Italian Minor
Program Requirements
Total Units Required: 18
Grade Requirement: Students must complete courses taken for the minor with a grade of B- or higher and are expected to maintain a B average or better in all Italian courses. Courses taken Pass/No Pass do not count toward the Italian minor.
Required Courses
- Students may count only one of the following courses as an elective (3 units):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ITAL 1100 | First year Seminar: Italy's Invention of the Modern Museum | 3 |
| ITAL 1101 | First Year Seminar: Italian Literary Culture:Identity, Subjectivity, Audience | 3 |
| ITAL 1102 | Refracted Light: How others View Italy | 3 |
| ITAL 2800 | Sex in Italian Culture and Media | 3 |
| ITAL 2900 | The Culture of Food in Italy | 3 |
| ITAL 4420 | Literature and Fascism | 3 |
- Students may also count ITAL 2010, which is a prerequisite for ITAL 3230 and ITAL 3240, toward the minor as an elective as well.
- Students are required to complete one of the following courses (3 units):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ITAL 3070 | Advanced Italian in the Everyday World | 3 |
| ITAL 3090 | Transmedia Italian Culture: Advanced Italian and Cultural Reflections | 3 |
- Students are required to complete one of the following courses (3 units):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ITAL 3230 | Italian Literature I: Genre and Gender in Italy, 1200-1600 | 3 |
| ITAL 3240 | Italian Lierature II - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| ITAL 3270 | History of the Italian Language | 3 |
Elective Courses
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ITAL 3010 | Oral Communication I | 3 |
| ITAL 3190 | Advanced Conversational Italian | 3 |
| ITAL 3220 | Advanced Conversation | 3 |
| ITAL 3221 | Topics: The Jewish Expirence in Italy | 3 |
| ITAL 3222 | Topics | 3 |
| ITAL 3224 | Topics: From Basilisks to Botticelli | 3 |
| ITAL 3320 | Topics in Film Studies: Italian Cinema | 3 |
| ITAL 3340 | Topics in Italian Cinema | 3 |
| ITAL 3500 | Topics: Global Italy: Race, Genfer, Migration and Citizenship | 3 |
| ITAL 4080 | Disease, Madnessm ad Death Italian Style | 3 |
| ITAL 4100 | Mamma Mia! Motherhood, Maternity, and the Female Reproductive Body in the Italian Cultural Contex | 3 |
| ITAL 4280 | The New Sicillian School | 3 |
| ITAL 43000 | Divergent Voices: Italian Women Writers | 3 |
| ITAL 4330 | Literature of the Italian Enlightenment | 3 |
| ITAL 4370 | Caffe, Cadavers, Comedy, and Castrati: Italy in the Age of the Grand Tour | 3 |
| ITAL 4420 | Literature and Fascism | 3 |
| ITAL 4730 | Machiavelli and Guicciardini | 3 |
| ITAL 4810 | Dante | 3 |
| ITAL 4830 | Boccaccio: Decameron | 3 |
| ITAL 4850 | Ariosto: Orlando Furioso | 3 |
| ITAL 4910 | Postmodernism | 3 |
| ITAL 4920 | The Italian Detective Novel | 3 |
Additional Information
Students must complete courses taken for the minor with a grade of B- or higher and are expected to maintain a B average or better in all Italian courses. Courses taken pass/no pass do not count toward the Italian minor.
Students are strongly encouraged to participate in a study abroad program. Please refer to the Italian page on the Romance Languages and Literatures website for more information about Italian study abroad programs.
The Italian minor requires the completion of 18 units, 12 of which must be taken in residence.
Contact Info
| Phone: | 314-935-5175 |
| Email: | rll@wustl.edu |
| Website: | http://rll.wustl.edu |