Courses - Spring 2025
Students with no experience in the language are invited to register for ITAL103.
ITAL103
Intensive Elementary Italian
Credits:
4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Must have appropriate World Language Placement Test (WLPT) score.
Restriction: Not open to fluent/native speakers of Italian.
Credit only granted for: ITAL103 or ITAL121.
Covers speaking, reading, writing, listening, and culture of Italian-speaking world.
ITAL203
Intensive Intermediate Italian
Credits:
4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ITAL103; or must have appropriate World Language Placement Test (WLPT) score.
Restriction: Must not have completed ITAL122; and must not be a fluent/native speaker of Italian.
Credit only granted for: ITAL203 or ITAL122.
Covers speaking, reading, writing, listening, and culture of Italian-speaking world.
ITAL204
Advanced Intermediate Italian
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ITAL203 or equivalent; or must have appropriate World Language Placement Test (WLPT) score.
An intensive study of Italian language and culture. This course completes the sequence of ITAL 103 and 203. After a brief review of important material of Intermediate Italian (ITAL 203), we will cover the last four chapters of Parliamo italiano (Unita 9-12). ITAL 204 is designed to reinforce and deepen the students' knowledge of Italian and its idiomatic usage, and to improve their reading and writing skills through a more in-depth study of more complex grammatical forms. Students are encouraged to practice Italian using grammatical concepts in an active manner. There will be oral and written exercises, short readings, and vocabulary expansion. Special attention will be given to readings, oral comprehension and written compositions. To improve their listening and reading comprehension, students will also view and analyze film clips, and read short articles in newspapers and magazines on current events and global issues pertaining to Italy and the European Union.
ITAL207
Speaking and Writing in Italian
Prerequisite: ITAL204; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Restriction: Must not be a fluent/native speaker of Italian.
An intensive upper intermediate language course that focuses on Italian speaking and writing. The course, which is taught entirely in Italian, is designed to reinforce and deepen the students' knowledge of the Italian language and its idiomatic usage, and to improve their speaking ability and listening comprehension. Students will be given practice both in speaking extemporaneously and giving oral reports written on a wide range of topics dealing with contemporary Italy. One of the main objectives of the course is to prepare students to take upper level courses (300-400 levels) in Italian language, literature, and culture
ITAL311
Advanced Oral Expression: Current Events
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ITAL207; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
Oral expression; development of idiomatic forms and vocabulary to level of the Italian press.
ITAL386
Experiential Learning
Credits:
3 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: Must have a Learning Proposal approved by the Office of Experiential Learning Programs, faculty sponsor, and student's internship sponsor.
Restriction: Junior standing or higher.
ITAL399
Directed Study in Italian
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ITAL411
Monsters and Demons: the Faces of Evil in Dante's Inferno
An interdisciplinary study of Dante's Inferno as represented in the Divine Comedy. Special emphasis on Dante's own portrayal of monsters and demons and their roles in the poet's eschatological vision of Hell.Taught in English
ITAL478D
Colloquium in Italian; Monsters and Demons: the Faces of Evil in Dante's Inferno
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Co-requisite: ITAL411.
Colloquium section taught in Italian to accompany ITAL411.
Colloquium section taught in Italian to accompany ITAL411.
ITAL499
Special Topics in Italian Studies
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
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University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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