Italian Studies Minor
Phone: 843.953.5489
Massimo Maggiari, Director/Coordinator
The Italian Studies minor is an elective program which provides a structured course of study designed to acquaint students with Italian history, culture, and civilization, as well as sociopolitical issues of contemporary Italy. The minor is an 18 credit interdisciplinary program which requires work primarily in Italian. Such a minor should include 3 courses in advanced Italian and 3 courses in related fields. Elective courses may be chosen from a number of fields, including English, Art History, Italian Literature in translation, Italian Cinema, History, and Music. Students select courses with their major advisor and have their minor approved by the coordinator of the Italian program who also becomes the students' advisor in the minor.
Requirements
Credit Hours: 18
At least nine hours in the minor at the 200 level or above must be earned at the College of Charleston.
The 18 hours must be above ITAL 202 or ITAL 250.
Core Courses: Nine hours, with six from the following two courses:
Italian Conversation & Composition I |
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Italian Conversation & Composition II |
And three hours selected from the following courses in Italian literature and culture in translation:
Italian Poetry |
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Introduction to Italian Cinema |
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Dante in Translation |
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Studies in Italian Cinema |
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Italian Literature in Translation |
Electives: nine hours selected from any LTIT courses or the following:
Renaissance Art |
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Baroque Art |
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History of Italian Early Renaissance Art |
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History of Italian High & Late Renaissance Art |
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Survey of European Literature (through the Renaissance) |
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Italian Renaissance |
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Opera Literature |
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ITAL 300+ |
All courses at or above the 300 level. |
NOTE: Prerequisites are required for many of the courses needed for a minor.
