The Italian Language & Culture Minor provides students with 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 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 minor.
Learning Outcomes
- communicate in Italian in a range of contexts;
- demonstrate a basic understanding of the structure and uses of Italian;
- demonstrate a basic 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
All Language Studies (LANG) courses must have a Course Topic of Italian to be included in this minor.
ITAL3015 and ITAL3016 may be completed more than once in a different Topic each instance.
This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
18 - 24 units from the completion of the following:
ITAL1002 - Italian Studies - Introductory I
ITAL1003 - Italian Studies - Introductory 2
ITAL2005 - Italian Studies Continuing 1
ITAL2006 - Italian Studies - Continuing 2
ITAL3505 - Italian Studies - Intermediate I
ITAL3506 - Italian Studies - Intermediate II
ITAL3015 - Advanced Italian Topics in Language, Culture and Society
ITAL3016 - Advanced Italian Topics in Language and Literary Studies
A maximum of 6 units from the completion of the following list:
LANG3001 - Translation across Languages: The Translation of Literary Texts
LANG3002 - Translation across Languages: specialised material
LANG3007 - Romance Linguistics
LING2013 - Teaching Languages
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ITAL1002 | Italian Studies - Introductory I | 6 |
| ITAL1003 | Italian Studies - Introductory 2 | 6 |
| ITAL2005 | Italian Studies Continuing 1 | 6 |
| ITAL2006 | Italian Studies - Continuing 2 | 6 |
| ITAL 2007: Italian Studies Interm 1 | ||
| ITAL 2008: Italian Studies Inter 2 | ||
| ITAL3015 | Advanced Italian Topics in Language, Culture and Society | 6 |
| ITAL3016 | Advanced Italian Topics in Language and Cultural Studies | 6 |
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| FILM 2009: Postwar Ital Cinema | ||
| ITAL 2009: Literature, History, Cinema | ||
| ITAL 2010: Early Italian Literature | ||
| ITAL 2011: Italian flair: | ||
| ITAL 2012: Italian for Singers 1 | ||
| ITAL 2013: Italian for Singers 2 | ||
| ITAL 2015: Language of diplomacy in Italy | ||
| ITAL 3010: Pols Cult Soc Post Italy | ||
| ITAL 3017: Apocalypse Then | ||
| ITAL 3018: Italiano Standard e Reg |
