Courses
Lower division courses develop students’ skills in language and introduce them to
Italian culture. At the upper division level, courses focus on language and composition,
literature, civilization, film, or the field of Italian Studies. Students may combine
any variety of these courses to complete the upper division requirements for the minor
or for the Italian emphasis in their major.
Information subject to change or error. For most accurate information, please see
current SDSU online class schedule.
Lower Division Courses
Native speakers of Italian will not receive credit for taking lower division courses
in Italian except with advance approval from the department.
All lower division courses in Italian are taught in Italian.
No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing
any upper division Italian course taught in Italian. No credit will be given when
Italian 100A, 100B, 201, 211, 212 or 301 are taken concurrently or out of sequence.
However, Italian 201 may be taken concurrently with either Italian 211 or Italian
212.
Pronunciation, speaking and writing, readings on Italian culture and civilization,
essentials of grammar. Not open to students who have completed three years of high
school Italian unless the third course was completed five or more years ago. Classes
meet 4 days a week.
Prerequisite: Italian 100A or two years of high school Italian. Continuation of Italian
100A. Not open to students who have completed four years of high school Italian unless
the fourth course was completed five or more years ago. Classes meet 4 days a week.
Prerequisites: Italian 100B or three years of high school Italian. Italian minors
and international business majors are encouraged to enroll concurrently in Italian
212 when available. Recommended for students wanting to satisfy the language graduation
requirement. Emphasis on spoken language with readings of cultural material serving
as a basis for discussion.
Four lectures and one hour of laboratory. Prerequisites: Italian 100B or three years
of high school Italian. Comprehensive review of Italian grammar and practice of all
language skills at intermediate level within context of Italian culture.
Four lectures and one hour of laboratory. Prerequisite: Italian 211. Continuation
of Italian 211. Comprehensive review of Italian grammar and practice of all language
skills at intermediate level within context of Italian culture. Italian minors and
international business majors are encouraged to concurrently register in Italian 201.
Prerequisite: Italian 100B or three years of high school Italian. Topics in Italian
language and culture. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific
content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable
to a bachelor’s degree. Taught in Italian.
Upper Division Courses (Intended for Undergraduates)
All upper division Italian courses are taught in Italian unless otherwise noted.
Prerequisites: Six units of 200-level Italian, and completion of the General Education
requirement in Foundations II.C., Humanities. Grammar review. Reading of modern Italian
prose, with written reports and oral discussions in Italian. Italian 301 is not open
to students who hold the Italian secondary school diploma.
Prerequisites: Six units of 200-level Italian, and completion of the General Education
requirement in Foundations II.C., Humanities. Important movements, authors and works
in Italian literature from Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
Prerequisites: Six units of 200-level Italian. Continuation of Italian 305A from the
Renaissance to the present.
Prerequisites: Six units of 200-level Italian, and completion of the General Education
requirement in Foundations II.C., Humanities. Major aspects of Italian civilization
with emphasis on art, music, history, and cinema.
Interdisciplinary approach to major themes and figures of Italian culture. Emphasis
on social, literary, artistic, and political movements underlying development of contemporary
Italy.
Prerequisite: Italian 212. Italian advertising, business culture, commercial practices
and language, communication, cultural management, curation, current events, marketing
entrepreneurship, social and digital media.
Two lectures and two hours of activity. Prerequisite: Completion of at least one upper
division course in Italian. Development of Italian cinema. Previewing lectures enhance
cultural comprehension. Post-viewing discussions stimulate ideas for written work
and final projects. Lectures and discussions in Italian.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing. Italian American experience of migration, identity
formation, ethnic conflict, integration and assimilation, in a variety of genres and
media, from literature to film, music and theatre, fiction and non-fiction. Taught
in English.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing and consent of instructor. Practical work experience
in a field related to Italian studies. Work done under joint direction of activity
sponsor and instructor. Approved international internships may count toward international
experience requirement for certain majors.
Topics in Italian language, literature, culture and linguistics. Conducted in English
or in Italian. See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any
combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Maximum credit
eight units.
Prerequisites: Italian 301 and 305A or 305B. Individual study. Maximum credit six
units. This course is intended only for students who are currently enrolled in or
who already have credit for all upper division courses in Italian available in any
given semester.
Upper Division Courses (Also Acceptable for Advanced Degrees)
Prerequisites: Italian 301 and 421. Artistic, intellectual, literary, social and political
trends in Italy and in diaspora. May be repeated with new title and content. Maximum
credit six units.
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