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Students who choose the Italian Studies concentration have tremendous flexibility in building their own cluster of courses to align with a particular facet of Italian, based on their academic interests or intended career path. In the case of double majors, the Italian Studies concentration allows students to meaningfully align their two programs of study so that one complements the other, with the concentration courses potentially double-counting between both majors.

After declaring the Italian major with the Studies concentration, students should meet with the Italian Program Director to discuss ideas and options for crafting a tailor-made Italian Studies concentration that best fits their college and post-graduate 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. No more than two of the four courses shall be taken in the same Department:16
INTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN ART
ART AND EMPIRE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
CONQUEST & CONVERSION: THE ART OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
AGE OF CATHEDRALS: THE ART OF THE LATER MIDDLE AGES
THE ART OF CRUSADING
BYZANTINE ART
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART
BAROQUE ART
ART FROM 1900-1945
GODS AND MORTALS: THE ART OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS
ART AND POWER IN PAGAN AND EARLY CHRISTIAN ROME
OLD EMPIRES AND NEW GODS: CULTURAL CONFRONTATIONS IN LATE ANTIQUITY
THE POWER OF PIETY: ICONS, RELICS, AND MIRACLES IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
ART OF THE CRUSADES: CRUSADES AS MEDITERRANEAN EXCHANGE
MICHELANGELO
ROME (WORLD CITIES)
HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY JERUSALEM (WORLD CITIES)
EUROPE, 400-1400
EUROPE, 1348-1789
EUROPE, 1789-PRESENT
MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE WOMEN
MEDIEVAL MYSTICS IN EUROPE: 1000-1600 AD
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ROME
WOMEN IN MODERN EUROPE, 1800-PRESENT
THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
AXIS AND ALLIES: THE SECOND WORLD WAR
FASCISM AND COUNTER REVOLUTION
HISTORY OF SEXUALITY IN EUROPE
ANCIENT ROME: AUGUSTUS TO CONSTANTINE
ANCIENT ROME: ORIGINS TO THE END OF THE REPUBLIC
EUROPE FROM CONFLICT TO CONSENSUS
THE NATION AND NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
THE CRUSADES
WORLD OF WINE
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND LAW 1
EAT ITALY: THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND POLITICS OF ITALIAN FOOD
STYLE MATTERS: ITALIAN FASHION THROUGH LITERATURE
SPACES OF CINEMA IN ROME
CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN CULTURE THROUGH FILM
IMAGINING ITALY: CINEMA AS A COLLECTIVE NARRATIVE OF THE ITALIAN PEOPLE
CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN EPIC
ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN TRAGEDY
ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN COMEDY
GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
ANCIENT SCIENCE AND ITS LANGUAGE
TOPICS IN ITALIAN LITERATURE
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY
GREEK PHILOSOPHY
PLATO
ARISTOTLE
MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY
CLASSICAL POLITICAL THOUGHT
EUROPEAN POLITICS
MODEL UN 2
THE EUROPEAN UNION
GODS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
SEMINAR IN SOCIOLOGY
ORIGINS OF ITALIAN LITERATURE: THE MIDDLE AGES
MASTERPIECES OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
LITERATURE AND SCIENCE IN ITALY: 1600-1800
ITALIAN CIVILIZATION I: 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
DANTE'S PURGATORY AND PARADISE: THE REALM OF SALVATION
THE ITALIAN NOVEL
PETRARCA AND BOCCACCIO
ITALIAN POETRY
ITALIAN DRAMA
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
ITALIAN CIVILIZATION III: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ITALY
HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE
ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN THE SOCIETY OF COMMUNICATION
ITALIAN PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ITALIAN
FOREIGN LANGUAGES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
STUDY ABROAD
INDEPENDENT STUDY
1

INT 205 or ECO 106 is a prerequisite for this class

2

PSC 281 is a 2 quarter hour class