Italian Studies Joint Honours Component (B.A.)

36 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (6 credits)

  • ITAL 355 Dante and the Middle Ages (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ITAL 470 Joint Honours Thesis (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Complementary Courses (30 credits)

30 credits, 6 of which must be at the 400 level or above, selected from the four Italian course lists as follows: 0-12 credits from Group A – Basic Language Courses. 12-30 credits from Group B – Courses Taught in Italian. 0-18 credits combined from Group C – Courses Taught in English and Group D – Courses Offered in Other Departments. Note: Students with advanced standing in the language must replace language courses with courses from groups B, C, and D.

Group A - Basic Language Courses

  • ITAL 205D1 Italian for Beginners (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ITAL 205D2 Italian for Beginners (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ITAL 206 Beginners Italian Intensive (6 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • ITAL 210D1 Italian for Advanced Beginners (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 210D2 Italian for Advanced Beginners (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 215D1 Intermediate Italian (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ITAL 215D2 Intermediate Italian (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ITAL 216 Intermediate Italian Intensive (6 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

Group B - Courses Taught in Italian

  • ITAL 250 Italian Literary Composition (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ITAL 255 Advanced Reading and Composition (6 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 260 Reading Italian Literature (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 290 Commedia Dell'Arte (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 295 Italian Cultural Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ITAL 307 Topics in Italian Culture (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ITAL 310 The Invention of Italian Literature (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 332 Italian Theatrical Traditions (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 356 Medieval Discourses on Love (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 360 Contemporary Italian Prose (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 383 Women's Writing since 1880 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ITAL 400 Italian Regional Identities (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 410 Italian Modernism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 560 Topics in 19th and 20th Century Literature (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Group C - Courses Taught in English

  • ITAL 199 FYS: Italy's Literature in Context (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 355 Dante and the Middle Ages (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ITAL 365 The Italian Renaissance (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ITAL 375 Cinema and Society in Modern Italy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 464 Machiavelli (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 477 Italian Cinema and Video (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Group D - Courses Offered in Other Departments

  • ARTH 223 Introduction Italian Renaissance Art 1300-1500 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ARTH 325 Visual Culture Renaissance Venice (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CLAS 302 Roman Literature and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CLAS 404 Classical Tradition (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ENGL 447 Crosscurrents/English Literature and European Literature 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 345 History of Italian Renaissance (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 380 The Medieval Mediterranean (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 398 Topics in Italian History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 401 Topics: Medieval Culture and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MUHL 387 Opera from Mozart to Puccini (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

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