Specialized courses allow students to develop their conversational skills. The course in advanced Italian, although part of the requirements for a major in Italian, is open to all qualified students whose main goal is to improve and perfect their competence in the language as distinct from its literature. A major in Italian offers students the opportunity to study Italian literature and culture in an intimate, seminar setting with the close supervision of the department s faculty. Both majors require a sequence of language courses designed to give students a command of written and spoken Italian. The major in Italian literature exposes students to some of the key authors and works in Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the present.
Students select an additional five courses from the department s offerings in Italian literature.
The four related courses, to be chosen in consultation with the departmental representative, help students to connect their study of Italian literature to other fields of European literature and culture. Through the senior tutorial, students pursue research in a chosen area of Italian literature under the experienced guidance of a specialist. The major in Italian cultural studies provides students with the opportunity to explore diverse aspects of Italian culture from the Middle Ages to the present. The four related courses, to be chosen in consultation with the departmental representative, help students to connect their study of Italian culture to other fields of European culture and history. Through the senior tutorial, students pursue research in a chosen area of Italian culture under the experienced guidance of a specialist.