The Italian Language & Culture major provides students with a high level of competence in the Italian language as well as a critical understanding of cultural, social and historical aspects of Italy. Language learning is integrated with the development of cultural awareness, and students have the opportunity to explore such areas as Italian sociolinguistics, cinema, music, gender studies, postcolonial, migration and women's literature. Students are encouraged to spend a semester studying abroad, taking advantage of exchange agreements with partner universities in Italy. Students with existing knowledge of Italian can begin at a more advanced level, and the exact sequence of courses depends on the level at which the student begins the major.
Learning Outcomes
- communicate proficiently and confidently in Italian;
- identify the structure and uses of Italian;
- demonstrate a critical understanding of the cultural and linguistics aspects of Italian language and societies and their socio-historical context;
- construct a schema of the connections between the Italian language and its geographical, social and cultural origins; and
- recognise the importance of intercultural communication.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
The Italian Language and Culture major requires the completion of 48 units, of which:
A maximum of 18 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses
A minimum of 18 units must come from completion of 3000-level courses
A maximum of 24 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
ITAL1101 Introductory Italian Studies I
ITAL1102 Introductory Italian Studies II
ITAL2101 Continuing Italian Studies I
ITAL2102 Continuing Italian Studies II
A minimum of 12 units from completion of courses from the following list:
ITAL3101 Intermediate Italian Studies I
ITAL3102 Intermediate Italian Studies II
ITAL3103 Advanced Italian Studies I*
ITAL3104 Advanced Italian Studies II*
A maximum of 12 units from the completion of the following list:
LANG3001 - Translation across Languages: The Translation of Literary Texts (must have a Course topic of Italian)
LANG3002 - Translation across Languages: Specialised Material (must have a Course topic of Italian)
LANG3007 - Romance Linguistics
LING2013 - Teaching Languages
PORT1001 - Introductory Portuguese I
PORT1002 - Introductory Portuguese II
PORT2001 - Continuing Portuguese II
PORT2002 - Continuing Portuguese II
*ITAL3103 and ITAL3104 may be completed more than once with a different Topic in each instance.
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