Italian

The Department of Italian Studies offers an A.B. in Italian and a minor in Italian.

Major in Italian

The Italian major takes an integrative approach to prepare students to explore connections and understand the continuum from past to present while introducing Italian culture in all its manifestations. Students develop their critical and analytical skills through intellectual dialogue in small class settings and develop new perspectives and approaches to world issues through study abroad in Italy.

Italian majors at Georgetown are required to complete 10 courses in Italian. Note that many students will need to take a total of 12 courses in Italian, depending on their beginning level and results of the placement exam (i.e., 12 if they begin in Intensive Beginner, 11 if they begin in Intensive Intermediate, and 10 if they begin in Intensive Advanced I or above). Italian Majors are also required to spend a semester or an academic year in Italy studying at an Italian university.

Note for students with a background in Spanish or another Romance language: Students who are already fluent in Spanish or another Romance Language may take ITAL 1009 Italian for Spanish or Romance Language Speakers instead of ITAL 1011 Intensive Italian Language and Culture: Beginner. Students interested in ITAL 1009 should contact the professor teaching it before they register. Upon successful completion of ITAL 1009, students may enroll in ITAL 2010 or ITAL 2011 depending on the recommendation of the professor. Students who complete ITAL 2010 may enroll in a 2000-level class upon successful completion of the placement test.

Requirements for the A.B. in Italian

• 10 Courses in the Italian Department, one of which may be taught in English. as follows:

Integrated Writing Requirement

Writing is central to the teaching of Italian at Georgetown. This emphasis comes from a Curriculum Renewal Project initiated by the Italian Department in 2005, which identified writing skills as a crucial area for unifying the curriculum from the language foundations to the upper courses and for the development of critical abilities that become necessary at higher levels of study. The Curriculum Renewal Project involved the design of specific writing tasks reflective of expected learner development at distinct levels of the language curriculum, the implementation of process writing throughout the curriculum, and the elaboration of specific writing goals. To learn more about writing goals at each level of instruction, please see http://italian.georgetown.edu/writingproject/outcomes

Overseas Studies

Georgetown has approved academic programs at the University of Florence (Middlebury), University of Bologna (Brown), and at universities in Milan through IES.  For further information, consult the Office of Global Education website: studyabroad.georgetown.edu.

Minor in Italian

Minors are required to complete 6 courses taught in Italian or 5 courses in Italian plus ITAL-4394 Italian American Language, Literature and Film, which is taught in English.  Students placing above 1011, 1511, 2011, and/or 2012 will substitute upper-level electives taught in Italian. Students cannot substitute three one-credit courses for a three-credit course in the minor.

Requirements for the Minor

• ITAL-1011 Intensive Beginner Italian
• ITAL-1511 Intensive Intermediate Italian
• ITAL-2011 Intensive Advanced Italian I
• ITAL-2012 Intensive Advanced Italian II
• ITAL-2033 Writing and Culture/Literature
• ITAL-2031 Contemporary Italy or one course at the 3000 or 4000-level  (including ITAL-4394)
   

(For course listings for Italian see Schedule of Classes)