Program: Italian, BA Major in - Hofstra University

Apr 14, 2025

2015-2016 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 003 , and 9 semester hours in ITLT and/or ITST courses.

1) Italian Courses - Semester Hours: 15

Chosen from the following:

ITAL 004 - Intermediate Italian Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 005 - Advanced Reading Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 013 - Summer Workshop in Italian Language and Civilization Semester Hours: 3-4
ITAL 100 - Honors Essay Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 101 - Advanced Italian Language Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 102 - Advanced Italian Language Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 103 - Advanced Italian Language Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 104 - Advanced Italian Language Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 105 - Advanced Italian Language Semester Hours: 3
ITAL 106 - Advanced Italian Language 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 - Advanced Italian Grammar 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) Italian Literature 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 Poetry Semester Hours: 3
ITLT 040 - (LT) Nature, Gender, and Sin in Pre-Modern Italy Semester Hours: 3
ITLT 041 - (LT) Dante and Medieval Culture: The “Divine Comedy” Semester Hours: 3
ITLT 042 - (LT) Sex, Lies and Writing: Boccaccio’s Decameron Semester Hours: 3
ITLT 050 - (LT) Writing Women in Early Modern Italy Semester Hours: 3
ITLT 068 - (LT) Highlights of Italian Literature Semester Hours: 3
ITLT 069 - (LT) Highlights of Italian Dramatic Literature Semester Hours: 3
ITLT 090 - (LT) Lifelines: Italian Women’s 20th-Century Prose Fiction 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 141 - (AA) Italian Cinema from Neorealism to the Present 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 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 , both of which are required for the major.

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