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French and Italian) (ITALIAN) 1 Italian (French and Italian) (ITALIAN) 1 ITALIAN 182 — SECOND SEMESTER ITALIAN HONORS ITALIAN (FRENCH AND 4 credits. Accelerated course for honors students. Oral practice, grammar, reading. ITALIAN) (ITALIAN) Enroll Info: ITALIAN 101 or 181, or 2 yrs HS Italian. Open to Fr. Stdts may not receive credit for both 102 182 Requisites: Declared in honors program ITALIAN 100 — ITALIAN LANGUAGE ABROAD I Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 2nd semester language course 1-4 credits. Level - Elementary First semester Italian language course taken on a study abroad program L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S for which there is no equivalent on this campus. Enroll Info: Stdts may Honors - Honors Only Courses (H) not receive cr for both ITALIAN 100 101 Repeatable for Credit: No Requisites: None Last Taught: Spring 2014 Course Designation: Level - Elementary ITALIAN 200 — ITALIAN LANGUAGE ABROAD III L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S 1-4 credits. Repeatable for Credit: No Third semester Italian language course taken on a study abroad program ITALIAN 101 — FIRST SEMESTER ITALIAN for which there is no equivalent on this campus. Enroll Info: Stdts may 4 credits. not receive cr for both ITALIAN 200 203 For students who have not studied Italian. Enroll Info: None Requisites: None Requisites: None Course Designation: Level - Intermediate Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 1st semester language course L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Level - Elementary Repeatable for Credit: No L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S ITALIAN 201 — ACCELERATED FIRST YEAR ITALIAN Repeatable for Credit: No 4 credits. Last Taught: Spring 2021 Accelerated development of oral, reading and writing skills up to a level ITALIAN 102 — SECOND SEMESTER ITALIAN equivalent to that of the end of ITALIAN 102. No previous knowledge of 4 credits. Italian is required. Does not award retrocredit. Enroll Info: None Enroll Info: ITALIAN 101 or 181or 1 yr HS Italian. Open to Fr Requisites: Not open to students with credit for ITALIAN 102 Requisites: None Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 2nd semester language course Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 2nd semester language course Level - Elementary Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2021 Last Taught: Summer 2021 ITALIAN 202 — FAST-TRACK INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN FOR SPEAKERS OF ITALIAN 103 — ITALIAN LANGUAGE ABROAD II ROMANCE LANGUAGES 1-4 credits. 4 credits. Second semester Italian language course taken on a study abroad Designed for experienced learners of Romance languages, this is an program for which there is no equivalent on this campus. Enroll Info: exciting, fast-paced course that will allow you to cover the equivalent of Stdts may not receive cr for both ITALIAN 103 102 two intermediate-level college semesters of Italian. Enroll Info: None Requisites: None Requisites: ITALIAN 201 Course Designation: Level - Elementary Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 4th semester language course L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Level - Intermediate Repeatable for Credit: No L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No ITALIAN 181 — FIRST SEMESTER ITALIAN HONORS Last Taught: Fall 2019 4 credits. Accelerated course for honors students with no previous training in the language; oral practice, grammar, reading, reading. Enroll Info: Open to Fr. Stdts may not receive credit for both 101 181 Requisites: Declared in honors program Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 1st semester language course Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Honors - Honors Only Courses (H) Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2014 2 Italian (French and Italian) (ITALIAN) ITALIAN 203 — THIRD SEMESTER ITALIAN ITALIAN 299 — DIRECTED STUDY 4 credits. 1-3 credits. Class reading of modern Italian plays, novels, and short stories; study Enroll Info: Jr st. Graded on a lettered basis; requires cons inst of idioms, conversation practice; review of grammar. Enroll Info: Requisites: Consent of instructor ITALIAN 102 or 182 or 2 yrs HS Italian. Open to Fr Course Designation: Level - Intermediate Requisites: None L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 3rd semester language course Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Level - Intermediate Last Taught: Spring 2019 L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No ITALIAN 301 — ITALIAN FOR READING KNOWLEDGE Last Taught: Summer 2021 3 credits. ITALIAN 204 — FOURTH SEMESTER ITALIAN For students with language proficiency and graduate students who wish 4 credits. to acquire a reading knowledge of Italian. Intensive grammar; readings from appropriate texts in the humanities, sciences and social sciences. Continuation of ITALIAN 203, with more advanced materials. Enroll Info: Gives no language credit. Enroll Info: So st ITALIAN 203 or 3 yrs HS Italian. Open to Fr Requisites: None Requisites: None Course Designation: Level - Intermediate Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 4th semester language course L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Level - Intermediate Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2019 Last Taught: Spring 2021 ITALIAN 310 — ITALIAN STUDIES ABROAD IN THE HUMANITIES II ITALIAN 210 — ITALIAN STUDIES ABROAD IN THE HUMANITIES I 1-4 credits. 1-4 credits. Italian studies course taken on a study abroad program for which there is Italian studies course taken on a study abroad program for which there is no equivalent on this campus. Enroll Info: Current enrollment in a study no equivalent on this campus. Enroll Info: Current enrollment in a study abroad program abroad program Requisites: None Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions ITALIAN 311 — ADVANCED ITALIAN LANGUAGE ITALIAN 230 — MODERN ITALIAN CULTURE 3 credits. 3 credits. Development of accurate and nuanced capacity for expression in Italian A survey of Italian history, art, music, politics, and general culture from and for understanding the spoken and written language. The course the Risorgimento to the present. Enroll Info: ITALIAN 204, 205 or equiv will also address Italian phonetics and phonology to develop accurate Requisites: None pronunciation. Enroll Info: ITALIAN 204 or 205 Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Requisites: None Level - Intermediate Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 5th + semester language course L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Level - Advanced Repeatable for Credit: No L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Last Taught: Fall 2020 Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2020 ITALIAN 298 — DIRECTED STUDY 1-3 credits. Enroll Info: Jr st. Graded on a Cr/N basis; requires cons inst Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2005 Italian (French and Italian) (ITALIAN) 3 ITALIAN 312 — WRITING WORKSHOP ITALIAN 340 — STRUCTURES OF ITALIAN 3 credits. 3 credits. Continuation of 311. Development of composition and editing skills Examination of Italian phonetics and phonology, morphology and word with focus on grammatical accuracy, conventions, and rhetorical formation, and syntax, with attention to contrasts with English. Prepares techniques for organizing information, presenting coherent arguments, for advanced courses in Italian linguistics. Enroll Info: 4th semester and appropriateness of language to topic. Enroll Info: ITALIAN 204 or proficiency in Italian cons inst consent of instructor Requisites: None Requisites: None Course Designation: Level - Advanced Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 5th + semester language course L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Level - Advanced Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2013 Last Taught: Spring 2021 ITALIAN/CLASSICS 350 — ROME: THE CHANGING SHAPE OF THE ITALIAN 321 — STUDIES IN ITALIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE I ETERNAL CITY 3 credits. 3-4 credits. Focuses on masterworks of Italian literature in Medieval and Changing shape of Rome as a physical city and as a cultural metaphor Renaissance Italy, and on the ways in which this period laid a foundation from the Augustan age to the Renaissance. Enroll Info: Jr st or cons inst of today's Italian society and culture. Through readings, audio-visual Requisites: None materials, and discussions, students will learn about historical, social, Course Designation: Breadth - Literature. Counts toward the Humanities and cultural contexts of Medieval and Renaissance periods in Europe req and in Italy that surrounded authors and texts read and discussed in Level - Intermediate this course. Focuses on authors such as Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio, L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Michelangelo, Machiavelli, etc. Through examination of Medieval and Repeatable for Credit: No Renaissance Italian literature and culture, students will also be exposed Last Taught: Spring 2021 to and engaged in discussion about the ways in which these texts encompassed art, science, medicine, history, philosophy, and gender. ITALIAN/ILS/LITTRANS/POLI SCI 365 — MACHIAVELLI AND HIS WORLD Enroll Info: None 3 credits.
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