• Minor Concentration in Italian Studies
• Major Concentration in Italian Studies
• Honours Program in Italian Studies
• Joint Honours Program in Italian Studies
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  THE DEPARTMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TRANSFER A STUDENT TO A HIGHER LEVEL LANGUAGE COURSE IF IT IS DEEMED THAT THE COURSE FOR WHICH THE STUDENT HAS REGISTERED IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE EXTENT OF HIS OR HER KNOWLEDGE OF THE LANGUAGE

MINOR CONCENTRATION IN ITALIAN STUDIES

Students with advanced standing in the language must replace language courses with courses from groups B and C.

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(18 credits) (Expandable)

Complementary Courses (18 Credits)
0-12 credits from Group A-Basic Language Courses
6-18 credits from Group B and C Courses taught in Italian and Courses taught in English

MAJOR CONCENTRATION IN ITALIAN STUDIES

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(36 credits)

All students wishing to register for the Major Concentration in Italian Studies are strongly urged to meet with a Departmental adviser. Note: ITAL 300 may not be taken by students who have taken ITAL 306, and vice-versa.

0-12 credits chosen from Group A - Basic Language Courses.
0-9 credits chosen from 200-level courses in Group B –Courses given in Italian
12-36 credits chosen from courses at the 300-level and above - of which 3 must be at the 400-level or above - in Group B- Courses given in Italian
0-6 credits chosen from courses in Group C –Courses given in English

Students with no knowledge of the Italian language must take 12 credits in language.
Students arriving with some knowledge of the language may take 6 credits only (ITAL 210D1/D2 or ITAL 215D1/D2 or ITAL 216).
Students arriving with competency in the language may substitute courses from Groups B and C for Basic Language Courses.
All students with some background must consult with the Department for proper placement.

HONOURS PROGRAM IN ITALIAN STUDIES (54 CREDITS)

Required Courses (6 credits)
ITAL471D1/D2 (6) Honours Thesis
or
ITAL472 (3) Honours Thesis (Intensive)

Complementary Courses (48 credits)
48 credits, 9 of which must be at the 400 level or above

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0-12 credits from Group A - Basic Language Courses
30-48 credits from Group B - Courses taught in Italian
0-9 credits combined from Groups C (Courses taught in English) and D (Courses offered in other departments)

Students must maintain a minimum CGPA of 3.00 and a GPA of 3.30 in the program courses. Admission to the Honours program in Italian requires Departmental approval. Students wishing to register should consult with the Department as early as possible.

Students may begin Honours in Italian Studies in the first year, instead of the second, if in the opinion of the Department they are found to be qualified.

JOINT HONOURS PROGRAM IN ITALIAN STUDIES (36 credits)

Required Courses (6 credits)

ITAL355 (3) Dante and Middle Ages
ITAL470 (3) Joint Honours Thesis

Complementary Courses (30 credits)

30 credits, 6 of which must be at the 400-level or above

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0-12 credits from Group A, Basic Language Courses
12-30 credits from Group B, Courses taught in Italian
0-18 credits combined from Group C (Courses taught in English) and Group D (Courses taught in other departments)

Students must maintain a minimum CGPA of 3.00 and a GPA of 3.30 in the program courses.

Department of Italian Studies
COURSE GROUPS

Group A
Basic Language Courses

ITAL205 (6) Italian for Beginners'
ITAL206 (6) Beginners' Italian Intensive
ITAL210 (6) Elementary Italian (may not be taken by students who have taken 205 or 206)
ITAL215 (6) Intermediate Italian (may not be taken by students who have taken 210)
ITAL216 (6) Intermediate Italian Intensive (may not be taken by students who have taken 210)

Group B
Courses taught in Italian

ITAL250* (3) Italian Literary Composition
ITAL255* (6) Advanced Reading and Composition
* only one of ITAL250or 255 can count towards all programs
ITAL260 (3) Twentieth Century Texts
ITAL270 (3) Manzoni: Novel and Nationhood
ITAL280 (3) Madterpieces of Italian Literature 1
ITAL281 (3) Masterpieces of Italian Literature 2
ITAL290 (3) Commedia dell'Arte
ITAL295 (3) Contemporary Italy
ITAL307 (3) Topics in Italian Culture
ITAL308 (3) Business Italian 1
ITAL327 (3) A Literary Map of Italy
ITAL331 (3) Drama from Goldoni to Pirandello
ITAL341 (3) The Art of Essay Writing
ITAL356 (3) Medieval Discourses on Love
ITAL360 (3) Contemporary Italian Prose
ITAL368 (3) Literature of the Renaissance
ITAL370 (3) Italian Poetry and Music
ITAL376 (3) Medieval Romance in Italy
ITAL380 (3) Neorealism: Roots and Development
ITAL383 (3) Women's Writing Since 1880
ITAL410 (3) Modern Italian Literature
ITAL411 (3) Pirandello
ITAL415 (3) Italian Poetry Twentieth Century
ITAL420 (3) Leopardi and Italian Romanticism
ITAL435 (3) Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso"
ITAL436 (3) Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata
ITAL461 (3) Dante: "The Divine Comedy"
ITAL530 (3) 17th to 18th Century Culture
ITAL542 (3) History of Italian Language
ITAL551 (3) Boccaccio and the Italian Novella
ITAL560 (3) Topics in 19th and 20th Century Literature
ITAL562 (3) Petrarch and Petrarchism
ITAL563 (3) 13th-16th Century Literature
ITAL590 (3) Italian Literary Criticism

Group C
Courses taught in English

ITAL199 (3) First Year Seminar - Italy's Literature in Context
ITAL355 (3) Dante and the Middle Ages
ITAL361 (3) Italian Prose after 1945
ITAL363 (3) Gender, Literature and Society
ITAL365 (3) The Italian Renaissance
ITAL375 (3) Cinema and Society in Modern Italy
ITAL385 (3) Italian Futurist Movement
ITAL395 (3) Interdisciplinary Seminar
ITAL412 (3) Pirandello and European Theatre
ITAL416 (3) The Twentieth Century
ITAL464 (3) Machiavelli
ITAL477 (3) Italian Cinema and Video

Please see this page for a list of courses in world literature and film taught in English in the Faculty of Arts.

Group D Courses offered in other departments

Please contact the department(s) in question for pre/corequisites and availability of the following courses:

ANTH337 (3) Mediterranean Society and Culture
ARTH 223 (3) Introduction to Italian Renaissance Art
ARTH 324 (3) Sixteenth-Century Art in Italy
ARTH 325 (3) Visual Culture Renaissance Venice
ARTH 332 (3) Italian Renaissance Architecture
CLAS208 (3) Roman Literature and Society
CLAS307 (3) Roman Comedy
CLAS404 (3) Classical Tradition
ENGL 447 (3) Crosscurrents/English Literature and European Literature 1
HIST345 (3) History of Italian Renaissance
HIST380 (3) Western Europe: The Middle Ages
HIST398 (3) Topics in Italian History
HIST401 (3) Topics: Medieval Culture and Society
MUHL387 (3) Opera from Mozart to Puccini
POLI414 (3) Society and Politics in Italy
SOCI485 (3) Society, Economy and Policy in Italy