Italian (ITAL)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

ITAL 1110

This introductory course provides a thorough grounding in all the language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with practice in small groups. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20360 ITAL 1110   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Rome.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20782 ITAL 1110   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Rome.

ITAL 1202

This is a fast-paced, introductory course designed for students with some basic knowledge of the language.  This introductory course provides a thorough grounding in all language skills: listening, speaking, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5811 ITAL 1202   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: ITAL 1201 or equivalent.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5812 ITAL 1202   SEM 102

    • MWF Klarman Hall KG42
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Fulginiti, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: ITAL 1201 or equivalent.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5813 ITAL 1202   SEM 103

    • MWF Sibley Hall 208
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Pulsoni, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: ITAL 1201 or equivalent.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5814 ITAL 1202   SEM 104

    • MWF Uris Hall G24
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Siena, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: ITAL 1201 or equivalent.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6230 ITAL 1202   SEM 105

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: ITAL 1201 or equivalent.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6501 ITAL 1202   SEM 106

    • MWF Uris Hall G88
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Andreoni, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: ITAL 1201 or equivalent.

ITAL 1212

The aim of this course is to help students familiarize themselves with one of the most important, and world-renowned aspects of Italian culture, or rather "La Cucina Italiana". This course will combine ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 17387 ITAL 1212   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: ITAL 1201 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. This course will give enrollment precedence to students currently enrolled in ITAL 1202.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 17388 ITAL 1212   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: ITAL 1201 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. This course will give enrollment precedence to students currently enrolled in ITAL 1202.

ITAL 1401

An intensive elementary Italian language course. This 6-credit course covers material presented in ITAL 1201 and ITAL 1202 in just one semester. It's offered to students who cannot study Italian in the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Graded

  •  5815 ITAL 1401   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ITAL 2130

This course provides a review of composition, reading, pronunciation, and grammar review, as well as guided practice in conversation.  It emphasizes the development of accurate and idiomatic expression ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20947 ITAL 2130   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ITAL 2202

An intermediate-level course that aims to further develop intercultural, reading, listening, speaking, and writing abilities in ITAL 2201. Students will be guided in perfecting their communication skills, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5816 ITAL 2202   SEM 101

    • MWF Sibley Hall 208
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Baraldi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: ITAL 2201 or permission of instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6764 ITAL 2202   SEM 102

    • MWF Klarman Hall KG42
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Baraldi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: ITAL 2201 or permission of instructor.

ITAL 2204

This course, which is at the core of the major and minor in Italian, is designed to give students a basic grounding in some of the most important facets of Italian culture, including cinema, literature, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6920 ITAL 2204   SEM 101

    • MWF Klarman Hall KG42
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Campbell, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisites: ITAL 2202 or permission of instructor.

ITAL 2240

This course will introduce students to sustained study of one Italian masterpiece (a literary, philosophical, historical, or scientific work, or a major achievement in the visual, performance, or media ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Primo Levi, The Periodic Table

  • 19832 ITAL 2240   SEM 101

    • TR White Hall 106
    • Mar 16 - May 10, 2022
    • Migiel, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ITAL 3580

This course is dedicated to studying important works of literature that address what it means, in the Renaissance, to strive for excellence as a man or as a woman, especially in the public sphere and in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 3588

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Boccaccio's Decameron

  • 17407 ITAL 3580   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall G88
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Migiel, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: One Italian course at the 3000-level or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

ITAL 3600

Was any political philosopher seemingly more quoted (and misquoted) in the annus horribilis that was 2020 than Niccolo Machiavelli?  In this course we will ask why so much interest by reading his major ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17409 ITAL 3600   SEM 101

    • MWF Klarman Hall KG42
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Campbell, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Conducted in English.

ITAL 4200

Guided independent study of special topics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4053 ITAL 4200   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Campbell, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Permission of instructor required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4718 ITAL 4200   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Migiel, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Permission of instructor required.

ITAL 4300

Consult director of undergraduate studies for more information. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Graded

  •  4054 ITAL 4300   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Campbell, T

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research
    Year-long course. R grade given at end of the fall semester and final letter grade at end of the spring semester. Open to juniors and seniors. Consult director of honors program for more information.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Graded

  •  6340 ITAL 4300   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Migiel, M

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research
    Year-long course. R grade given at end of the fall semester and final letter grade at end of the spring semester. Open to juniors and seniors. Consult director of honors program for more information.

ITAL 6400

Guided independent study for graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4055 ITAL 6400   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Campbell, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5158 ITAL 6400   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Migiel, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ITAL 6420

This course begins with a word - mysticism - that doesn't work, and for good reason: for the authors variously associated with the mythical traditions of medieval Christianity, words are necessary failures.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FREN 6425MEDVL 6425RELST 6425

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17412 ITAL 6420   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall 254
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Howie, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Conducted in English.

ITAL 6520

Communism merged multiple theories, events and experiences. It's complexity does not lie exclusively in the discrepancies that separate the communist idea from its historical embodiments; it lies in the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17417 ITAL 6520   SEM 101

    • R Uris Hall 369
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Traverso, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Conducted in English.