A minor program is offered in Italian. Declaration of a minor is open to any student enrolled at CU Boulder, regardless of college or school.
To declare an Italian minor, go to the Academic Advising Center website and make an appointment with the Italian advisor.
Requirements
Program Requirements
Students must complete 19 credit hours in ITAL coursework with 9 of those credit hours at the upper-division level. All coursework applied to the minor must be completed with a grade of C- or better. No pass/fail work may be applied. The GPA in all ITAL coursework must equal 2.00 (C) or greater.
Students must consult with the Italian advisor during each registration period and before a study abroad program. All courses must carry an ITAL subject code, students may apply a maximum of 3 credit hours from Italian courses taught in English, and students may apply credit hours to the Italian minor earned through a CU Boulder Study Abroad program in 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 credit hours at the upper-division level. Specific course equivalencies must be determined by an Italian faculty member.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required lower-division course | 4 | |
| Prerequisite for 3000-level courses: | ||
| Intermediate Italian Reading, Grammar, and Composition 1 | ||
| Required upper-division courses | 6 | |
| The following two courses may be taken in any order: | ||
| Exploring Contemporary Italy: Conversation and Reading | ||
| Italia Oggi | ||
| Two ITAL Elective courses taught in Italian | 6 | |
| Intermediate Italian Reading, Grammar, and Composition 2 | ||
| Readings in Italian: Sustainability | ||
| Advanced Composition 2: Introduction to Literary Writing | ||
| Italian Conversation Through Art History | ||
| Italian Conversation Through Cinema | ||
| Issues in Italian Culture, and Society: Sustainability | ||
| Main Current of Italian Culture and Literature 3 | ||
| Main Current of Italian Culture and Literature 2 | ||
| Main Currents of Italian Culture and Literature 1 | ||
| Problems in Translation, Advanced Grammar, and Stylistics 1 | ||
| The Age of Dante in Italian | ||
| Italian Theatre | ||
| Languages Internship for Professions | ||
| Italian Senior Honors Thesis | ||
| Senior Seminar | ||
| One ITAL Elective course | 3 | |
| Choose from the courses listed in the previous requirement or those listed below, which are or can be taught in English. | ||
| La Dolce Vita: How to Live a Good Life, Italian Style | ||
| Introduction to Social Change in the Arts | ||
| Sexuality and Gender Wars in Italy and France | ||
| That's Amore: Introduction to Italian Culture | ||
| The Power of Fairy Tales in Italy and France | ||
| Strategies of Fear: Introduction to Italian Fantastic Literature | ||
| Space, Invention, and Wonder in Fairy Tales, Literature and Film | ||
| Contemporary Italian Culture, Politics, and the Media 1 | ||
| Business Italian Style 1 | ||
| What the Hell?: Dante's Divine Comedy and the Meaning of Life | ||
| Visualizing Dante's Inferno: A Global Seminar in Florence Italy | ||
| Boccaccio's Decameron: Tales of Sex and Death in the Middle Ages | ||
| Italian Literature Special Topics 1 | ||
| Italian Literature Special Topics 1 | ||
| Topics in Italian Culture and Civilization from the Origins through the Renaissance 1 | ||
| History of Modern Italy | ||
| Mafia and Terrorism: Organized Violence in Italy | ||
| Topics in Italian Cinema | ||
| Italian Culture Through Cinema | ||
| Multiculturalism in Italy | ||
| From Wops to Dons to Movers and Shakers: The Italian-American Experience | ||
| Once Upon a Time in Italy | ||
| Italian Feminisms: Culture, Theory, and Narratives of Difference | ||
| Independent Study 1 | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 19 | |
| 1 | When course is taught in Italian, it can count toward the "ITAL Electives taught in Italian" requirement. |
Learning Outcomes
By the completion of the program, students will be able to:
- Communicate effectively in writing and speaking in the target language while developing proficiency in aural and written comprehension.
- Analyze and interpret a variety of texts and materials from an interdisciplinary perspective with attention to cultural, historical and social contexts.
- Demonstrate knowledge of Italian and Italophone literatures, cultures and thought by identifying, evaluating, and arguing from primary and, when appropriate, secondary sources.
- Engage with diverse perspectives with a view to building intercultural competence and critical-thinking skills.