Spring 2022 Italian Courses
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- For all courses not described below, please refer to the General Catalog course descriptions: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/courses-subject-code/ita/
ITA 003 Elementary Italian
Jay Grossi
- Sec 001 CRN 47766
- Sec 002 CRN 47767
Lecture/Discussion–5 hour(s); Laboratory. Pre-requisite(s): ITA 002 or ITA 002S. Students enrolling for the first time at UC Davis are encouraged to take the Italian Placement Exam. GE credit: AH, WC.
In the wake of ITA 002, in this course students continue learning how to communicate effectively and accurately in Italian while expanding their cultural knowledge about Italy but also the intercultural competence to negotiate between their identities and backgrounds and Italy’s cultures. How do you make comparisons in Italian? What does the Italian health system look like? Is Italy a land of migrations? As the third and final course of Elementary Italian sequence, Italian 003 delivers the answers to these and other questions, and provides opportunities to discover together the geography, history, art, society, and cultural norms of Italy while studying the structure of Italian language. More broadly, this course helps students to acquire important skills that are vital in any professional setting, such as interpersonal skills, creative expression, and cultural sensitivity. Italian 003 meets five days a week and students are expected to study grammar and complete the homework on their own before each meeting. In class, students gradually absorb the language and recognize the interconnectedness between reading, writing, listening, speaking, and cultural learning. Students can expect the instructor to employ a variety of approaches, including communicative activities, in-pair and group work, grammar reviews, reading sessions, to foster learning. Taught in Italian. Student attendance, participation, and input are essential and encouraged.
Required Textbook: Melucci & Tognozzi, Piazza, Student Edition: Introductory Italian, 2nd edition (Cengage) textbook + MindTap
ISBN-10: 1-337-56581-4
ISBN-13: 978-1-337-56581-3
MindTap ISBN: 9781337565844
ITA 023 Intermediate Italian
Viola Ardeni / CRN 61490
Lecture/Discussion–4 hour(s); Laboratory. Pre-requisite(s): ITA 022 or ITA 022S. Students enrolling for the first time at UC Davis are encouraged to take the Italian Placement Exam. GE credit: AH, OL, WC, WE.
In this course, students continue to expand upon the linguistic and cultural foundations built in their past learning of Italian through grammar exercises, novel excerpts, films, essays, and audiovisual translation or film dubbing. In Italian 023, students also search for the answers to questions like: how do you form hypothetical statements in Italian? Why is film dubbing so popular in Italy? What is a mestiere? They do so by simulating in class the real-life conversations and debates happening in Italy and among Italians right now. As the third and final course of the Intermediate Italian sequence, Italian 023 empowers students to hone your conversational and written Italian, and to develop sophisticated cultural knowledge that puts into dialogue Italian cultures with other cultures. For example, students are invited to explore the world of film dubbing in Italy and produce their own dubbed video, in addition to critically thinking both in speaking and writing about the implications of dubbing. More broadly, this course cultivates skills that are crucial to any future career, such as critical analysis, effective writing, and cultural sensitivity. Italian 023 meets four days a week and students are expected to individually review grammar and complete their homework before each class meeting. In class, students put into practice the rules, address the exemptions, and share ideas. Students can expect the instructor to employ a variety of approaches, including communicative activities, in-pair and group work, grammar reviews, reading and writing sessions, to foster learning. Taught in Italian. Student attendance, participation, and input are essential and encouraged.
Required Textbook: Cummings & Pastorino, Immagina 3rd edition (Vista Higher Learning) Looseleaf textbook + Supersite Plus + webSAM, ISBN: 978-1-54330-443-5
OR Cummings & Pastorino, Immagina 3rd edition (Vista Higher Learning) Supersite Plus + webSAM CODE-ONLY, ISBN: 978-1-54330-563-0
Equitable Access ISBN: 978-1-54334-604-6
ITA 032 Beginning Italian for Spanish Speakers
Viola Ardeni / CRN 47769
Lecture/Discussion–5 hour(s). Pre-requisite(s): SPA 003, SPA 003V, SPA 003Y, two years of high-school Spanish/French/Portuguese/Romanian, or native or heritage speaker of Spanish/French/Portuguese/Romanian. Students enrolling for the first time at UC Davis are encouraged to take the Italian Placement Exam. GE credit: AH, OL, WC.
In the wake of ITA 031, in this course students continue to bridge the gap between their previous and/or inherited knowledge of Spanish and/or other Romance languages and the fundamentals of the Italian language in order to communicate effectively and accurately in Italian. Students also continue to acquire intercultural competence to negotiate between your linguistic and cultural identities and Italy’s cultures. What are tigelle and crescentine? How do you make comparisons in Italian? What does the Italian health system look like? Is Italy a land of migrations? As the second course of the intensive sequence of Beginning Italian for Spanish speakers, Italian 032 delivers the answers to these and other questions, and provides unique opportunities to discover together the geography, history, art, society, and cultural norms of Italy while studying the structure of Italian language and recognizing connections between Romance languages and cultures and Italy. More broadly, this course helps students to acquire important skills that are vital in any professional setting, such as critical analysis, interpersonal skills, creative expression, and cultural sensitivity. Italian 032 meets five days a week and students are expected to individually study grammar and complete the assigned homework before each meeting. In class, students absorb the language and recognize the interconnectedness between reading, writing, listening, speaking, and cultural learning at an intensive pace. Students can expect the instructor to employ a variety of approaches, including communicative activities, in-pair and group work, grammar reviews, reading sessions, to foster learning. Taught in Italian. Student attendance, participation, and input are essential and encouraged.
Required Textbook: Melucci & Tognozzi, Piazza, Student Edition: Introductory Italian, 2nd edition (Cengage) textbook + MindTap
ISBN-10: 1-337-56581-4
ISBN-13: 978-1-337-56581-3
MindTap ISBN: 9781337565844
ITA 105 Introduction to Italian Literature
Professor Michael Subialka / CRN 47773
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): ITA 009 or ITA 009S; Consent of Instructor. Introduction to the study of the principal authors, works, and movements of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern periods in Italy. GE credit: AH, OL, WC.
ITA 120B Italian Literature of the 20th Century: Poetry & Drama
Professor Michael Subialka /CRN 61491
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): ITA 009; or Consent of Instructor. Italian poetry with emphasis on Hermeticism; the theater of Luigi Pirandello and its role in the development of contemporary Italian drama. GE credit: AH, WC, WE.