Undergraduate Catalog 2009-2011
Italian
ITAL 111 Elementary Italian I 3
Open only to students with one year or less of high school study. No credit for students who have received credits for ITAL 118. Fundamentals of Italian pronunciation and grammar taught from the beginning by the direct method. Students participate in conversation. Skill Area III
ITAL 111 Elementary Italian I
3
Open only to students with one year or
less of high school study. No credit for students who have received
credits for ITAL 118. Fundamentals of Italian pronunciation and
grammar taught from the beginning by the direct method. Students
participate in conversation. Skill Area III
ITAL 112 Elementary Italian II
3
Prereq.: ITAL 111 or equivalent
(normally, two years high school study). No credit
given to students
with previous credit for more advanced course work in Italian or
who
have received credit for ITAL 118. Study of spoken and written
Italian is continued. Further practice in conversation, pronunciation
and analysis of Italian language structure. Skill Area III
ITAL 118 Intensive Elementary
Italian 6
Open only to students with one year or
less of Italian at the high school level. Only
three credits may be
applied toward the International requirement. No credit to students
who have received credit for ITAL 111 and/or ITAL 1112. Intensive
Italian
language course designed to bring students to intermediate
skills in one semester. Six
classroom hours per week. Skill Area
III
ITAL 123 Basic Italian Review
3
Prereq.: Three years of Italian in high
school or equivalent preparation. Refresher
course designed to
reinforce basic listening, reading, speaking, and writing abilities
in
Italian. No credit will be given to students with more than three
years of Italian in
high school, except by permission of department
chair. Irregular. Skill Area III
ITAL 125 Intermediate Italian
I 3
Prereq.: One year of college Italian or
equivalent. Principles of Italian language structure are reviewed.
Short stories and plays are read and discussed. Conversation and
composition on topics of general interest are practiced to improve
oral and written
expression. No credit will be given to students
with previous credit for more
advanced course work in Italian except
by permission of the department chair. Fall.
Skill Area III [I]
ITAL 126 Intermediate Italian
II 3
Prereq.: ITAL 125 or equivalent.
Continuation of ITAL 125. No credit will be
given to students with
previous credit for more advanced course work in Italian
except by
permission of the department chair. Spring. Skill Area III [I]
ITAL 190 Italian for Italian
Speakers 3
Prereq.: Permission of instructor.
Development of diction, reading, writing skills
and grammar of
standard Italian compared to dialect variations. Irregular. Skill
Area III [I]
ITAL 225 Intermediate Italian
III 3
Prereq.: ITAL 125 or ITAL 126 or
permission of instructor. Designed to help students improve speaking
skills and develop correct idiomatic usage and fluency of
expression
through discussion of contemporary texts. Further study of grammar.
Fall.
Skill Area III [I]
ITAL 226 Italian Structure
and Idiom 3
Prereq.: ITAL 125 or 126 or permission
of instructor, Designed to help students
improve writing skills by
means of frequent composition in Italian. Further study of
grammar.
Spring. Skill Area III [I]
ITAL 260
Introduction to
Business Italian 3
Prereq.: ITAL 126 or Italian placement
exam. Development of oral and written
skills needed for bilingual
work situations encountered in business, travel and government
agencies. Includes a study of the cultural attitudes of Italian
business people.
Irregular. Skill Area III [I]
ITAL 304 Literary
Masterpieces to 1700 3
Prereq.: ITAL 225 or ITAL 226 (either
may be taken concurrently) or permission of
instructor. Taught in
Italian. Introduction to major works in Italian literature from
the
Middle Ages to 1700. Fall. (O) Study Area I [I] [L]
ITAL 305 Literary
Masterpieces Since 1700 3
Prereq.: ITAL 225 or ITAL 226 (may be
taken concurrently) or permission of
instructor. Taught in Italian.
Introduction to major works in Italian literature since
1700.
Spring. Study Area I [I] [L]
ITAL 315 Italian Civilization
to 1861 3
Prereq.: ITAL 225 or ITAL 226 (either
may be taken concurrently) or permission of
instructor. The cultural
development of Italy from its beginnings to unification. Fall.
Study
Area II [I]
ITAL 316 Italian Civilization
from 1861 to the Present 3
Prereq.: ITAL 225 or ITAL 226 (either
may be taken concurrently) or permission of instructor. Cultural
development of Italy from 1861 to the present. Spring. Study Area II
[I]
ITAL 335 Advanced Composition
and Diction 3
Prereq.: ITAL 226. Additional practice
for student development of oral proficiency in Italian through
discussion of readings, films and other authentic materials. On
demand. [I]
ITAL 336 Advanced Structure
and Idiom 3
Prereq.: ITAL 226. Additional practice
for student development of oral proficiency
in Italian through
discussion of readings, films, and other authentic materials. On
demand. [I]
ITAL 441 Advanced Oral
Practice 3
Prereq.: Permission of instructor.
Taught in Italian. Development of fluency in oral
self- expression.
Speech analysis to improve pronunciation and intonation. On
demand.
[I]
ITAL 460 Advanced Written
Italian 3
Prereq.: ITAL 335 or equivalent.
Written expression of Italian, particularly in
idiomatic free
composition, to establish an appreciation for Italian style and
develop
the ability to express shades of meaning. On demand. [I]
ITAL 470 14th-Century
Italian Literature 3
Prereq.: ITAL 304 or permission of
instructor. Taught in Italian. Study of the period
with special
emphasis on Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio. On demand. [I]
ITAL 476 16th-Century
Italian Literature 3
Prereq.: ITAL 304 or permission of
instructor. Taught in Italian. Major works of
Italian renaissance.
On demand. [I]
ITAL 488 Italian Life and
Culture 3
Prereq.: Permission of instructor.
Discussion of contemporary Italian society, traditions and values. On
demand. [I]
