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Intermediate Italian Proficiency (6 Credits):
Students who place out of Intermediate Italian must complete two additional electives in or outside of the department.

• ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian Language Through Film and Television 3 Credit(s)
• ITAL 202 - Intermediate Italian II 3 Credit(s)

Required 300-Level Course Taught in Italian (3 Credits):

• ITAL 301 - Italian Composition and Conversation 3 Credit(s)
  or
• ITAL 311 - Introduction to Italian Literature I 3 Credit(s)

Additional Upper-Division Course Taught in Italian (3 Credits):
Take one course from below.

• ITAL 301 - Italian Composition and Conversation 3 Credit(s)
  or
• ITAL 311 - Introduction to Italian Literature I 3 Credit(s)
  (whichever course not taken in previous requirement)
• ITAL 305 - Language of Modern Italy 3 Credit(s)
• ITAL 476 - Cinema e Letteratura 3 Credit(s)

Capstone (3 Credits):
Take one from below.

• ITAL 476 - Cinema e Letteratura 3 Credit(s)
• ITAL 498 - Honors Research Project 3 Credit(s)
• MLLC 480 - Internship in Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures 3 Credit(s)
• A study abroad experience

Electives (15 Credits):
Take five additional courses in Italian above ITAL 102 or the list of approved courses below.

No more than two courses may be outside Italian.

No more than one course may be at the 100-level.

At least two courses must be at the 300-level or higher

At least one course must be at the 400-level.

• ART 311 - Early Italian Renaissance Art 3 Credit(s)
• ART 312 - Late Italian Renaissance Art 3 Credit(s)
• CLSICS 278 - Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum 3 Credit(s)
• CLSICS 282 - Roman Civilization 3 Credit(s)
• CLSICS 284 - Greek and Roman Mythology 3 Credit(s)
• CLSICS 285 - Greek and Roman Tragedy 3 Credit(s)
• CLSICS 288 - Image and Reality: The Women of Rome 3 Credit(s)
• CLSICS 289 - Rome in Hollywood 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 302L - Roman History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 334 - Italy Since 1815 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 433 - Mussolini 3 Credit(s)
• MLLC 220L - Hades, Heaven, and Hell 3 Credit(s)
• MLLC 235L - Postwar European Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• MLLC 270 - Global Food Studies 3 Credit(s)

For more information on curriculum, including course descriptions and degree requirements, visit the Academic Catalog.

Students will be able to:

• Actively engage in conversations and discussions that range in complexity from everyday conversations to a basic familiarity with abstract intellectual discourse.
• Read and critically analyze authentic texts and materials from all areas of Italian Studies.
• Produce written documents with reasonable clarity to be readily intelligible to an educated outside reader.
• Do independent research, write analytical research papers, produce a written research project and/or thesis.

Italian Minor
Supplement any major with a minor in Italian to advance your language skills and open doors to your future career.

• Email us: MLLC@umb.edu 
• Visit us: McCormack Hall, 04 ,00233