FI-LAB   Conversation PracticeCredits: None   

Co-requisite(s): FI-201 or FI-202

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Separate lab component from intermediate course(s). This is a pass/fail course.

FI-101   Elementary Italian ICredits: 3   

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

An elementary-level, communicative-based language course. This course is intended for students with no Italian or who have placed into FI-101 through the World Languages Placement exam. FI-101 and FI-102 are sequential.

FI-102   Elementary Italian IICredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): FI-101 or placement into FI-102 through the World Languages placement exam

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

An elementary-level, communicative-based language course, intended for students who have completed FI-101 or placed into FI-102 through the World Languages placement exam. FI-101 through FI-202 courses are sequential.

FI-199   Independent Study in ItalianCredits: 1-3   

Term Offered: Summer Term

Course Type(s): None

Guided reading and research on an area or topic. Prior permission of the directing professor and department chair is required to take this course.

FI-201   Intermediate Italian ICredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): FI-102 or placement into FI-201 through the World Languages placement exam

Co-requisite(s): FI-Lab

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

An intermediate-level, communicative-based language course. The FI-201/FI-202 course sequence emphasizes skill development in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing in Italian through oral and written practice in the classroom and in small groups in the language laboratory. Through communicative and proficiency-building activities, students learn and review Italian grammar, vocabulary, and communicative structures. Students will also be introduced to Italian literature and culture through short literary and non-literary texts. Students who register for FI-201 must also register for a weekly session of conversation practice. FI-101 through FI-202 courses are sequential.

FI-202   Intermediate Italian IICredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): FI-201 or placement into FI-202 through the World Languages placement exam

Co-requisite(s): FI-LAB

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

An intermediate-level, communicative-based language course. The FI-201/FI-202 course sequence emphasizes skill development in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing in Italian through oral and written practice in the classroom and in small groups in the language laboratory. Through communicative and proficiency-building activities, students learn and review Italian grammar, vocabulary, and communicative structures. Students will also be introduced to Italian literature and culture through short literary and non-literary texts. Students who register for FI-202 must also register for a weekly session of conversation practice. FI-101 through FI-202 courses are sequential. Prerequisite: FI-201 or placement into FI-202 through the World Languages placement exam

FI-299   Independent Study in ItalianCredits: 1-3   

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Guided readings and research on an area or topic of the Italian language, culture and/or literature selected in consultation with the instructor. Regular conferences with the instructor and written reports. Prior permission of the directing professor and department chair is required to take this course.

FI-301   Introduction to Italian LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): FI-202

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

Introduction to the most important periods of Italian literature. Organized through a selection of fundamental texts, from Medieval to contemporary, the course will also analyze the main genres of Italian literature: theatre, essay, short story, and poetry. Taught in Italian.

FI-303   Advanced Italian: Composition and Conversation ICredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): FI-202

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Oral and written use of correct, idiomatic Italian vocabulary building, oral discussion, and instruction in the presentation of material.

FI-304   Advanced Italian: Composition and Conversation IICredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): FI-303

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

Oral and written use of correct, idiomatic Italian vocabulary building, oral discussion, composition, and instruction in the presentation of material.

FI-398   Advanced Conversation and Composition Through Contemporary Italian Cinema and Literary Texts Literary TextsCredits: 1-3   

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Taught in Italian: This course examines various aspects of contemporary Italian language and culture through the discussion of contemporary Italian films and literary texts. This course advances students' knowledge of contemporary Italian society, culture, and language as well as their ability to comprehend rapid spoken Italian. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and the perspectives of Italian culture and language through written and oral analysis to communicate multifaceted social and cultural ideas in standard oral and written Italian thereby advancing their cultural and linguistic communicative skills and proficiencies.

FI-399   Independent Study in ItalianCredits: 1-3   

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Guided readings and research on an area or topic of the Italian language, culture and/or literature selected in consultation with the instructor. Regular conferences with the instructor and written reports. Prior permission of the directing professor and department chair is required to take this course.

FI-499   Independent Study in ItalianCredits: 3   

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

Guided readings and research on an area or topic of the Italian language, culture and/or literature selected in consultation with the instructor. Regular conferences with the instructor and written reports. Prior permission of the directing professor and department chair is required to take this course.