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ITALIAN STUDIES CONCENTRATION<br />
DR. PICCHIETTI, Director; DR. DUNN, Co-Director<br />
<strong>The</strong> Italian Studies Concentration is designed to advance students’ understanding <strong>of</strong> diverse aspects <strong>of</strong><br />
Italian culture and society. <strong>The</strong> concentration is open to all majors and consists <strong>of</strong> both interdisciplinary and<br />
single-discipline courses drawn from various academic departments at the <strong>University</strong>. It encourages both<br />
breadth and depth in the study <strong>of</strong> Italian culture and society; its goal is to cultivate a broadly based knowledge<br />
<strong>of</strong> Italian civilization and its contribution to the specific fields comprising the concentration. At the<br />
same time, with an emphasis on cultural diversity and on a writing intensive curriculum, courses in the concentration<br />
will fulfill general education requirements.<br />
<strong>The</strong> curriculum is designed to accomplish the following: provide a focused study <strong>of</strong> Italian culture and<br />
society; develop oral and written skills; and develop practical skills applicable to trips to Italy and in career<br />
fields. <strong>The</strong> concentration requires the successful completion <strong>of</strong> seven courses, three <strong>of</strong> which are required<br />
courses and four <strong>of</strong> which are to be chosen from an approved list <strong>of</strong> electives. Students will be required to<br />
successfully complete two courses <strong>of</strong> Italian language as well as the Italian Studies Seminar. Students will<br />
enter the language level they can master (determined in consultation with the director and/or the language<br />
department), and will fulfill the language requirement by successfully completing the two approved language<br />
courses.<br />
<strong>The</strong> following are required and elective courses that make up the Concentration:<br />
ITALIAN STUDIES REQUIRED COURSES: Students will choose two language courses<br />
(at appropriate level) and seminar.<br />
ITAL 101-102 Elementary Italian<br />
ITAL 211-212 Intermediate Italian<br />
ITAL 311-312 Advanced Italian Composition and Conversation<br />
Italian Studies Seminar<br />
ITALIAN STUDIES ELECTIVE COURSES: Students will choose four.<br />
ENGL 431 Dante’s Divine Comedy<br />
ITAL 207 Italian Women Writers<br />
ITAL 208 Envisioning Italy from Novel to Film:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Case <strong>of</strong> Neorealism<br />
ITAL 209 Italian Cinema: From Origins to<br />
Present<br />
ARTH 214 Renaissance Art and Architecture:<br />
1250-1500<br />
ARTH 216 Michelangelo and His World<br />
ARTH 217 Leonardo (Da Vinci)<br />
ARTH 218 <strong>The</strong> Age <strong>of</strong> Rembrandt<br />
ARTH 384 Special Topics in Art History<br />
(if applicable)<br />
MUS 217 Opera<br />
MUS 284 Special Topics in Music History<br />
(if applicable)<br />
HIST 227 Modern Italy<br />
HIST 323 <strong>The</strong> Renaissance<br />
PHIL 221 Medieval Philosophy<br />
PHIL 222 Modern Philosophy I<br />
NSCI 103 <strong>The</strong> Ascent <strong>of</strong> Man
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