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Italian Studies Program

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.

Academic Program Website: http://italian.emory.edu

Concentrations

Major in Italian Studies (BA)

Minor in Catholic Studies

Minor in Italian Studies

Faculty

Director: Judy Raggi Moore

Director of Undergraduate Studies: Simona Muratore

Core: Judy Raggi Moore Simona Muratore Angela Porcarelli Christine Ristaino

Courses

Italian 100-Level Courses

ITAL 101: Language & Culture, Elem I

Based on the innovative Emory program, IVC: Italian Virtual Class project, this course offers an engaging and interactive approach to language learning whereby language is mastered through the systematic full-immersion study of Italian culture. Through the latest technology-facilitated portal of a unique multimedia ebook, focus is on thematically sequential and in-depth studies of Italian, history, literature, art, and folk traditions presented through authentic original on-line live interviews and cultural scenarios, videos, images, and texts. Development of analytical, critical and reasoning skills as well as cross-cultural awareness are emphasized. Higher than norm linguistic and cultural fluency is achieved by the end of the 101-102 sequence.

Credit Hours: 5
GERs: HAL
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 102: Language & Culture, Elem. II

Innovative eBook Italian Virtual Class: engaging approach to language learning, full immersion in Italian culture, literature, art with authentic materials; development of analytical, critical skills, cross-cultural competency and higher than norm linguistic fluency by end of 102.

Credit Hours: 5
GERs: HAL
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 110: Intensive Elementary Italian

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
GERs: HAL
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 170: Intro to Italian Studies I

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

Credit Hours: 3
GERs: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 170W: Intro to alian Studies I

Credit Hours: 4
GERs: HSCW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 171: Intro to Italian Studies II

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
GERs: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 171W: Intro to Italian Studies II

Credit Hours: 4
GERs: HSCW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 190: Freshmen Seminar: Italian

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
GERs: FSEM
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Italian 200-Level Courses

ITAL 201: Language & Culture, Inter. I

Fall semester. Innovative eBook Italian Virtual Class: engaging approach to language learning, full immersion in Italian culture, literature, art with authentic materials; development of analytical, critical skills, cross-cultural competency and higher than norm linguistic fluency by end of 201.

Credit Hours: 4
GERs: HAL
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 202: Language & Culture, Inter. II

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
GERs: HAL
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 205: Practical Conversation

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
GERs: HAL
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 210: Italian for Read Comprehension

Designed for students, preferably with some knowledge of other Romance languages, who wish to develop necessary skills in reading Italian for research purposes. Other skills practiced. No prior knowledge of Italian required. Recommended for graduate students or research faculty working in Italy.

Credit Hours: 3
GERs: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 270R: Italy: Cultr and Civilization

Taught in English, this course is recommended for students interested in an in-depth immersion into Italian history and culture. Beginning in Rome with the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, we then travel to different regions every year examining over 3000 years of human achievement. Italy is explored from a cultural, historical, artistic, and archaeological perspective with Emory faculty from across the disciplines and benefiting by local experts. Through investigation of a wide variety of topics and themes in Italian culture, the goal of the course is to teach students to examine how an intersection of Liberal Arts perspectives enhances a more global understanding of others and of self. Together with cross-cultural awareness students sharpen critical analysis and reasoning skills. No knowledge of Italian required, with new content course may be repeated.

Credit Hours: 4
GERs: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 290: Supervised Reading

Credit Hours: 1 - 4
GERs: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Italian 300-Level Courses

ITAL 300: Survey of Italian Literature

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
GERs: HAL
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 301: Language & Culture, Adv. I

Credit Hours: 3
GERs: HAL
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 301W: Language & Culture, Adv. I

Credit Hours: 4
GERs: HALW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 302: Language & Culture; Adv. II

Credit Hours: 3
GERs: HAL
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 302W: Language & Culture; Adv. II

Credit Hours: 4
GERs: HALW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 315: Romance Languages (In English)

This course compares and contrasts the Romance languages by investigating the sociocultural and linguistic aspects of their evolution from Latin. No previous study of linguistics required. Two semesters of Romance languages recommended.

Credit Hours: 3
GERs: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 340R: Italian Cinema:Liter Adaptatn

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
GERs: HAP
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 350: The Rise of Humanism

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
GERs: HAP
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 350W: The Rise of Humanism

Credit Hours: 4
GERs: HAPW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 360: Iss In The Italian Renaissance

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
GERs: HAP
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 360W: Iss in the Italian Renaissance

Credit Hours: 4
GERs: HAPW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 375: Tops in Ital Lit in Trans

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
GERs: HAP
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 375W: Tops in Ital Lit in Trans

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
GERs: HAPW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 376: Top in Italian Cultr in Trans

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
GERs: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 376W: Top in Italian Cultr in Trans

Credit Hours: 1 - 5
GERs: HSCW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 397R: Supervised Reading

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
GERs: HAL
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Italian 400-Level Courses

ITAL 470: Topics in Italian Literature

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
GERs: HAL
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 470W: Topics in Italian Literature

Credit Hours: 1 - 5
GERs: HALW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 495A: Honors

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
GERs: HAL
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 495BW: Honors

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
GERs: HALW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

ITAL 497R: Individual Directed Study

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
GERs: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Honors Program

For questions regarding eligibility and requirements, please contact program director: Prof. Judy Raggi Moore

Study Abroad

Summer Program

On campus: Italian 101 and 102 are regularly taught on campus during the first and second sessions. This summer program option is excellent for students interested in completing their GER language requirement and lacking time during the regular autumn/winter semesters.

In Italy: The yearly summer program is a unique and intense immersion into Italian history and culture. Italian history, art and literature are appreciated on site while traveling throughout the whole country, studying in over 47 different locations over the 44 program days . This program now hosts the Emory School of Medicine, whose faculty offers students a medical humanities course [Medicine and Compassion] aimed at teaching the pillars of healthcare professionalism. Excellent for students of all majors, this is a unique inter-disciplinary advanced writing requirements course for all students, whether interested in the Healthcare profession or not. This summer program is open to all Emory students as well as students from other colleges. There are no pre-requisites and no language requirements. Full immersion language studies is an option available to upper level language students.

Semester Programs: Semester Study in Roma and Milano

1. The I.E.S. Roma full immersion program offers a challenging work and study opportunity in Italian work places and at Italian university along with the chance to complete the immersion by living with an Italian family. This option is reserved for Italian Studies majors or minors.

2. For culturally motivated students who have little Italian language knowledge, Emory offers the I.E.S. in Roma program. This is an appropriate for students interested in studying the social sciences, humanities, fine arts, and religion but prefer to do so in English. A stellar program, located on the Tiber River in the heart of downtown Rome, Italian home stay opportunities, as well as internship opportunities, make the I.E.S. Roma program a highly recommended authentic study opportunity in Italy.

3. I.E.S. programs in both Roma and Milano are highly recommended for their pedagogically serious language courses as well as authentic immersion into Italian academic realities. Students may integrate a course or two from the famous Milanese universities of La Cattolica and Bocconi. The Milano program in particular is our second most effective full-immersion program and is highly recommended for students serious about learning the language but still needing to transfer college courses in English. Students make take courses in the social sciences, business, humanities, performance music and music, and fine arts.

Both I.E.S. programs are highly recommended for Italian Studies majors and minors.

All work conducted abroad is monitored by the Italian Studies Program of Emory. For any questions regarding study in Italy, please contact the Study Abroad liaison: prof. Judy Raggi Moore.

Advising

Any student having prior knowledge of Italian must meet with the program director prior to registration in any Italian class.

Language Study

Language acquisition is successfully achieved through the innovative I.V.C. Chiavi di Lettura method. Study in Italy on an Emory-approved program is highly recommended for all majors. Students are also encouraged to practice their language skills by regularly participating in the activities sponsored by the student Italian Club, including Tavola italiana, film festivals, cultural presentations and excursions, cooking classes, etc.

Internship

Available in Italy through our IES semester study programs in Italy. Credit is assigned only with prior approval from the Program director.