Italian Studies
2011-12 General Catalog
Department of Literature
303 Humanities 1
(831) 459-4778
Program Description
Students interested in an interdisciplinary approach to Italian culture through the combined study of language, literature, history, art history, and other subjects may pursue a major or minor in Italian studies. The guidelines for the completion of the major may be obtained from Professor Deanna Shemek of the Literature Department. There are several options for study in Italy through the UC Education Abroad Program (EAP), either for a year (Bologna, Milan), for an intensive semester (Milan, Bologna, Rome, Florence), or for the summer (Florence). The Italian studies program is administered by the Literature Department.
Major Requirements
Each student must complete the lower-division language sequence (Italian 1–6, or equivalent). In addition, students are required to take 10, five-credit courses (one of which may be lower division), including a core unit of five courses which must be taken at UCSC: two Italian literature courses, Italian 106 (Italian Culture Through Film), one course in Italian history, and one course in Italian art history. A course featuring the work of Dante is recommended. A minimum of five courses must be taught substantially in Italian. Five may be approved elective courses, which may feature Italy in a European or global context. Up to five elective courses may be approved from UC EAP’s yearlong study abroad in Italy. All students in the major must satisfy the Italian Studies senior exit requirement by writing a senior essay focused on Italian literature, history, or art history. This essay may be produced within an approved seminar, or (with faculty permission) by enrolling in a one-credit Italian Literature 191 course in conjunction with another upper-division course in Italian literature, history, or history of art and visual culture. This combination must be approved by a faculty advisor in Italian Studies.
Disciplinary Communication (DC) Requirement
Students of every major must satisfy that major’s upper-division Disciplinary Communication (DC) Requirement. Italian Studies majors satisfy the DC Requirement through satisfactory completion of the senior essay, as described above. Please refer to updated information at Disciplinary Communication (DC) General Education Requirements by Department.
Minor Requirements
Each student must complete the lower-division language sequence (Italian 1–6, or equivalent). Students must also complete five upper-division courses in Italian studies: two Italian literature courses, Italian 106 (Italian Culture Through Film), one course in Italian history, and one course in Italian art history. A course featuring the work of Dante is recommended. hree of the five upper-division courses must be completed at UCSC; three must be taught substantially in Italian. A maximum of two courses may be transferred from EAP.
Honors
Honors in the Italian studies major are awarded to graduating seniors who have earned a 3.70 to 3.89 grade point average in their upper-division Italian studies courses. Highest honors in the Italian studies major are awarded to graduating seniors who have earned a 3.90 or higher grade point average in their upper-division Italian Studies courses. Honors are not awarded in the minor.
2011-12 Italian Studies Curriculum
Fall
HIS 183A, Nineteenth-Century Italy. C. Polecritti
ITAL 1, Instruction in the Italian Language. G. Centineo, M. Prencipe
ITAL 4, Intermediate Italian. M. Prencipe
LTIT 165, Topics in Italian Literature: “Boomerang Effect”: Migration in Literature and Film (in Italian). R. Welch
Winter
HAVC 30, Introduction to European Visual Culture. A. Langdale
HAVC 191N, Topics in Renaissance Visual Art and Culture. A. Langdale
HIS 183B, Fascism and Resistance in Italy. C. Polecritti
ITAL 1A, Intensive Elementary Italian. M. Prencipe
ITAL 2, Instruction in the Italian Language. G. Centineo
ITAL 5, Intermediate Italian. M. Prencipe
LTIT 165, Studies in Italian Culture: “Working Slowly”: Labor in Modern Italian Culture (in Italian). R. Welch
LTPR 190C, Frame Tale Fictions. D. Shemek
Spring
HAVC 155, Constructing Cleopatra: Power, Sexuality, and Femininity Across the Ages. M. Evangelatou
HIS 165, The Power of Writing: Books and Libraries 600-1500. E. Remak
HIS 196Y, Saints and Holiness in Medieval Europe. C. Polecritti
ITAL 1B, Intensive Elementary Italian. G. Centineo
ITAL 3, Instruction in the Italian Language. M. Prencipe
ITAL 6, Intermediate–Advanced Italian. M. Prencipe
LAAD 80 (in English)/Italian 106 (in Italian), Italian Culture Through Film. G. Centineo
LTIT 150C, Italian Theater (in Italian). D. Shemek
LTWL 109, Topics in Cultural Studies: Pier Paolo Pasolini and Narrative. W. Godzich
Please note: Courses in bold require the completion of Italian 6 or equivalent language proficiency. In 2011-12, the Italian Studies Disciplinary Communication and senior exit requirements may be satisfied by the following courses: HIS 196Y; or LTIT 191 and one of the following: HAVC 191N, LTIT 150, LTPR 190C.
Revised: 8/13/12
