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Italian Studies


The Italian Studies program is an interdisciplinary program based in the Department of French and Italian, with academic links to several other Emory College of Arts and Sciences departments. The program takes pride in the close faculty/student teaching and mentoring relationships fostered. We offer a wide range of excellent study abroad programs in Italy, both during the summer as well as during the Fall and Spring semesters.

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Concentrations

Faculty

Director of Undergraduate Studies
Simona Muratore
Core

Courses

ITAL 100-Level Courses

This introductory course is for students who have no prior study of the Italian language. ITAL101 is designed to help students build basic communication skills in Italian. We emphasize all four language skills:speaking, listening, reading, and writing as well as cross-cultural competency.


Credit Hours
4
GER
IC
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

This course focuses on elementary communication skills through a systematic introduction to the basic grammatical patterns and vocabulary of the Italian language. The goal is to widen the fundamental skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing within a cultural context.


Credit Hours
4
GER
IC
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Innovative eBook Italian Virtual Class: engaging approach to language learning, full immersion in Italian culture, literature and art with authentic materials; development of analytical, critical skills, cross-cultural competency and higher than norm linguistic fluency.


Credit Hours
8
GER
ICE
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Interdisciplinary survey II: Humanism to 21st century. Investigating variety of Italian culture topics course examines intersections of Liberal Arts perspectives to enhance global understanding of others and self, critical reasoning skills. cross-cultural awareness fostered. In English, no pre-req.


Credit Hours
3
GER
HSC
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Interdisciplinary survey II: Humanism to 21st century. Investigating variety of Italian culture topics course examines intersections of Liberal Arts perspectives to enhance global understanding of others and self, critical reasoning skills. cross-cultural awareness fostered. In English, no pre-req.


Credit Hours
4
GER
HSCW
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Seminar designed to engage freshmen in aspects of inquiry and research into areas of Italian culture through mutual exploration of subject matter. Primary mode of classroom discourse is dialogue and group projects.


Credit Hours
3
GER
FS
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

ITAL 200-Level Courses

This course is a continuation of Elementary Italian sequence.This intermediate-level Italian language course provides students with new perspectives on Italian culture while building writing, reading, speaking and listening skills in a cultural context.


Credit Hours
4
GER
IC
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Utilizing authentic texts, this engaging content-based approach to language learning focuses on a historically sequenced in-depth study of Italian art, history, and literature, developing analytical-critical skills, cross-cultural competency and higher than norm linguistic fluency.


Credit Hours
4
GER
IC
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Development of cultural-linguistic fluency in the spoken language through discussions of contemporary issues in Italian culture. Emphasis on increasing vocabulary and ease in the manipulation of grammatical structure. Also used to designate language classes taken on semester programs in Italy.


Credit Hours
3 - 8
GER
IC
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Intermediate supervised study in the reading of literary texts or other aspects of Italian culture. Course may be repeated with a new research focus.


Credit Hours
1 - 4
GER
None
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

ITAL 300-Level Courses

Chronological survey of Italian literature from 13th through 21st centuries that introduces students to representative Italian authors and their significant writings contextualized within genre and literary-historical-cultural background. In Italian. Prereq: Instructor???s approval or Ital 302.


Credit Hours
3
GER
IC
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Utilizing authentic texts, this engaging content-based approach to language learning focuses on a historically sequenced in-depth study of Italian art, history, and literature, developing analytical-critical skills, cross-cultural competency and higher than norm linguistic fluency.


Credit Hours
3
GER
IC
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Utilizing authentic texts, this engaging content-based approach to language learning focuses on a historically sequenced in-depth study of Italian art, history, and literature, developing analytical-critical skills, cross-cultural competency and higher than norm linguistic fluency.


Credit Hours
4
GER
ICW
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Utilizing authentic texts, this engaging content-based approach to language learning focuses on a historically sequenced in-depth study of Italian art, history, and literature, developing analytical-critical skills, cross-cultural competency and higher than norm linguistic fluency.


Credit Hours
3
GER
IC
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Utilizing authentic texts, this engaging content-based approach to language learning focuses on a historically sequenced in-depth study of Italian art, history, and literature, developing analytical-critical skills, cross-cultural competency and higher than norm linguistic fluency.


Credit Hours
4
GER
ICW
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

This is a 1 credit complementary course designed to add an Italian language component to a topic class taught in English. Students might take it in conjunction with any existing topic course taught at the 300 level. Class meets once a week.


Credit Hours
1
GER
None
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Reading of Vergil's Aeneid and Dante's Divine Comedy in English translation.


Credit Hours
3
GER
HAP
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
  • CL 317

Reading of Vergil's Aeneid and Dante's Divine Comedy in English translation.


Credit Hours
4
GER
HAPW
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
  • CL 317W

Development of linguistic and communication skills needed to initiate a conversation with Italian speaking businesses and prospective employers, combined with an introduction of Italian business culture, practices and etiquette.


Credit Hours
3
GER
IC
Requisites
ITAL 202 or ITAL_OX 202 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.
Cross-Listed
None

Development of linguistic and communication skills needed to initiate a conversation with Italian speaking businesses and prospective employers, combined with an introduction of Italian business culture, practices and etiquette.


Credit Hours
4
GER
ICW
Requisites
ITAL 202 or ITAL_OX 202 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.
Cross-Listed
None

This course introduces translation theory and hands-on practice in multiple contexts. It is theoretical, methodological, creative. Students engage in multiple forms of translation (inverse, intra and inter-lingual) and meet regularly both as a whole class and in individual language-specific groups.


Credit Hours
3
GER
IC
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
  • SPAN 336
  • CHN 336
  • GER 336
  • JPN 336
  • KRN 336

A survey of Italian cinema, with emphasis on its relationship to literature. Examines how a text is put into film and how cultural references operate with respect to issues of style, technique, and perspective. Course may be repeated with a new syllabus.


Credit Hours
3
GER
HAP
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Topics may vary each semester that the course is offered. Focuses on historical, aesthetic, and sociopolitical aspects of Italian Cinema. Course taught in English. May be repeated for credit when syllabus changes. Weekly screenings required.


Credit Hours
4
GER
HAP
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Introduction to the historical period, major works, innovations, and lasting influence of the three most significant authors of Italian literature during the Middle Ages: Dante, Petrarca, and Boccaccio.


Credit Hours
3
GER
HAP
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Introduction to the historical period, major works, innovations, and lasting influence of the three most significant authors of Italian literature during the Middle Ages: Dante, Petrarca, and Boccaccio.


Credit Hours
4
GER
HAPW
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

General introduction to some of the major issues and trends of this cultural era as well as the contributions and principal works of the writers involved in the development and crisis of Renaissance culture in Italy.


Credit Hours
3
GER
HAP
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

General introduction to some of the major issues and trends of this cultural era as well as the contributions and principal works of the writers involved in the development and crisis of Renaissance culture in Italy.


Credit Hours
4
GER
HAPW
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

This course will examine ways in which food shapes contemporary Italian society. We will focus on the art of cuisine through the analysis of texts, films and cultural events. We will also examine the concepts of sustainability and the history and principles of the "Slow Food Movement"..


Credit Hours
3
GER
HAP
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

This course will examine ways in which food shapes contemporary Italian society. We will focus on the art of cuisine through the analysis of texts, films and cultural events. We will also examine the concepts of sustainability and the history and principles of the "Slow Food Movement"..


Credit Hours
4
GER
HAPW
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

There are unmistakable similarities between Italian and Chinese cultures regarding the noodle. In fact, the noodle evokes family traditions, rituals, symbolism, and emotional connection in both cultures. Our class explores how identity, assimilation and cultural integration are manifested in food.


Credit Hours
3
GER
HAP
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
  • CHN 370

There are unmistakable similarities between Italian and Chinese cultures regarding the noodle. In fact, the noodle evokes family traditions, rituals, symbolism, and emotional connection in both cultures. Our class explores how identity, assimilation and cultural integration are manifested in food.


Credit Hours
4
GER
HAPW
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
  • CHN 370W

Summer. Offered through Emory Summer Abroad Program in Bologna. Cultural topics to be announced each summer. Course taught in Italian. May be repeated for credit when syllabus changes.


Credit Hours
3
GER
IC
Requisites
ITAL 102 or ITAL_OX 102 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.
Cross-Listed
None

Summer. Offered through Emory Summer Abroad Program in Bologna. Cultural topics to be announced each summer. Course taught in Italian. May be repeated for credit when syllabus changes.


Credit Hours
4
GER
ICW
Requisites
ITAL 102 or ITAL_OX 102 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.
Cross-Listed
None

Topics to be announced each semester. Course taught in English. May be repeated for credit when syllabus changes. Focus on developing critical analysis and reasoning skills.


Credit Hours
1 - 4
GER
HAP
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Topics to be announced each semester. Course taught in English. May be repeated for credit when syllabus changes. Focus on developing critical analysis and reasoning skills.


Credit Hours
1 - 5
GER
HAPW
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Topics to be announced each semester. Course is offered in English. Course content will vary, including topics of literature, history, culture, art history, political thought, current trends, and more. May be repeated for credit when syllabus changes.


Credit Hours
1 - 4
GER
HSC
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Topics to be announced each semester. Course is offered in English. Course content will vary, including topics of literature, history, culture, art history, political thought, current trends, and more. May be repeated for credit when syllabus changes.


Credit Hours
1 - 5
GER
HSCW
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Credit is variable. Advanced supervised study in the reading of literary texts or other aspects of Italian culture. Course may be repeated with a new research focus.


Credit Hours
1 - 12
GER
HAL
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

ITAL 400-Level Courses

In Italian. Intensive study of a single author, genre, literary movement, or period. Topic to be announced in advance. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Prerequisite: Italian 302 or permission of program director.


Credit Hours
1 - 4
GER
IC
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

In Italian. Intensive study of a single author, genre, literary movement, or period. Topic to be announced in advance. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Prerequisite: Italian 302 or permission of program director.


Credit Hours
1 - 5
GER
ICW
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Course engages in critical methods in analysis and interpretation of literature and cultural studies, bibliographic materials and methods of independent research. Course culminates in an honors thesis, written in Italian, demonstrating the application of principles learned. Course carefully follows the College guidelines for writing requirement.


Credit Hours
3
GER
XA
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Critical methods in analysis and interpretation of literature and cultural studies, bibliographic materials and methods of independent research; honors thesis demonstrating the application of principles learned. Course carefully follows the College guidelines for writing requirement.


Credit Hours
1 - 8
GER
ICW
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Independent research for students majoring in Italian Studies. Advanced directed studies in Italian literature and culture. Course may be repeated for a different project.


Credit Hours
1 - 16
GER
None
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None