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Course Descriptions for the Spring 2011 semester

ITAL 110 - Elementary Italian I, 3 cr.

Training in the four basic skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. This course, the first of the two-part elementary Italian sequence, quickly takes students from knowing no Italian at all to the point where they can understand and enjoy the language. In addition to using the textbook and its online components, students also learn about Italy's culture trough innovative activities in class.

ITAL 120 - Elementary Italian II, 3 cr.

Continued training in the four basic skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. Building upon what they learned in 110, students in this class are exposed to all principal grammar points that remain. Added emphasis on communication skills and on developing the ability to complete a wide range of linguistic tasks as well as on acquiring familiarity with Italian culture.Prerequisite: ITAL 110.

ITAL 126 - Intensive Elementary Italian, 6 cr.

Lecture with student participation. Acquisition of the four language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. For students with no previous study of Italian. Course covers the same material as one year of Elementary Italian (110 and 120). Successful completion of ITAL 126 followed by ITAL 246 allows student to satisfy CAS language requirement in one year. Especially recommended for students intending to participate in the Siena Program.

ITAL 240 - Intermediate Italian II, 3 cr.
Course taught in Italian.

Readings, discussion, revision of grammar and exercises. Improvement of basic language skills: Reading, speaking, writing, and understanding Italian. Prerequisites: ITAL 230 or instructor's permission

ITAL 246 - Intensive Intermediate Italian, 6 cr.
Course taught in Italian.

Reading and discussion, selective grammar review and conversation. Development of reading skills, introduction to modern Italian literary texts which will serve as basis for class discussion and writing assignments. Grammar review and reinforcement will respond to student needs. Selected readings from the works of contemporary Italian authors: short stories, plays, poetry and short novel. Prerequisite: ITAL 126 or permission of instructor.

ITAL 280 Language Suite Conversation, 2 cr.
Course taught in Italian.

Thatcher House, by arrangement. First year Programs feature small classes or discussion sections of lecture classes taught in the residence halls. In order to participate, students must register for at least two residentially based courses in each of their first two semesters at the University. Honors Colloquium (ITAL 280 H) available. 1 cr.

ITAL 497MN - Modern Italian Novel 3 cr.
Course taught in Italian

This course will focus on the close reading and analysis of selected masterworks of the modern Italian novel tradition. Students will read Italo Svevo's Una vita (1892), Luigi Pirandello's Uno nessuno e centomila (1926), and Alberto Moravia's La noia (1960). The main goal will be to investigate the trauma of modernity and the identity crisis of the individual. These literary texts will be studied in relation to Italian and European history and society in the 20th century. All reading, writing, and class discussion will be Italian.