Program: Italian, BA Major in - Hofstra University

Mar 15, 2025

2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin

Program Requirements - Semester Hours: 30

A BA major in Italian requires the successful completion of 30 semester hours in language, culture, and literature, which includes 21 semester hours in ITAL beyond ITAL 002 , and 9 semester hours in ITLT and/or ITST courses. All students must meet with an Italian faculty adviser for questions about this major; once the major is declared, an appointment with that same adviser is required each semester until graduation.

1) Intermediate Italian Language and Culture Courses - Semester Hours: 15

Chosen from the following:

ITAL 003 - Intermediate Italian Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 004 - Intermediate Italian Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 013 - Summer Workshop in Italian Language and Civilization Semester Hours: 3-4
ITAL 190 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 101 - Language and Reading Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 102 - Three Great Films: Continuing Language Study Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 103 - Italian Through Comics and Fairy Tales–Continuing Language Study Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 104 - 12 Famous Italians You Should Know–Continuing Language Study Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 105 - Music and Culture–Continuing Language Study Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 106 - Made in Italy–Continuing Language Study Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 108 - One-on-One Conversation Skills Semester Hours: 0.5
ITAL 109 - Italian Conversation and Oral Practice Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 110 - Italian Conversation and Oral Practice Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 111 - Grammar Review & New Concepts Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 112 - Italian Composition Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 116 - Advanced Readings Semester Hours: 1-3
ITAL 120 - Regional Cultures of Italy Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 121 - History, Culture and Institutions of Italy Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 122 - Italian Mass Media Semester Hours: 3

2) Advanced Italian Literature and Culture Courses - Semester Hours: 6

Chosen from the following:

ITAL 130 - Introduction to Stylistics and Literary Analysis Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 151 - (LT) Masterpieces of Italian Literature Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 152 - (LT) Experiments in Italian Theatre: From Renaissance to Postmodernism Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 153 - (LT) Italian Poetry: Civilization and Aesthetics Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 154 - (LT) Masterpieces of Italian Literature Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 155 - (LT) Masterpieces of Italian Literature Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 156 - (LT) Masterpieces of Italian Literature Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 157 - (LT) Contemporary Italian Women’s Fiction Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 160 - Translation I Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 170 A-Z - Special Topics in Italian Literature and Culture Semester Hours: 3

3) ITLT and/or ITST Courses - Semester Hours: 9

Chosen from the following:

ITLT 030 - (LT) Italian American Identity Semester Hours: 3
ITLT 040 - (LT) Love and Eros in Italian Literature Semester Hours: 3
ITLT 041 - (LT) To Hell and Back: Dante’s Inferno Semester Hours: 3
ITLT 042 - (LT) Lie, Cheat, and Steal: Short Stories of Decameron Semester Hours: 3
ITLT 050 - (LT) Writing Women in Early Modern Italy Semester Hours: 3
ITLT 068 - (LT) Short Story & Novel in Italy Semester Hours: 3
ITLT 069 - (LT) Italian Stage & Theater Semester Hours: 3
ITLT 090 - (LT) 20th- and 21st-Century Women Writers Semester Hours: 3
ITST 116 - Independent Study in Italian Studies and Italian American Studies Semester Hours: 1-6
ITST 131 - (IS) Italian Cultural Studies I: From Unification to World War I Semester Hours: 3-4
ITST 132 - (IS) Italian Cultural Studies II: From World War I to the Present Semester Hours: 3-4
ITST 140 A-Z - (IS) Topics in Italian and Italian American Cultural Studies Semester Hours: 3
ITST 142 - (IS) The Italian Mafia: Historical Reality and Fictional Representations Semester Hours: 3
ITST 143 - (IS) Drawn From History: The Italian Graphic Novel, Terrorism and Student Protest Semester Hours: 3
ITST 144 - (IS) Italian Food Culture Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
ITST 161 - (LT) The Culture of the Italian Diaspora: From the Great Immigration to the Postmodern Condition Semester Hours: 3

Notes

Credit in a language course cannot be given to a student who has already earned credit for a higher-numbered course in the same language when the course numbers in question indicate level of comprehension and ability in the introductory and intermediate study of that language.
Language laboratory work is required in all modern foreign language courses on the 1, 2, 2R, 3, 4 level. The University general education goals and objectives relative to the composition and delivery of audience-appropriate oral presentations that develop and support a point and the demonstration of skill in oral communication for purposes such as informing, persuading, and defending are fulfilled taking ITAL 109 and 110 .

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