Fall Quarter 2026

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Language Courses

ITA 001 Elementary Italian | Leonardo Giorgetti, Melissa Demos
ITA 001 is designed for absolute beginners*; its goal is to guide you in developing basic speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in Italian. In this course you will actively practice their speaking, pronunciation, reading, and writing through a range of communication patterns and real-life situations, putting to use the grammar and vocabulary you have learned. You will also be exposed to songs, films, customs, and traditions as part of becoming more culturally competent in Italian. By the end of the first quarter, you will be able to use Italian to describe yourself, your friends and family and to talk about your likes and dislikes, school, and your daily routine. You will be able to understand short stories, dialogues, and film clips, and to write short dialogues/blogs and compositions. Along with our language courses, the Department offers an array of events and co-curricular activities such as weekly conversation/practice hours, films, cultural events, C.I.A.O. club activities, and free peer tutoring.
*Students with prior knowledge of Italian should take a placement exam
General Education: Arts & Humanities (AH); World Cultures (WC).
ITA 021 Intermediate Italian | Melissa Demos
ITA 021 is for students who have completed ITA 003 or its equivalent (if in doubt, please take the placement exam). This second-year course will continue to provide you with review and refinement of the communication skills learned in your first three quarters of Italian, and it will also introduce you to new topics and more advanced grammar. While the principal objective of the course is to further develop language abilities (both written and spoken), the course also imparts a foundation for the understanding of modern and contemporary Italy. Students will gain further appreciation for Italian culture and be able to communicate both orally and in writing on a wide variety of topics. We will read short stories and literary excerpts, as well as newspaper and magazine articles. We will also view and discuss clips from Italian films and videos. Greater emphasis will be placed on monitoring current events in Italy and expanding your knowledge of Italian culture and the idioms used to communicate in social media.
Prerequisite(s): ITA 003
General Education: Arts & Humanities (AH); Oral Skills (OL); World Cultures (WC); Writing Experience (WE).

Undergraduate Course Descriptions

ITA 105 Intro to Italian Literature | Grace Delmolino
This course surveys Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the present day, with emphasis on building your fluency in reading and speaking Italian. Each day we’ll tackle something new: study Dante’s Inferno in the original language, contemplate the unimaginable vastness of the universe with Giacomo Leopardi, or learn why a sausage is so much more than a just a sausage in Igiaba Scego’s famous story about what it means to be Italian. Taught in Italian.
Prerequisite(s): ITA 023 or consent of instructor.
General Education: Arts & Humanities (AH); Oral Skills (OL); World Cultures (WC).
ITA 150 Italian Cinema | Michael Subialka
Taught in English
Discover Italian cinema as a bold, world-changing art form. From the raw urgency of postwar Neorealism to the unforgettable visions of Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lina Wertmüller, and beyond, this course explores films that have challenged audiences and transformed global movie culture. Along the way, we will encounter iconic genres, from the Spaghetti Western to contemporary stories of migration, while asking how film helps us think about politics, gender, identity, and society. Taught in English with subtitles; no prior knowledge of Italian required.
General Education: Arts & Humanities (AH); Visual Literacy (VL); World Cultures (WC); Writing Experience (WE).