Italian Minor Course Requirements

Italian Minor - 19 credit hours

ITAL 2110 (4 credits)

Advanced Italian Requirement (6 credits) can take in any order; must take at least one to move on to Upper-Division Requirement in Italian

            3013     Exploring Contemporary Italy: Conversation and Reading (3 credits, prereq 2110)

            3015     Italia Oggi (3 credits, prereq 2110)

Upper-Division courses in Italian (at least 6 credits) prereq 3013 or 3015

            3030     Storia dell’Arte: Italian Conversation through Art History 

            3040     Cinema Italiano: Italian Conversation through Cinema

            3050     Issues in Italian Culture, and Society: Sustainability 

            3140, 3150, 3160 Main Currents in Italian Literature and Culture

            4010     Problems in Translation 

            4030     Contemporary Italian Politics, Culture, and the Media 

            4040     Business Italian Style 

            4145     The Age of Dante in Italian 

           4500     Italian Theater 

Courses taught in English (Minor – up to 3 credits; no prerequisites, can take at any time)

            1300     La dolce vita: How to live a good life, Italian Style

            1350     Introduction to Social Change in the Arts

            1400     Sexuality and Gender Wars in Early Modern Italy and France

            1500     That’s amore: Introduction to Italian Culture

            1550     The Power of Fairy Tales in Italy and France

            1600     Strategies of Fear: Introduction to Italian Fantastic Literature

            1700     Voices of Italian Women

            2271     Space, Innovation, and Wonder in Fairy Tales, Literature, and Film

            4140     What the Hell? Dante’s Divine Comedy and the Meaning of Life

            4147     Global Seminar in Florence Visualizing Dante’s Inferno

            4150     Boccaccio’s Decameron: Tales of Sex and Death in the Middle Ages

            4160, 4170, 4200 Special topics (prereq 3013 or 3015 if taught in Italian)

            4250     History of Modern Italy

            4260     Mafia and Terrorism: Organized Violence in Italy

            4280     Topics in Italian Cinema

            4290     Italian Culture Through Cinema

            4300     Multiculturalism in Italy

            4350     From Wops to Dons to Movers and Shakers: The Italian American Experience

            4600     Once Upon a Time in Italy

            4730     Italian Feminisms: Culture, Theory, Narratives of Difference

            4840     Independent Study (prereq 3013 or 3015 if taught in Italian)

            4930     Internships for the professions

            4980     Italian Senior Thesis

            4990     Senior Seminar/Senior Project (independent)

Conditions 

• All courses must carry an ITAL prefix.
• Students may apply credits to the Italian minor which are earned through a CU Study Abroad program to Italy. Specific course equivalencies must be determined by the Italian advisor.
• Students may apply a maximum of 9 transfer credit hours to the Italian minor and a maximum of 6 hours at the upper division level (from other study-abroad programs or other universities). Specific course equivalencies must be determined by the Italian advisor.
• Students may apply a maximum of 3 hours from Italian courses taught in English.
• Students must consult with the Italian advisor during each registration period and before a study-abroad program.
• Students must maintain an overall and Italian grade point average of 2.00 (C). They must earn a grade of “C-” or higher in ALL courses required for the Italian minor and may NOT take minor requirement courses Pass/Fail.