Academics

Italian Studies Minor

Language Courses

12 credit hours:

  • Elementary Italian I (ITAL 101)
  • Elementary Italian II (ITAL 102)
  • Intermediate Italian I (ITAL 201)
  • Intermediate Italian II (ITAL 202)

9 credit hours (choose three courses):

  • History of Art II: Renaissance - Present (ARTS 271)
  • Ancient Mediterranean Civilization: Rome (CLAS 102)
  • From Romulus to Octavian (CLAS 160)
  • From Augustus to Attila (CLAS 161)
  • Roman Archaeology (CLAS 262)
  • Francis: The Making of a Saint (HIST 138)
  • Italian Philosophy (PHIL 351)
  • Bacon and Machiavelli (PHIL 352)
  • Vico (PHIL 378)
  • Franciscan Spirituality (THEO 257)
  • New Testament and Politics (THEO 270)
  • Women and Early Christianity (THEO 318)

Courses taught during Rome Summer Program

  • The Aesthetic Experience: Rome in Film (ARTS 112)
  • Art in Rome (ARTS 113)
  • Studies in Early Childhood (EDEC 300)
  • Language and Culture in Italy (ITAL 258)
  • Italian Philosophy (PHIL 200/351)
  • Our Universe: In the Beginning (PHYS 124/125)
  • Science in Art and Architecture (PHYS 126/127)
  • Early Christianity in Rome (THEO 244/344)

Notes

If students place into a higher level of Italian language coursework, they may complete the Italian Studies minor by pursuing courses counting for no fewer than 15 total credit hours.

The electives for the minor will be approved by the Italian Language Section Coordinator and by the Chair of the Department of Classics and Modern Languages.