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 an 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
This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:
A maximum of 12 units of courses at 1000 level
A minimum of 12 units from completion of courses from the following list:
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 30 units from completion of courses from the following list:
ITAL1002 Italian Studies - Introductory I
ITAL1003 Italian Studies - Introductory 2
ITAL2005 Italian Studies - Continuing 1
ITAL2006 Italian Studies - Continuing 2
ITAL3020 Italy on Screen
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
*ITAL3015 and ITAL3016 may be completed more than once with a different Topic in each instance.
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