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USC Catalogue 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

French and Italian

Return to: USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences  

The Department of French and Italian offers majors and minors in French and in Italian. The study of French or Italian involves the mastery of the languages and their literary and cultural expressions in fiction and non-fiction, dramatic, cinematic and poetic texts, as well as the study of social and political institutions in their relationship to cultural production.

The department offers a variety of classes in French and Italian, as well as some courses with readings and discussion in English to satisfy diverse needs. Topics range broadly from the study of a single author or literary genre to current events, cinema and new media, gender and postcolonial studies, and literary criticism.

Courses are kept small to allow for maximum interaction between students and professors. Students in both French and Italian work closely with their advisers to develop an appropriate course of study. This often involves study abroad. The department runs summer programs in Dijon, France and Rome, Italy; students also attend semester- or year-long programs in Paris, Milan, Florence or Rome.

Taper Hall of Humanities 155
(213) 740-3700
FAX: (213) 746-7297
Email: french@dornsife.usc.edu
dornsife.usc.edu/fren-ital

Chair: Margaret Rosenthal, PhD

Faculty

Marion Frances Chevalier Professor of French and Professor of French and American Studies & Ethnicity: Lydie Moudileno, PhD

Professor: Margaret F. Rosenthal, PhD*

Associate Professors: Gian-Maria Annovi, PhD; Olivia C. Harrison, PhD; Edwin C. Hill, PhD; Natania Meeker, PhD, Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques; Panivong Norindr, PhD; Antonia Szabari, PhD

Professor (Teaching) of Italian: Francesca Italiano, PhD

Professor (Teaching) of French: Béatrice Mousli Bennett, PhD, Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques

Associate Professors (Teaching) of French: Guilan Siassi, PhD; Julie Van Dam, PhD

Associate Professors (Teaching) of Italian: Alessio A. Filippi, PhD; Antonio Idini, PhD; Francesca Leardini, PhD

Assistant Professor (Teaching): James Fortney, PhD

Master Lecturers: Nathalie C. Burle, EdD; Julia Chamberlin, MPhil; Atiyeh Doreen Showrai, MA

Lecturers: Jennifer Misran, PhD; Scott Taylor, PhD

Emeritus Professors: Arthur E. Babcock, PhD; Marie-Florine Bruneau, PhD; Carol A. Hofmann, PhD; Peggy Kamuf, PhD, Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques; Albert Sonnenfeld, PhD, Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

Undergraduate Degrees

Advisement

All French and Italian department majors should consult with the department student adviser and with our faculty adviser for French and Italian. Students should seek an appointment early in each semester so that an advisement file may be established for each student.

Sequence

A placement test is required of all students with prior knowledge of French or Italian.

Honors Program - French

The BA in French with Honors is available to students who have an overall GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of at least 3.5 in courses counted for major credit. To complete the honors program the student must complete three 400-level courses and write an honors thesis of 25–30 pages in French in one of the 400-level courses. The topic of the thesis must be agreed upon with the instructor.

French Honors Society: Pi Delta Phi

Qualifications

Undergraduate students must have completed one semester of upper-division French with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in French and overall. Graduate students must be candidates for advanced degrees in French.

Honors Program - Italian

The BA in Italian with Honors is available to students who have an overall GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of at least 3.5 in courses counted for major credit. To complete the honors program the student must complete three 400-level courses and write an honors thesis of 25–30 pages in Italian in one of the 400-level courses. The topic of the thesis must be agreed upon with the instructor.

Italian Honors Society: Gamma Kappa Alpha

Qualifications

Undergraduate students must have completed one semester of upper-division Italian with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in Italian and overall.

Graduate Programs

The MA and PhD degrees in Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (French and Francophone Studies) are offered through the Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture  program.

Programs

Bachelor’s Degree

Minor

Courses

French

  • FREN 012x French 120 Language Practicum

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    English grammar as it relates to French in order to improve students’ French language skills; explicit pronunciation and intonation practice. Requires concurrent enrollment in either FREN 120 French I  or MPVA 261 French Language and Diction .
    Credit Restriction: Not available for major or degree credit
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • FREN 015x French 150 Language Practicum

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    English grammar as it relates to French in order to improve students’ French language skills; explicit pronunciation and intonation practice.
    Concurrent Enrollment: FREN 150 
    Credit Restriction: Not available for degree credit
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • FREN 020x Course in Reading French

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    For graduate students who wish help in meeting the French reading requirement for the PhD degree. Synoptic presentation of French grammar. Emphasis on development of reading skills.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • FREN 120 French I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Introduction to current French. Oral practice, listening and reading comprehension; grammar necessary for simple spoken and written expression.
    Prerequisite: No previous experience or appropriate placement score.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 150 French II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Continuation of FREN 120 .
    Prerequisite: FREN 120  or MPVA 261 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 202 Intensive French

    Units: 8
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Combines FREN 150  and FREN 220  to allow students to complete both courses in the same semester at an accelerated pace.
    Prerequisite: FREN 120 
    Duplicates Credit in FREN 150 , FREN 220 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 220 French III

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Continuation of FREN 150 . Review of structural patterns of French; selected cultural and literary readings; conversation and composition.
    Prerequisite: FREN 150  or appropriate placement score.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 235x Intermediate Conversational French

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Designed for non-majors/minors interested in maintaining and developing French language competency. Builds vocabulary, ease of communication, and cultural knowledge through discussion of contemporary topics. Graded Credit/No Credit. Not available for credit to French majors. Not open to French majors.
    Prerequisite: FREN 202  or FREN 220 
    Registration Restriction: Not open to French majors
    Credit Restriction: Not available for credit to French majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • FREN 236x Professional Communication in French

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Professional communication skills and cultural competency as preparation for working in an international environment.
    Prerequisite: FREN 220 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 250 French IV

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Introduction to French literature through the study of texts and audiovisuals organized around a central theme; develops close-reading techniques and discursive skills; reviews French grammar.
    Prerequisite: FREN 202  or FREN 220 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 270gw Black Europe

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Study of African migration to Europe and the formation of ‘black’/African communities in Europe, focusing on France and Italy. Conducted in English.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ITAL 270

  • FREN 300 French Grammar and Composition

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Grammatical structure and vocabulary building with practical application to written composition.
    Prerequisite: FREN 250 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 305 Global Women’s Narratives

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 04
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Experiential learning course organized around Francophone women’s narratives, theory of narrative and testimony, and practice and publishing of interviews with women across global contexts.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 309 Voices of Change: Writers, Filmmakers and Artists of Contemporary Senegal

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Study and research into the role of culture in social and political change in Senegal. Emphasis on history, theories and practices of African cultural identity. Taught in French.
    Prerequisite: FREN 250 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 310 Media French

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Analysis of French media. Practice in sustained conversation. Emphasis on spoken sentence patterns.
    Prerequisite: FREN 250 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 315 Inside the Courts: the French Legal Language and Culture

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Broaden understanding of differences between American and French cultures; acquire specialized vocabulary; develop ability to address legal issues in writing and orally. Taught in French.
    Prerequisite: FREN 300
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 318 Global Cyphers: Hip Hop Circles Around the World

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    History and practices of hip hop popular culture in France. Emphasis on the African diaspora, transnationalism, and contemporary dynamics of race and post/colonialism. Taught in English.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as AMST 318

  • FREN 320g The French New Wave and its Legacy

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Film-making in France from the earliest experiments to current trends. Emphasis on the political, social, historical context of French films. Taught in English. Reading knowledge of French recommended.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 330 Critical Writing in French

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Advanced composition through critical reading of literary texts; comprehensive analysis of difficult grammatical structures and stylistics.
    Prerequisite: FREN 300 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 340g Italian and French Cinema and Society

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    (Enroll in ITAL 340 )

  • FREN 347g Race, Gender and Power in Francophone Literature

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Study of post-colonialism as a ferment for literary creation in the literature of French expression from Africa, the Caribbean and Canada. Conducted in French.
    Corequisite: FREN 330 
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 351 Introduction to Research in French and Francophone Cultures

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to research methods through the study of a specific topic in French and/or Francophone literature and culture.
    Corequisite: FREN 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 357 Popular Music in France - Culture, Politics, Protest

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    History and contemporary dynamics of popular musical culture in France, from chanson to EDM. Emphasis on the intersections between musical culture, political and social history.
    Prerequisite: FREN 300 
    Corequisite: FREN 330 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 360 Business and Technical French

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Specific vocabulary and formulae used in international commerce. Attention given to developing vocabulary and standard forms appropriate to individual career objectives.
    Prerequisite: FREN 300 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 368 French Foreign Policy: 1945 to the Present

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    (Enroll in IR 368 )

  • FREN 370gm Equality and Difference around the Enlightenment

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    18th - and 20th century debates around the idea of equality and the notion of difference. Relevance of the Enlightenment to contemporary discussions of identity, citizenship, and human rights. Conducted in English.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 373g Remembering Loss, Writing Memory

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An exploration into how genocides and episodes of mass violence have been thought about, remembered and expressed in France and the Francophone world. Conducted in English.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 375gmw Global Narratives of Illness and Disability

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Study of difference as represented through French, Francophone and related narratives of disability and illness, with attention to race and gender. Conducted in English.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G: Citizens in a Diverse World
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 382 Paris Avant-Gardes

    Units: 4
    Exploration of experimental artistic collaborations between poets, novelists, art critics and artists of the Paris Avant-gardes in 19th and 20th century. Taught in French. Paris Semester.
    Prerequisite: FREN 330 ;
    Corequisite: FREN 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 383 French Women Writers

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Major figures and their roles in French society and contributions to French literature. Conducted in French.
    Corequisite: FREN 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as SWMS-383

  • FREN 389 Islam in France

    Units: 4
    (Enroll in IR 389 )

  • FREN 390 Special Problems

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 392 Seminar in Literary and Cultural Studies

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Selected topics in French and Francophone literature and culture. Conducted in French.
    Corequisite: FREN 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 393 Seminar in French Thought and Theory

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 08
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to important trends in recent French philosophy, political and social theory, psychoanalysis, ethnology, semiotics, and media studies. Emphasis to be determined by department. Conducted in English.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as COLT 393

  • FREN 401 Studies in Early Modernity

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Study and analysis of representative works and major intellectual, cultural, and artistic trends from the early modern period (pre-1789).
    Prerequisite: FREN 330 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 402 Studies in Modernity

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Study and analysis of representative works and major intellectual, cultural, and artistic trends from the modern period (post-1789).
    Prerequisite: FREN 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 403 Studies in Colonialism and Postcolonialism

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Study and analysis of colonialism and postcolonialism in French and Francophone contexts.
    Prerequisite: FREN 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 404 Studies in an Author

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Close readings in works of a single influential French or Francophone author. Focused study of style, creative developments, historical context. Conducted in French.
    Prerequisite: FREN 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 410 Actualités Françaises

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Present day French life through readings in French periodicals and viewing of French films and art exhibits. Non-majors prepare assignments in English. Conducted in French. Spring semester in Paris only.
    Recommended Preparation: FREN 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 432 French Theatre

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    (Paris Semester only) A survey of French theatre from the 17th century to the present. Students read plays ranging from classical comedy and tragedy to modern movements. Live theatre performances will supplement class work. Taught in French.
    Prerequisite: FREN 330 ;
    Recommended Preparation: familiarity with French history since the Renaissance.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 445 Studies in Gender, Feminism and Sexuality

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Major feminist thinkers and writers viewed from the perspective of the evolution of gender and sexuality in contemporary France. Conducted in French.
    Prerequisite: FREN 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as SWMS-445

  • FREN 446 Contemporary French Thought

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Readings in structuralism, post-structuralism, feminism, and deconstruction. Conducted in French.
    Prerequisite: FREN 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 448m France and Islam

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Historical and theoretical analyses of the complex history of Western perceptions of Islam, focusing on France. Taught in French.
    Prerequisite: FREN 330 
    Recommended Preparation: REL 137  for Religion majors and minors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as MDES 448, REL 448

  • FREN 449 Studies in French Civilization

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    (Paris Semester only) An analysis of the prestige of Paris, past and present, based upon close examination of literary texts and graphic materials, and visits to sites and monuments.
    Recommended Preparation: FREN 300 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 464 Colloquium: French Civilization

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Selected topics such as the press, educational institutions, French cinema today, and French colonial history. Conducted in French.
    Prerequisite: FREN 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 490x Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 12.0
    Individual research and readings.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 8.0
    Selected topics in French.
    Prerequisite: FREN 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 500 Pro-Seminar in French and Francophone Studies

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to the field of French and Francophone studies, including the history of the field, critical research methodologies and contemporary issues in the profession.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 501 Early Modernities

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Broad introduction to French culture from the late Middle Ages through the 18th century; investigation of works of literature, philosophy, and visual culture.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 503 Modernities

    Units: 4
    An intellectual genealogy of French modernity and modernism through the examination of canonical literary texts and theories.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 504 Studies in Francophone Literature and Thought

    Units: 4
    Topics in Francophone literature and intellectual history of Africa, Asia and the Americas. Emphasis on colonial history and political and aesthetic concerns.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 520 Studies in Diaspora and Transnationalism

    Units: 4
    Introduction to contemporary literature and thought on the dynamics of diaspora, transnationalism, and globalization.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 530 Studies in a Genre

    Units: 4
    Studies one of the genres in French literature (including novel, poetry, drama, and essay) in any historical period or periods.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 540 Studies in French Literature and Philosophy

    Units: 4
    Examines literary and philosophical works side by side in any historical period or periods in France.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 550 Studies in Literature and Other Media

    Units: 4
    Survey-like review of the interaction between verbal and other artistic media such as print, music, dance, theater, and painting and the visual arts.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • FREN 592 Practicum in Teaching French

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to the approaches and techniques of teaching French as a second language. Open only to master’s and PhD students who will be assistant lecturers in French.
    Registration Restriction: Only open to Master and PhD students who will be Assistant Lecturers in French.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: CR/NC

  • FREN 603 Seminar on an Author

    Units: 4
    Examines the work of a significant French author along with its critical and theoretical assessments.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 604 Topics in Contemporary French Thought

    Units: 4
    Examines French thought from 1960 to the present day.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 695 Topics and/or Themes in French Literature

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12.0
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 696 Topics and/or Themes in Francophone Literature

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12.0
    Advanced seminar with varying focus on the Francophone literature and culture of West Africa, North Africa, the Caribbean, Quebec and Southeast Asia.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • FREN 790 Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • FREN 794a Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • FREN 794b Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • FREN 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • FREN 794d Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • FREN 794z Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 0
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

Italian

  • ITAL 012x Italian 120 Language Practicum

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    English grammar as it relates to Italian in order to improve students’ Italian language skills; explicit pronunciation and intonation practice. Requires concurrent enrollment in either ITAL 120 Italian I  or MPVA 260 Italian Language and Diction .
    Credit Restriction: Not available for major or degree credit
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • ITAL 015x Italian 150 Language Practicum

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    English grammar as it relates to Italian in order to improve students’ Italian language skills; explicit pronunciation and intonation practice.
    Concurrent Enrollment: ITAL 150 
    Credit Restriction: Not available for credit
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • ITAL 020x Course in Reading Italian

    Units: 2
    For graduate students who wish help in meeting the Italian reading requirement for the PhD degree. Synoptic presentation of Italian grammar. Emphasis on development of reading skills.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • ITAL 120 Italian I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Introduction to current Italian. Oral practice, hearing and reading comprehension; grammar necessary for simple spoken and written expression.
    Prerequisite: Italian placement exam.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 150 Italian II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Continuation of Italian I.
    Prerequisite: ITAL 120  or MPVA 260 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 175 Accelerated Italian for Speakers of Spanish and Other Romance Languages

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Accelerated introduction to written and spoken Italian for students with a high level of proficiency in Spanish or another Romance Language. Students completing this course may enroll in the third semester of the basic language sequence ITAL 220 .
    Prerequisite: SPAN 220  or FREN 220  or PORT 220 
    Duplicates Credit in ITAL 120 , ITAL 150 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 220 Italian III

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Continuation of Italian II. Review of structure of the language, drill in aural and reading comprehension, practice in oral expression.
    Prerequisite: ITAL 150  or ITAL 175 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 224 Constructing Today’s Italy Through the Lens of the Media

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Investigation of Italy through social networks, advertising, music, television and newspapers. Communicative skills developed through conversations with native speakers, online posts and YouTube.
    Prerequisite: ITAL 220 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 235x Intermediate Conversational Italian

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Designed for students interested in maintaining and developing Italian language competency. Builds and reinforces vocabulary, idioms, communication skills and knowledge of Italian cultural aspects through discussion of contemporary topics.
    Prerequisite: ITAL 220 .
    Registration Restriction: Not open to Italian majors
    Credit Restriction: Not available for Italian major credit
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • ITAL 270gw Black Europe

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in FREN 270gw )

  • ITAL 320 Critical Writing in Italian

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Advanced composition through critical reading of literary texts; comprehensive analysis of difficult grammatical structures and stylistics.
    Prerequisite: ITAL 224 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 340g Italian and French Cinema and Society

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Analysis of the global impact of cinema from the silent era to the 1990s; tracing the development of French and Italian cinematography and their effect on different cultures and periods; trends and genres such as commedia all’italiana, horror, spaghetti western, feminism and postcolonialism.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as FREN 340

  • ITAL 345 Contemporary Italy

    Units: 4
    Italian literature and arts in Italy following World War II. Conducted in English.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 347 Italy Today: Youth, Family and Migration

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Contemporary social, political and economic issues through readings of recent Italian literature onsite. Conducted in English.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 350g Gender and Sexuality in Renaissance Italy

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Interdisciplinary exploration of gender and sexuality in Italian renaissance literature and visual arts by male and female authors and artists from the fourteenth through the sixteenth century.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as SWMS 350

  • ITAL 352 The Holocaust in Italian Fiction and Film

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The transformation of the Italian Jewish community before, during and after World War II, through an examination of modern novels, essays and films. Taught in English.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 360g Italian Cinema

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Survey of Italian cinema in its relation to social transformation, from the silent era to the present. Weekly screenings, lectures, and discussions. Conducted in English.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
    Duplicates Credit in former ITAL 446
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 380 Italian Women Writers

    Units: 4
    Selected poetry, prose, and drama by outstanding Italian women authors and their role in Italian society from the Middle Ages to 20th century. Taught in Italian.
    Recommended Preparation: ITAL 320 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 381 Storytelling in the Italian Tradition

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Reading and close textual scrutiny of major short stories from Boccaccio’s Decameron to the present. Conducted in English.
    Duplicates Credit in former ITAL 462.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 382g Dante

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Analysis of the Divina Commedia and other works. Conducted in English.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Duplicates Credit in former ITAL 450
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as COLT 449

  • ITAL 390 Special Problems

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 392 Seminar in Literary and Cultural Studies

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Selected topics in Italian literature and culture. Conducted in English.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 393 Seminar in Italian Thought

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to important trends in recent Italian philosophy, political and social theory, and media studies. Emphasis to be determined by the department. Conducted in English.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 401 Studies in Early Modernity

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Study and analysis of representative works and major intellectual, cultural, and artistic trends from the early modern period (pre-1800). Taught in Italian. 
    Prerequisite: ITAL 320 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 402 Studies in Modernity

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Study and analysis of representative works and major intellectual, cultural, and artistic trends from the modern period (post-1800). Taught in Italian.
    Prerequisite: ITAL 320 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 403 Studies in Colonialism and Postcolonialism

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Study and analysis of colonialism and postcolonialism in Italian contexts.
    Prerequisite: ITAL 320 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 440 Futurism and Fascism in Italy

    Units: 4
    Literature, theatre, visual arts, and politics, from the Futurist Avant-Garde through the reign of Mussolini.
    Recommended Preparation: ITAL 320 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 461 Italian Theatre

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Italian dramatic literature from the earliest written documents to the present. Reading and close textual scrutiny of plays by major dramatists from the Renaissance to the present. Taught in Italian.
    Prerequisite: ITAL 320 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 490x Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 12.0
    Individual research and readings.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Special topics in Italian literature, culture, and society. Conducted in Italian.
    Prerequisite: ITAL 224 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ITAL 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Research leading to the master’s degree in cognate fields. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • ITAL 592 Practicum in Teaching Italian

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to the approaches and methods of teaching Italian as a second language.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: CR/NC