The Italian Major today is a lively, flexible, practical and intellectually sophisticated way of organizing the study of Italian language, literature, and culture at the university level.
Students develop language skills and knowledge of Italian culture, literature and cinema.
Italy is one of the crucial sites in the history of the development of Western Culture. The study of Italian is essential in many areas of advanced humanity studies, such as Medieval and Renaissance literature, Art History, Music and Architecture. Over 60 million people speak Italian outside Italy, and, in the new globalization of the workplace, a knowledge of Italian can be advantageous in a broad range of careers such as international business, international law, international politics, journalism, teaching and communications. Medieval and Renaissance literature. Flavia Brizio-Skov, Associate Professor of Italian, Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle, 1988.