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All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise stated

Note: Undergraduate ITL courses are taught in Italian -- HUI courses are taught in English

Undergraduate Courses Taught in Italian

ITL 101-S3  Intensive Beginning Italian (6 credits)

An introduction to spoken and written Italian, stressing pronunciation, speaking , comprehension, reading, and writing. Practice in language laboratory supplements class work. An intensive course covering the elementary Italian program. This course is the equivalent of ITL 111 and ITL 112

Remark: Not for credit in addition to ITL 111 or ITL 112.

This course satisfies DEC entry skill in Foreign Language if passed with a grade of C or better.

Students who have completed ITL 112 with a grade of C or higher may not take this course for credit.

01- TuTh: 9:50-12:40 — G. Balducci

90 MW: 5:20-8:10 — G. Gazzola

 

ITL 111  Elementary Italian I (4 credits)

An introduction to spoken and written Italian, stressing pronunciation, speaking, comprehension, reading and writing. Practice in language laboratory supplements class work.

Students who have completed ITL 101 with a grade of C or higher may not take this course for credit.

90 - MF: 5:20-7:10 — F. Scricco

ITL 112-S3  Elementary Italian II (4 credits)

A continuation of ITL 111.  Selected texts are read. Practice in language laboratory supplements class work.

Prerequisite: ITL 111 or High School Placement.

This course satisfies DEC entry skill in Foreign Language if passed with a grade of C or better.

Students who have completed ITL 101 with a grade of C or higher may not take this course for credit.

90 - Tu-Th: 5:20-7:10 — C. Tilercio-Cohn

ITL 201-S3  Intensive Intermediate Italian (6 credits)

Intermediate course in the reading and discussion of selected Italian texts. Review of grammatical and syntactical skills offer an opportunity to develop conversational ability.

Remark: Not for credit after passing ITL 211 or ITL 212

Mandatory Prerequisite: ITL 101 or 112 or equivalent.

MW: 2:20-4:20 / F: 10:40--12:40 — G. Costa

ITL 212-S3  Intermediate Italian II

An intermediate course in the reading and discussion of selected Italian texts. An intensive grammar review offers an opportunity to develop conversational ability.

Remark: Not for credit after passing ITL 201

Prerequisite: ITL 211

Students who have completed ITL 201 with a grade of C or higher may not take these courses for credit.

MWF 9:35-10:30 — M. Giua

 

ITL 312-S3  Conversation and Composition II

Reading of selected short passages in prose and poetry with emphasis on improved writing skills, oral expression and increased mastery of Italian.

Prerequisite: ITL 212 or ITL 201

01-MW: 2:20-3:40  — M. Giua

90-MW: 5:20-6:45— G. Costa

 

ITL 396-G  Readings in Italian Literature - Theater and Poetry

Literary analysis and its application to representative plays and poems chosen from the various periods of Italian literature. Readings, writings, and discussions are in Italian.

Mandatory Prerequisite, ITL 311, Mandatory Prerequisite or Co-Requisite ITL 312

TuTh: 11:20-12:40 — M. Mignone 

 

ITL 410  Business Italian

A course designed for students who wish to become more proficient in reading, writing, and translation Italian. Students are also trained of the use of Italian in business, in administration. and in every day professional life. Emphasis is put on the idiomatic peculiarities of the Italian language and the relation of Italian to the structure of English.
Prerequisites: ITL 311 and 312
Tu-Th: 2:20-3:40 — G. Balducci

 

ITL 411  Advanced Conversation and Composition

A course designed to develop fluency and accuracy in the use of the spoken language through intensive practice, exposition, class discussion, and the use of the language laboratory.

Prerequisite: ITL 311 and 312

MF: 12:50-2:10 — A. Fedi

 

ITL 434 Between Traditions and Modernities: the Italian Literary Scene of the 1900s.

Focusing on a moment of extraordinary vitality in Italian Literature, this course analyzes how the newborn Nation established its modern foundations thanks to an intense dialogue with the rest of Europe. The readings will include works by Verga, D'Annunzio, Gozzano and Marinetti.

Prerequisites: ITL 395 and 396

MW: 2:20-3:40 — G. Gazzola

HUI 216-I  Italian Civilization Through the Ages

The historical development of civilization in Italy with reference to literature and connection to artistic expression such as visual art, music, and theatre.

MW: 3:50-5:10 — A. Fedi/M. Giua

 

HUI 231-D Sex and Politics in Italian Cinema

This course will examine the great works of Italian cinema in the light of two important themes in Post-War Italy: sex and politics. The discussions will focus on the cinematic representations of gender, class, and sexual politics as well as the films' contextual relationship with Italian history, society and culture. Readings will include selected works of film history, criticism, and theory.

W:: 2:20-3:40 / M: 2:20-5:10 — J. Reich

 

HUI 235-G  Sex, Love and Tragedy in Early Italian Literature

A study of the interaction between the sexes in contrast with man's spiritual needs in the major works of early Italian literature. Dante's Inferno and Purgatorio, Boccaccio's Decameron and Petrarch's poetry will be analyzed.

Remark: Meets English major requirements

Advisory Prerequisite: Completion of DEC category B or equivalent.

TuTh 2:20-3:40 — C. Franco / M. Giua

 

HUI 236-K The Italian American Scene
Explanation of the phenomenon of Italian American experiences from immigration and ethnicity and beyond. Studies in anthropology, history, sociology, literature, and culture provide historical and theoretical backgrounds of the experience of Italians in North and South America and their contributions to American culture.
Advisory Prerequisite: Completion of D.E.C. category B
TuTh: 11:50-12:40 — Staff

HUI /EGL 333-G  The Italian American Experience in Literature

Literary and historical perspectives on the experience of Italians in America and their contribution to American culture.

Remark: Cross-listed with EGL 333

Advisory Prerequisite: A literature course at the 200-level or higher.

Tu-Th  9:50-11:10 — M. Bona

HUI 336-K  Italian Americans and Ethnic Relations

An historical and sociological examination of Italian-Americans from Colonial America to the present with the major focus on the period from 1870 to the present. Comparative experience with other ethnic and minority groups within the U.S., including formation, migration, and conflict.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing.

MW: 3:50--5:10 — P. Benolich

 

HUI 338-K  Images of Italian Americans in Films

Italian-American ethnicity as represented in mainstream and independent American cinema from the silent era to the present. Particular attention will be paid to the origin and existence of the traditional stereotypes associated with these representations and how Italian-American filmmakers respond to them.

Mandatory Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing.

Advisory Prerequisite: HUM 201 or HUM 202; HUI 231

T: 2:20-3:40 /Th: 2:20-5:10 —P. Carravetta

 

HUL 324  Romance Linguistics

The linguistic evolution and synchronic grammar of the Romance languages are studied. The course is conducted in English

TuTh: 3:50-5:10 — J. Elias-Ulloa

 

Graduate Courses

 

ITL 501  Contemporary Italian Civilization

A study of contemporary Italian culture and its political, social, and economic structure, as well as the study of cultural life and institutions.

Th: 5:20-8:10 — M. Mignone

 

ITL 508 Italian Syntax and Composition

A course designed to acquaint students with the subtleties of Italian syntax. Extensive compositions, including translations from English, are employed  to improve the writing style of student.

Tu: 5:20-8:10 — C. Franco

 

ITL 571-01  Italian Women Writers

A survey of Italian Women writers in Italian literature.

W: 5:20-3:40 — M. Marchegiani

 

ITL 571-02 - Free Seminar

This course is taught in English - Not appropriate for MA & MAT students

Remark: Meet with FRN 571 and EGL 608

Th: 5:20-8:10 — P. Carravetta

 

The Italian program will also offer several graduate courses in culture and literature through the School of Professional Development 

 

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Summer 2010 Courses

The following courses will likely be scheduled for the summer sessions:

 

ITL 101-S3 Intensive Beginning Italian (6 credits)

An introduction to spoken and written Italian, stressing pronunciation, speaking , comprehension, reading, and writing. Practice in language laboratory supplements class work. An intensive course covering the elementary Italian program. This course is the equivalent of ITL 111 and ITL 112.

This course satisfies DEC entry skill in Foreign Language if passed with a grade of C or better.

Session I — MTuWTh: 6:00-9:30 p.m. — Staff

 

ITL 201-S3  Intensive Intermediate Italian (6 credits)

Intermediate course in the reading and discussion of selected Italian texts. Review of grammatical and syntactical skills offer an opportunity to develop conversational ability. This course is the equivalent of ITL 211 and ITL 212.

Mandatory Prerequisite: ITL 101 or 112

Session II — MTuWTh: 6:00-9:30 p.m. — Staff

 

HUI 231-D Sex and Politics in Italian Cinema

This course will examine the great works of Italian cinema in the light of two important themes in Post-War Italy: sex and politics. The discussions will focus on the cinematic representations of gender, class, and sexual politics as well as the films' contextual relationship with Italian history, society and culture. Readings will include selected works of film history, criticism, and theory.

Tu-Th: 1:30-5:55  — G. Balducci