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4.00 Credits
An independent study course for superior junior or senior business students under the direction of a faculty member. The student must identify his/her intention to apply for this course in the semester prior to actual enrollment. Must be approved by both the directed study faculty member and the Management Department Chair.
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3.00 Credits
This course is offered for students with little or no background in Italian. Oral-aural proficiency is acquired through speaking and role playing in class plus audio and visual practice outside of class. Students learn basic strategies for reading and writing in the language. Three hours a week, two semesters.
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3.00 Credits
A continuation of the elementary course. Readings in short texts from contemporary Italian literature. Prerequisite: IT 112A or the equivalent. Satisfies the humanities distribution requirement. Three hours a week and laboratory practice, two semesters.
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3.00 Credits
Students will read, analyze and discuss in Italian appropriate articles from the most recent issues of Italian periodicals in order to know the most pressing issues facing the Italian people. Appropriate background readings, lectures, and videotaped interviews in Italian will integrate up-to-theminute readings with the broad historical, social, and cultural background of the issues in question. Prerequisite: IT 202 or equivalent. Recommended as a cultural course for qualified international business students. May be counted as an advanced course in an Italian Minor. Satisfies the humanities distribution requirement. Three hours a week.
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3.00 Credits
This course will address the development of female discourse in novels written by 20th century Italian women, from the works of Nobel Prize winner Grazia Deledda to contemporary author Susanna Tamaro. Class discussions, presentations, and writing assignments will examine themes such as motherhood, female childhood and adolescence, gender roles, and relationships. Lectures given in English. May be counted in the Italian minor. No prerequisites. Satisfies the humanities distribution requirement. Three hours a week.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of Italian films as textual, cultural, and historical artifacts. Analysis of such movements as Neorealism, commedia all’italiana, and new Italian cinema through the works of De Sica, Rossellini, Germi, Benigni, Taviani, and others. Lectures given in English. Students minoring in Italian will be expected to do some parts of the readings and written assignments in Italian. May be counted in the Italian minor. No prerequisite. Satisfies the humanities distribution requirement. Three hours a week, plus screenings.
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3.00 Credits
From the premise that the visual image is a most powerful tool in the creation and structuring of collective systems of values, this course focuses on the cinematic representations of Italian-Americans in the works of major American and Italian- American directors from the silent era to the present. In addition, it provides a historical account of the Italian-American experience of male and female immigrants. Lectures given in English. May be counted in the Italian minor. No prerequisite. Satisfies the Humanities distribution requirement. Three hours a week, plus screenings.
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3.00 Credits
Designed for students who have, in college or high school, completed the equivalent of Intermediate Italian. Improvement of students’ oral communication in idiomatic Italian. Improvement of written Italian through frequent structured compositions and reports, accompanied by an in-depth review of grammar. Discussions and oral presentations on selected representative texts from Italian literature and culture, and on relevant topics from contemporary Italian films. Prerequisite IT 202A or the equivalent. Satisfies the humanities distribution requirement. Three hours a week, two semesters.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of the major themes or genres in 20th Century Italian Literature through a reading of representative texts in the original language. Texts and topics may vary from year to year. Prerequisite IT 302 or equivalent or an adequate reading knowledge of Italian. Either semester may be elected independently. Satisfies the humanities distribution requirement. Three hours a week, two semesters
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3.00 Credits
A history of Italian civilization from its beginning to the present. The course will deal with the geography and history of Italy: the people; their manners and customs; their political, social and economic life; and their culture as reflected in the arts, sciences, philosophy, literature, music and education. Lectures given in English. Students minoring in Italian will be expected to read source materials in Italian for papers and reports. Either semester may be elected independently. No pre-requisite. May be counted in the Italian minor. Either semester may be elected independently. Satisfies the humanities distribution requirement. Three hours a week, two semesters.
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