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2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Italian (ITAL) Courses
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Italian
Italian
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ITAL 100A - Fundamentals of Italian for Spanish Speakers
(4 units)
Prerequisites: Two semesters of college Spanish or 3 years of high school Spanish; or be a native or heritage speaker of Spanish.
Introductory course on the fundamental skills of speaking, reading, writing and comprehending Italian with an emphasis on the structural similarities between Italian and Spanish.
Not open to heritage speakers or native speakers of Italian. Not open for credit to students with credit in ITAL 101A or ITAL 102A. -
ITAL 100B - Fundamentals of Italian for Spanish Speakers
(4 units)
Prerequisites: ITAL 100A ; or ITAL 101A with 2 semesters of college Spanish or 3 years of high school Spanish; or be a heritage or native speaker of Spanish.
Introductory course on the fundamental skills of speaking, reading, writing and comprehending Italian with an emphasis on the structural similarities between Italian and Spanish.
Not open to heritage or native speakers of Italian. Not open for credit to students with credit in ITAL 101B or ITAL 102B. -
ITAL 101 - Fundamentals of Italian
(6 units)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: Any Foundation course.
Two semesters of fundamental Italian are covered in one semester in this intensive hybrid (blended) course. Not open to heritage or native speakers of Italian.
(4 hrs. in class, 2 hrs. online) Not open to students who have completed ITAL 101A , ITAL 101B , ITAL 100A or ITAL 100B . -
ITAL 101A - Fundamentals of Italian
(4 units)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: Any Foundation course.
Introduction to fundamental skills of speaking, oral comprehension, reading, and writing. For those who are beginning the study of Italian or who have had one year of high school Italian.
For non-native speakers only. Not open to heritage speakers or native speakers of Italian. Course fee may be required. -
ITAL 101B - Fundamentals of Italian
(4 units)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ITAL 101A or two years of high school Italian or equivalent. Any Foundation course.
Fundamental skills of speaking, oral comprehension, reading and writing.
For non-native speakers only. Not open to heritage speakers or native speakers of Italian. Course fee may be required. -
ITAL 200 - Intermediate Italian for Spanish Speakers
(6 units)
Prerequisites: ITAL 100B or ITAL 101B or 3 years of high school Italian and 2 years of college Spanish or be a native or heritage Spanish speaker.
Two semesters of intermediate Italian are covered in one semester in this intensive hybrid (blended) course designed for students who are either native or heritage speakers of Spanish or have at least intermediate- to advanced-level proficiency in Spanish (see prerequisites).
Not open to heritage speakers or native speakers of Italian. Not open to students with credit in ITAL 201A or ITAL 201B . -
ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian
(6 units)
Prerequisites: ITAL 101 , ITAL 101B , ITAL 100B or a minimum of 3 years of high-school Italian.
Prerequisite/Corequisite: Any Foundation course.
Two semesters of Intermediate Italian are covered in one semester in this intensive hybrid (blended) course.
(4 hrs. in class, 2 hrs. online) Not open to heritage or native speakers of Italian. Not open to students who have completed ITAL 200 , ITAL 201A or ITAL 201B . -
ITAL 201A - Intermediate Italian
(4 units)
Prerequisite: ITAL 101B or three years of high school Italian or equivalent.
Prerequisite/Corequisite: Any Foundation course.
Continued development of speaking, oral comprehension, reading, and writing skills.
For non-native speakers only. Not open to heritage speakers or native speakers of Italian. Course fee may be required. -
ITAL 201B - Intermediate Italian
(4 units)
Prerequisite: ITAL 201A or four years of high school Italian or equivalent.
Prerequisite/Corequisite: Any Foundation course.
Continued development in speaking, oral comprehension, reading, and writing skills.
For non-native speakers only. Not open to heritage speakers or native speakers of Italian. Course fee may be required. -
ITAL 214 - Intermediate Conversation
(3 units)
Prerequisite: ITAL 101B .
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ITAL 201A or ITAL 201B .
Designed to develop basic conversational skills and to prepare for more advanced work in ITAL 314 .
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ITAL 310 - Reading Between the Lines: Analyzing Italian Literature
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing in Italian or equivalent.
Imparts literary terminology and the study of the primary genres in Italian literature through an analysis of exemplary texts. A brief overview of methodologies will also be introduced, i.e., structuralism, sociological, gender studies, formalism and deconstruction.
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ITAL 312A - Advanced Italian I
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing in Italian or equivalent.
Review of grammatical principles with regular exercises and composition work for the development of increased mastery of the written language.
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ITAL 312B - Advanced Italian II
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing in Italian or equivalent.
Review of grammatical principles with regular exercises and composition work for development of increased mastery of written language.
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ITAL 314 - Advanced Conversation
(3 units)
Prerequisite: ITAL 214 or consent of the instructor.
Continuation of ITAL 214 . More advanced use of spoken Italian to establish strong basis for correct and fluent proficiency in oral idiom.
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ITAL 335 - Love and Death in Italian Literature 1300-1800
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing in Italian or consent of instructor.
Introductory study of the most important Italian literary works, authors, and movements of Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century.
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ITAL 336 - Nation, Self and Psyche in Italian Literature 1800-present
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing in Italian or consent of instructor.
Introductory study of the most important Italian literary works, authors, and movements of Italian literature of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
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ITAL 340 - “La Dolce Vita”: Italian Culture Through the Centuries
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing in Italian or consent of instructor.
Multidisciplinary study of Italian culture from unification (1861) to present, special emphasis on last thirty years. Crucial historical moments analyzed for social and cultural impact on Italian customs, and ways of thinking. Taught in Italian.
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ITAL 345 - Mobsters, Mammas, Mafias and Migrations
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration courses, and upper-division standing. Students must have scored 11 or higher on the GWAR Placement Examination or successfully completed the necessary portfolio course that is a prerequisite for a GWAR Writing Intensive Capstone.
Italian-American Culture addresses migration, cultural conflict, and ethnic identity formation in the context of the Italian American experience. Interdisciplinary in nature with an emphasis on Human Diversity, the course examines the historical and cultural legacy of labor exploitation, discrimination, women’s roles, interethnic relations, religion, food, family, and media representation. Taught in English.
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ITAL 411 - The Infinite Text and its Mechanics
(3 units)
Prerequisite: ITAL 312B .
Provides an in depth study of Italian syntax in order to improve skills for written Italian. Vocabulary development and analysis and imitation of writing styles and forms will be emphasized.
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ITAL 414 - History of the Italian Language
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Examines the main developments in the transformation from Latin to Italian, and the debates on what constitutes the Italian language (questione della lingua) 1200 - present, including the contributions of Dante Alighieri, Machiavelli, Alessandro Manzoni, the Italian diaspora and recent immigration.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 514 -
ITAL 430 - Dante’s Divine Comedy
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.
In-depth study of Dante’s Divine Comedy and Vita nuova. Students are exposed to the author’s worldview through close reading and cultural context. Classical interpretations as well as the latest critical views will be studied. Taught in Italian or English.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 530 -
ITAL 433 - Italian Literature as Historical Memory
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing in Italian or consent of instructor.
Select texts of Italian literature are analyzed as sources for the understanding of Italian history and culture 1300-1800.
Letter grade only A-F). ITAL 533 -
ITAL 454 - Italian Cinema
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing.
Overview of main movements and directors in the history of Italian cinema. Sociopolitical and aesthetic analysis will be adopted in reading films from the post-war period to the present.
Letter grade only (A-F). (2 hrs. seminar, 2 hrs activity.) ITAL 554 . Same course as FEA 454 . Not open for credit to students with credit in FEA 454 -
ITAL 460 - Exploring Italian Translation
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper division status or permission of instructor.
Explores basic theories and principles of translation Italian-English, English-Italian. Key translation strategies for the pairing of English and Italian, including historical and cultural transposition, compensation, register, idiomatic expressions, textual genre. An overview of the translation profession is also covered.
Letter grade only (A-F). -
ITAL 462 - Italian Women Writers
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Studies roles of women writers within history of Italian literature from Middle Ages through Renaissance to contemporary literature.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 562 Not open for credit to students with credit in ITAL 424. -
ITAL 473 - Masterpieces of Italian Renaissance Literature
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Readings in Italian Quattro- and Cinquecento thought to explore its evolution toward “the new learning of humanism” and the valorization of human ability, worldly matters, and secular culture.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 573 -
ITAL 476 - The Modern Italian Short Story
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Selected Italian short stories of the 19th and 20th Centuries are analyzed as sources for the understanding of Italian history, culture, anthropology and politics.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 576 -
ITAL 478 - The Italian Novelistic Tradition
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ITAL 335 and ITAL 336 or consent of instructor.
Historical overview of the Italian novelistic tradition with in-depth study of representative Italian novels.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 578 May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units, with different topics in different semesters. -
ITAL 482 - The Building of the Italian Nation
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Explores the literature, the ideas and the cultural artifacts that promoted the creation and building of Italian nation from the Middle Ages to the present.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 582 -
ITAL 490 - Selected Topics in Italian
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing in Italian or consent of instructor.
Study of a particular topic or aspect of Italian literature, language or culture.
May be repeated to a maximum of 12 units with different topics. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes. Course fee required if topic is offered abroad. -
ITAL 494 - Internship in Italian
(1-3 units)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair.
Field work in Italian, supplemented by readings and tutorials under the direction of a faculty member. Internships, small group discussion/teaching, and other assignments directs by a supervising faculty member.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. No more than 3 units may be applied to the major in Italian. -
ITAL 499 - Directed Studies
(1-3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and department chair.
Independent study under the supervision of a faculty member.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. -
ITAL 514 - History of the Italian Language
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Examines the main developments in the transformation from Latin to Italian, and the debates on what constitutes the Italian language (questione della lingua) 1200 - present, including the contributions of Dante Alighieri, Machiavelli, Alessandro Manzoni, the Italian diaspora and recent immigration.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 414 -
ITAL 530 - Dante’s Divine Comedy
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
In-depth study of Dante’s Divine Comedy and Vita Nuova. Students are exposed to the author’s worldview through close reading and cultural context. Classical interpretations as well as the latest critical views will be studied. Taught in Italian or English.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 430 -
ITAL 533 - Italian Literature as Historical Memory
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Italian or consent of instructor.
Select texts of Italian literature are analyzed as sources for the understanding of Italian history and culture 1300-1800.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 433 -
ITAL 554 - Italian Cinema
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Overview of main movements and directors in the history of Italian cinema. Sociopolitical and aesthetic analysis will be adopted in reading films from the post-war period to the present.
Letter grade only (A-F). (2 hrs. seminar, 2 hrs. activity) ITAL 454 -
ITAL 562 - Italian Women Writers
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Studies roles of women writers within history of Italian literature from Middle Ages through Renaissance to contemporary literature.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 462 -
ITAL 573 - Masterpieces of Italian Renaissance Literature
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Readings in Italian Quattro- and Cinquecento thought to explore its evolution toward the “new learning of humanism and the valorization of human ability, worldly matters, and secular culture.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 473 -
ITAL 576 - The Modern Italian Short Story
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate level standing.
Selected Italian short stories of the 19th and 20th Centuries are analyzed as sources for the understanding of Italian history, culture, anthropology and politics.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 476 May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units, with different topics in different semesters. -
ITAL 578 - The Italian Novelistic Tradition
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ITAL 335 and ITAL 336 or consent of instructor.
Historical overview of the Italian novelistic tradition with in-depth study of representative Italian novels.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 478 -
ITAL 582 - The Building of the Italian Nation
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Explores the literature, the ideas and the cultural artifacts that promoted the creation and building of Italian nation from Middle Ages to present.
Letter grade only (A-F). ITAL 482 -
ITAL 599 - Directed Study
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Independent study under the supervision of a faculty member.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics in different semesters. -
ITAL 600 - Italy and the Idea of Europe. Nation, State, Culture, Economy, Society: 1861-Present
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
This course covers the evolution of the idea of Europe as seen against the backdrop of the cultural and economic history of the Italian nation.
Letter grade only (A-F). -
ITAL 604 - Seminar on a Theme of Italian Literature or Culture
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
In-depth study of a specific theme or aspect of Italian literature or culture across the centuries. Students are exposed to both classical interpretations as well as the latest critical views of the selected topic. Topics to be announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 9 units with different themes in different semesters. -
ITAL 650 - Research Methods and Critical Theory
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Introduction to methods of research/critical theory. Course familiarizes students with techniques and terminology of critical theory in the Italian tradition and how to apply them to film and literary texts. This course may be taught in Italian or English.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours) -
ITAL 688 - Seminar in Italian Literature or Culture
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
In-depth study of a specific author, movement or aspect of Italian literature or culture. Students are exposed to both classical interpretations as well as the latest critical views of the selected topic.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units, with different topics in different semesters. Topics to be announced in the Schedule of Classes. -
ITAL 697 - Directed Research
(1-3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing and Consent of Instructor.
Directed research under the supervision of a faculty member in preparation of the Comprehensive Exam.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units in different semesters. -
ITAL 698 - Thesis
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing and Consent of Instructor.
Planning, preparation, and completion of thesis in Italian Studies for the master’s degree.
Letter grade only (A-F) May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units in the same semester.
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