Students choosing the Language and Literature concentration have an academic and professional interest in deepening their expertise in the target language, literature, and culture and/or in linguistics. Students may choose to either take a majority, if not all, of their coursework in Italian or take one additional 300-level elective and three courses in linguistics and related disciplines (such as anthropology, bilingual-bicultural education, second-language acquisition, communication, philosophy, psychology, and semiotics) beyond those offered in the Italian Program.
After declaring the Italian major with the Language and Literature concentration, students should meet with the Italian Program Director to discuss which of these two pathways best fits their interests and academic/postgraduate goals.
Electives (16 quarter hours)
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one 300-level Italian elective and three additional courses from Modern Languages or affiliated departments of the following: | 16 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| LANGUAGE, POWER AND IDENTITY | ||
| TEACHING ADOLESCENT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND DIALECT SPEAKERS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM | ||
| LANGUAGE, LITERACY AND CULTURE | ||
| EQUITY ISSUES IN ASSESSMENT OF LANGUAGE LEARNERS | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND CULTURE | ||
| SOCIOCULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION | ||
| ANALYZING RESEARCH ON IDENTITY, CULTURE & LANGUAGE EDUCATION | ||
| SECOND, WORLD AND HERITAGE LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | ||
| FIRST AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | ||
| LANGUAGE, LITERACIES AND CULTURES | ||
| BILITERACY PRACTICES IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND ESL | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN COMMUNICATION | ||
| INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE | ||
| INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN TEAMS AND SMALL GROUPS | ||
| ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| TOPICS IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| TOPICS IN RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| DECEPTIVE COMMUNICATION | ||
| CULTURES IN CONVERSATION | ||
| COMMUNICATION NETWORKS IN A DIGITAL AGE | ||
| GENDER AND COMMUNICATION | ||
| LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD (BIRTH TO 8) | ||
| SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND EARLY LITERACY DEVELOPMENT | ||
| HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE | ||
| EAT ITALY: THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND POLITICS OF ITALIAN FOOD | ||
| STYLE MATTERS: ITALIAN FASHION THROUGH LITERATURE | ||
| ORIGINS OF ITALIAN LITERATURE: THE MIDDLE AGES | ||
| MASTERPIECES OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE | ||
| LITERATURE AND SCIENCE IN ITALY: 1600-1800 | ||
| ITALY IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE | ||
| TOWARDS UNIFICATION: ROMANTICS, REVOLUTIONARIES, AND REALISTS | ||
| FUTURISM AND BEYOND: TWENTIETH CENTURY WRITERS AND CULTURE | ||
| DANTE'S INFERNO: THE WORLD OF THE CONDEMNED | ||
| READING DANTE'S PURGATORY AND PARADISE | ||
| THE ITALIAN NOVEL | ||
| PETRARCA AND BOCCACCIO | ||
| ITALIAN POETRY | ||
| ITALIAN DRAMA | ||
| ITALIAN CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| ITALIAN WOMEN WRITERS | ||
| CONTEMPORARY MULTICULTURAL WRITERS IN ITALIAN | ||
| CILS EXAMINATION PREPARATION COURSE | ||
| ITALIAN FOR BUSINESS | ||
| ITALIAN TRANSLATION | ||
| ITALIAN CINEMA | ||
| ITALIAN CIVILIZATION II: EARLY MODERN ITALY | ||
| MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ITALY | ||
| HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE | ||
| ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN THE SOCIETY OF COMMUNICATION | ||
| ITALIAN PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS | ||
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ITALIAN | ||
| STUDY ABROAD | ||
| HOW LANGUAGE WORKS | ||
| TEACHING MODERN LANGUAGES | ||
| METHODS OF TEACHING MODERN LANGUAGES IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||
| THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS/CURRENT RESEARCH SECOND/FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | ||
| PSYCHOLINGUISTICS | ||
| TEACHING CULTURE IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM | ||
| SYMBOLIC LOGIC I | ||
| SYMBOLIC LOGIC II | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE | ||
| THEORIES OF LEARNING AND COGNITION | ||
| COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE | ||
| THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF TEACHING ESL AND WLE | ||
| STANDARD AND CONTENT-BASED METHODS OF TEACHING WORLD LANGUAGES K-12 | ||
| SECOND, WORLD AND HERITAGE LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | ||
| LANGUAGE, LITERACIES AND CULTURES | ||
| LANGUAGE, SELF AND SOCIETY | ||
| SEMIOTICS | ||