芝加哥洛約拉大學(xué)

The major in Italian offers students the opportunity to master skills of language acquisition and literary and cultural knowledge as cross-cultural communicative competence while developing multicultural awareness of Italian speakers in Italy and around the world. Our program prepares students to think critically and to develop advanced reading comprehension skills and allows them to gain knowledge of Italian language, literature, film and culture.

Requirements

The major sequences begin with Italian 250 and 251 (Advanced Conversation and Composition) and with Italian 270 and 271 (Introduction to the Study of Italian Literature and Culture). Stu-dents then complete the required Italian 312 (Dante and the Divine Comedy) and 5 additional Italian courses at the 300-level among courses including engaged learning Ital 395 Internship courses offered both in Chicago and at the JFRC Rome center. Students are required to complete a major E-Portfolio.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

• Show intermediate to advanced proficiency in speaking, understanding, reading and writing
• Demonstrate literary knowledge of both Italian historical contexts and Italian poetry and prose literary forms
• Show knowledge of contemporary Italian society (in Italy) and Italian cultural life (in Italy and elsewhere) including knowledge of how the films of leading Italian and Italian American directors reflect changing concepts of Italianate’ (Italian-ness)
• Understand the principle characteristics which define Italian culture
• Examine, describe and analyze numerous cultural expressions in order analyze key elements of Italian cultural identity and make cross-cultural, intercultural comparisons
• Establish connections between literature, film, and society in Italian culture
• Foster a lifelong interest and enthusiasm for the study of Italian language, literature and culture

Professional use

• Government and non-profit organizations
• Foreign Service
• International business
• International law
• Journalism
• Teaching
• Tourism and hospitality industry
• Study abroad careers
• Translation