Italian Minor Course Requirements
Italian Minor - 19 credit hours
ITAL 2110(4 credits)
Advanced Italian Requirement (6 credits) can take in any order; must take at least one to move on to Upper-Division Requirement in Italian
3013 Exploring Contemporary Italy: Conversation and Reading(3 credits, prereq 2110)
3015 Italia Oggi (3 credits, prereq 2110)
Upper-Division courses in Italian(at least 6 credits)prereq 3013 or 3015
3030 Storia dell’Arte: Italian Conversation through Art History
3040 Cinema Italiano: Italian Conversation through Cinema
3050 Issues in Italian Culture, and Society: Sustainability
3140, 3150, 3160 Main Currents in Italian Literature and Culture
4010 Problems in Translation
4030 Contemporary Italian Politics, Culture, and the Media
4040 Business Italian Style
4145 The Age of Dante in Italian
4500 Italian Theater
Courses taught in English(Minor – up to 3 credits; no prerequisites, can take at any time)
1300 La dolce vita: How to live a good life, Italian Style
1350 Introduction to Social Change in the Arts
1400 Sexuality and Gender Wars in Early Modern Italy and France
1500 That’s amore: Introduction to Italian Culture
1550 The Power of Fairy Tales in Italy and France
1600 Strategies of Fear: Introduction to Italian Fantastic Literature
1700 Voices of Italian Women
2271 Space, Innovation, and Wonder in Fairy Tales, Literature, and Film
4140 What the Hell? Dante’s Divine Comedy and the Meaning of Life
4147 Global Seminar in Florence Visualizing Dante’s Inferno
4150 Boccaccio’s Decameron: Tales of Sex and Death in the Middle Ages
4160, 4170, 4200 Special topics(prereq 3013 or 3015 if taught in Italian)
4250 History of Modern Italy
4260 Mafia and Terrorism: Organized Violence in Italy
4280 Topics in Italian Cinema
4290 Italian Culture Through Cinema
4300 Multiculturalism in Italy
4350 From Wops to Dons to Movers and Shakers: The Italian American Experience
4600 Once Upon a Time in Italy
4730 Italian Feminisms: Culture, Theory, Narratives of Difference
4840 Independent Study(prereq 3013 or 3015 if taught in Italian)
4930 Internships for the professions
4980 Italian Senior Thesis
4990 Senior Seminar/Senior Project(independent)
Conditions
- All courses must carry an ITAL prefix.
- Students may apply credits to the Italian minor which are earned through a CU Study Abroad program to Italy. Specific course equivalencies must be determined by the Italian advisor.
- Students may apply a maximum of 9 transfer credit hours to the Italian minor and a maximum of 6 hours at the upper division level (from other study-abroad programs or other universities). Specific course equivalencies must be determined by the Italian advisor.
- Students may apply a maximum of 3 hours from Italian courses taught in English.
- Students must consult with the Italian advisor during each registration period and before a study-abroad program.
- Students must maintain an overall and Italian grade point average of 2.00 (C). They must earn a grade of “C-” or higher in ALL courses required for the Italian minor and may NOT take minor requirement courses Pass/Fail.
Declaring the Italian Major or Minor
To declare a Italian major or minor, please go to your Buff Portal Advisingfor a drop-in appointment with Italian advisor, Christine Luft.