Italian Culture 
Requirements:
- Italian Major
- Italian Minor
Italian Major: Language Concentration
Required credits: 32
ITA 210-211 Intermediate Italian I-II [4-4] or
ITA 300 Literature, Conversation, and Composition [4] or
ITA 342 Studies in the Italian Culture [3]
Junior year abroad courses [12]
ML 470-471 Integrative Capstone I-II [4-4]
Italian Major: Italian Studies Concentration
Required credits: 32
ITA 210-211 Intermediate Italian I-II [4-4] or
ITA 300 Literature, Conversation, and Composition [4] or
ITA 342-343 Studies in the Italian Culture [3-3]
ITA 430 Dante's Divine Comedy [3] (also listed as ENG 242)
ITA 480 Contemporary Italian-Jewish Authors: The Garden and the Holocaust [3]
(also listed as JS 391)
12 credits from any ITA course at the 300 level or above and/or any of a list of specific cognate courses
and/or study-abroad credits approved by the department*
ML 470-471 Integrative Capstone I-II [4-4]
*Students may begin work in cognate courses after completing the 210-211 courses. Cognate courses relevant
for the Italian studies major include the following:
POL 221 European Comparative Politics and Government [3]
HIS 226 Europe Since 1763 [3]
SOC 282 Race and Ethnic Relations [3]
ART 341 Early Italian Renaissance Art [3]
or ART 342 High Italian Renaissance Art [3]
or ART 350 European Baroque Art [3]
ML 351 National Cinemas (when dealing with Italian cinema) [3]
HLM 322, 323 Vocal Literature (when including Italian vocal music) [3,3]
HLM 566, 567 Advanced Music Literature (when including Italian vocal music) [3,3]
Students may petition to include other relevant courses not listed above if they meet the approval of their academic advisor.
Remember that some of these cognate courses have specific prerequisites that must be met before they can be taken. When planning your schedule, be sure that you take these prerequisites as part of your general education requirements or general electives.