Italian Major
Program Requirements
- Total Units Required: 27 (24 for second majors); of these units, 3 may be taken outside of Italian with the approval of the major advisor.
- Grade Requirement: Students must complete courses taken for the major with a grade of B- or higher and are expected to maintain a B average or better in all Italian courses. Courses taken pass/no pass do not count toward the Italian major.
Required Courses
- Students may count one of the following courses as an elective:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ITAL 1100 | First Year Seminar: Italy's Invention of the Modern Museum | 3 |
| ITAL 1101 | First Year Seminar: Italian Literary Culture:Identity, Subjetivity, Audience | 3 |
| ITAL1102 | Refracted Light: How others View Italy | 3 |
| ITAL 2800 | Sex in Italian Culture and Media | 3 |
| ITAL 2900 | The Culture of Food in Italy | 3 |
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Students may count ITAL 2010 , which is a prerequisite for ITAL 3230 and ITAL 3241, toward the major as an elective as well.
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Students are required to complete one of the following courses (3 units):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ITAL 3070 | Advances Italian in the Everyday World | 3 |
| ITAL 3090 | Tansmedia Italian Culture | 3 |
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Students are required to complete one of the following courses (3 units):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ITAL 3230 | Italian Literature 1: Genre and Gender in Italy, 1200-1600 | 3 |
| ITAL 3240 | Italian Literature II: The Making of Modern Italy, Text and Contexts | 3 |
| ITAL 3270 | History of the Italian Language | 3 |
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Students are required to complete two of the following 4000-level seminars (6 units):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ITAL 4080 | Disease, Madness, and Death Italian Style | 3 |
| ITAL 4100 | Mamma Mia! Motherhood, Maternity, and the Female Reproductive Body in the Italian Cultural Contex | 3 |
| ITAL 4280 | The New Sicilian School | 3 |
| ITAL 4320 | Divergent Voices: Italian Women Writers | 3 |
| ITAL 4370 | Caffe, Cadavers, Comedy, and Castrati: Italy in the Age of the Grand Tour | 3 |
| ITAL 4560 | Romance Philosophy | 3 |
| ITAL 4420 | Literature and Fascism | 3 |
| ITAL 4620 | Prose Writers of the Sixteenth Century | 3 |
| ITAL 4730 | Machiavelli and Guicciardini | 3 |
| ITAL 4810 | Dante | 3 |
| ITAL 4830 | Boccaccio: Decameron | 3 |
| ITAL 4850 | Ariosto: Orlando Furioso | 3 |
| ITAL 4910 | Postmodernism | 3 |
| ITAL 4920 | The Italian Detective Novel | 3 |
Additional Information
For more information about the program and language study in general, Washington University Arts & Sciences has produced a video called "Falling in Love With Another Language and Culture."
Study Abroad
Students are strongly encouraged to participate in a study abroad program. We offer a semester abroad program at our affiliate program with Boston University's Centro in Padua and IES Rome Summer Language & Culture Program in Rome. These programs are considered in residence.
Transfer Credits
A minimum of 18 of the 27 units required for the major must be taken in residence. Courses not taken at Washington University may count toward the major only with departmental permission.
Senior Honors
Students are encouraged to work toward Latin honors (cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude). To qualify for Latin honors in the major by thesis, a student must complete special literary research and prepare and orally defend an honors thesis, which is judged by an honors faculty committee. To qualify for Latin honors by course work, a student must enroll in ITAL 4952 Honors (fall of the senior year) and ITAL 4950 Senior Honors (spring of the senior year). Recommendations for honors are based on performance and the quality of the thesis in addition to the student's cumulative grade point average. (Please refer to the departmental guidelines for more information about Latin honors.)
Contact Info
| Phone: | 314-935-5175 |
| Email: | rll@wustl.edu |
| Website: | http://rll.wustl.edu |