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I T A L I A N S T U D I E S
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Italian Studies
(Foreign Area Study)
Coordinator Professor of Romance Languages Antonio Vitti
A semester in Venice or another approved course of study in Italy (or summer program at
Middlebury, Vermont) is required. Students must take Italian through the 215 level, plus three
courses from the following groups, at least one each from Groups II and III.
Additional elective courses may have been approved since publication of this bulletin. The
program coordinator maintains a complete list of all approved elective courses. For course
descriptions, see the relevant department’s listings in this publication.
I. Literature
II. Fine Arts
CLA 264. Greek and Roman Comedy. (3h)
COM 370. Special Topics. (3h) (when topic is Three Italian Masters)
HMN 213. Studies in European Literature. (3h)
(appropriate topics and approval)
214. Contemporary Fiction. (3h)
(appropriate topics and approval)
216. Romance Literature. (3h)
217. European Drama. (3h) (appropriate topics and approval)
230. Women Writers in Contemporary Italy. (3h)
361, 362. Dante I and II. (1.5h,1.5h)
ITA 215. Introduction to Italian Literature II. (3h)
(or any Italian course above 215)
First Year Seminar
325. Italian Neorealism in Films and Novels. (3h)
326. Comedy in Italian Cinema. (3h)
327. Modern Italian Cinema. (3h)
330. Cinematic Adaptation and Literary Inspiration. (3h)
ART 245. Roman Art. (3h)
268. High Renaissance and Mannerist Art. (3h)
2693. Venetian Renaissance Art. (3h) (offered in Venice)
396K. Art History Seminar. (3h) (when topic is Three Italian Masters.)
HMN 382. Italian Cinema and Society. (3h)
383. Italian Fascism in Novels and Films. (3h)
MUS 181. Music History I. (3h)
182. Music History II. (3h)
220. Seminar in Music History. (3h)
III. History and the Social Sciences
HST 222. The Renaissance and Reformation. (3h)
2253. History of Venice. (3h) (offered in Venice)
2263. Venetian Society and Culture. (3h) (offered in Venice)
398. Individual Study. (1-3h) (if directed toward Italy)