Italian Language 202

Building on skills learned at prior levels, the Ital 202 course is designed for the student to become familiar with almost the entire Italian linguistic system, including most of its sophisticated structures. The students will be taught not only the linguistic system, but will also be given strategies and techniques that facilitate the learning process.

Italian Language 102

Ital 102 course will introduce the student to the Italian language, reinforcing and improving the basic communicative tools that are useful for everyday interaction in Italy. The students will not only be taught the linguistic system, but will also be given strategies and techniques that facilitate the learning process.

Italian Language 101

The first level course will introduce the student to the Italian language, covering the basic communicative tools that are useful for everyday interaction in Italy. The students will not only be taught the linguistic system, but will also be given strategies and techniques that facilitate the learning process.

Italian Language 103

Ital 103 course builds on the linguistic skills covered in the previous levels, introducing new, more complex structures. The students will be taught not only the linguistic system, but will also be given strategies and techniques that facilitate the learning process.

Italian Language 201

Ital 201 course builds on the linguistic skills covered in the previous levels, introducing the most complex structures of Italian language. The students will be taught not only the linguistic system, but will also be given strategies and techniques that facilitate the learning process.

Italian Language 203

Building on skills learned at prior levels, the Ital 203 course is designed to develop language proficiency. The students will be taught not only the linguistic system, but will also be given strategies and techniques that facilitate the learning process.

Italian Language 301

The Ital 301 course is designed for students with proficient previous Italian language skills. It provides review, synthesis, consolidation, and elaboration of linguistic knowledge gained from lower-division courses. The student will also explore some aspects of Italian culture and learn the Italian way of thinking and living by reading Italian newspapers.


This class is divided into two parts: first, a general review of Italian language; second, reading newspapers and other “original” materials.

Italian Language 303: Italian Cinema

This course focuses on Italian films after the Second World War as a mirror through which the student can penetrate Italian culture and way of life. Starting with the years following the Second World War (“Roma città aperta”, 1946), to more recent productions such as La Vita è Bella (1997), motion pictures will allow the student to become familiar with several aspects of Italian experience in the second part of 20th century. Lectures, film viewings, discussion of films and readings, student research and presentations will be relevant parts of class sessions.