Undergraduate Italian

SPG = Spring

OCC = Occasionally

ITAL 1001

Basic Italian I is first course in a two-course sequence of intensive basic Italian language and culture: the emphasis is on speaking, listening, reading, and writing in Italian and on Italian cultures. Students learn through communicative activities in the classroom. This course counts toward the foreign language requirement.

Completion of the 1001-1002 sequence fulfills various college language requirements. Students should confirm the language requirement with their home college.

Basic Italian II is a second course in a two-course sequence of intensive basic Italian language and culture: further emphasis in speaking, listening, reading, writing and Italian cultures. In addition to learning through communicative activities in the classroom, students engage in basic conversation. This course fulfills the foreign language requirement.

Prerequisite: ITAL 1001

Completion of the 1001-1002 sequence fulfills various college language requirements. Students should confirm the language requirement with their home college.

Ellementary Italian II CCM is the second course in the two-semester CCM Elementary Italian sequence. Completion of ITAL 1021 and 1022 fulfills the CCM language requirements. Classroom time includes direct content-based (cultural) and language instruction as well as communicative activities, and is augmented by extensive computer-assisted learning outside of class, with focus on written texts and on pronunciation. Students deal with authentic materials acquiring linguistic skills incrementally as a means to achieve intercultural competence.

Prerequisite: ITAL 1001 or ITAL 1021

Italian Composition and Conversation is the first in a two-course sequence of the second year of Italian. In this course students develop and expand on basic linguistic forms and functions. First year skills are deepened and applied to the development of conversation and composition in Italian in order to develop communicative competence. The cultural component of this course is treated in an increasingly sophisticated way through student exploration in writing as well as through oral performance.

Prerequisite: ITAL 1002

Italian Composition and Conversation II is the second in a two-course sequence of the second year. In this course students build on their knowledge and use of previously learned linguistic forms and functions. Students advance in their comprehension, reading, writing, and oral production skills. Activities, readings, and writing assignments become more elaborate. Compositions become longer and oral presentations become more specific and formal. The cultural component of this course is treated in an increasingly sophisticated way through student analysis in writing as well as through oral performance.

Completion of the 1011 through 1014 sequence fulfills various college language requirements. Students should confirm the language requirement with their home college

Prerequisite: ITAL 1002