Italian Minor
Student Learning Goals for the Minor
Students who complete a minor in Italian reach a level of proficiency corresponding approximately to the profile defined in the ACTFL guidelines as Advanced-mid.
They are expected:
- to be able to communicate with native speakers and use the language both orally and in written form in everyday situations and in some formal situations on topics ranging from personal experience to academic topics such as literature;
- to understand the main ideas expressed in a variety of textual genres and the main pragmatic elements that characterize communication in those genres;
- acquire some sense of sociolinguistic differences in Italy (such as regional accents and different registers);
- to transcend simple feelings and impressionistic individual reactions to a text;
- to develop sensitivity to the role of form (its politics and ideology) in each individual text and its evolution;
- to be able to enroll in a university program in Italy.
Minors are required to complete 6 courses taught in Italian:
ITAL-011 Intensive Basic Italian
ITAL-032 Intensive Intermediate Italian
ITAL-111 Intensive Advanced Italian I
ITAL-112 Intensive Advanced Italian II
ITAL-233 Writing and Culture/Literature
ITAL-231 Contemporary Italy or one course at the 200 or 300-level
NOTE: Students who study abroad for either a semester or a year can only apply one course toward the Minor.
