotiated with your tutor. On your return to Sussex for the final year you first take Italian Special Author - Dante . The Divine Comedy is universally regarded as a masterpiece of Italian and indeed of world literature.