Italian (ITAL)
ITAL 1001 Elementary Italian 1 (4 credits)
Introduction to the Italian language fundamentals of comprehension, speaking, reading and writing.
Prerequisite: No previous study of Italian; or by departmental placement.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term
ITAL 1002 Elementary Italian 2 (4 credits)
Continuation of ITAL 1001 with an emphasis on further development of vocabulary and basic conversation through supplemental readings.
Prerequisite: ITAL 1001.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term
ITAL 2001 Intermediate Italian 1 (3 credits)
Grammar review, oral and written practice, and supplemental readings and activities to develop cultural awareness.
Prerequisite: ITAL 1002; or by departmental placement.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term
ITAL 2002 Intermediate Italian 2 (3 credits)
Continuation of ITAL 2001 with further development and practice of all language skills.
Prerequisite: ITAL 2001; or by departmental placement.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term
ITAL 3001 Italian Composition and Conversation (3 credits)
Grammar review and practice in the oral and written use of the Italian language.
Prerequisite: ITAL 2002; or by departmental placement.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2017 Fall Term, 2015 Fall Term, 2013 Fall Term, 2011 Fall Term
ITAL 3100 Advanced Italian Composition and Conversation (3 credits)
Practice and review of advanced grammatical structures of the Italian language for further development of oral and written communication skills.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2016 Fall Term, 2014 Fall Term, 2012 Fall Term
ITAL 3200 Italian Culture and Civilization (3 credits)
Readings and lectures in English dealing with different aspects of Italian culture as seen through its history, art, literature, culinary traditions and film. Knowledge of Italian not required. Variable subtitles depending on the content and focus.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Crossing Boundaries
Last four terms offered: 2022 Spring Term, 2019 Fall Term, 2018 Spring Term, 2016 Spring Term
ITAL 3210 Sicilian Mafia and Antimafia Representations and Literature and Film (3 credits)
Understand the Sicilian Mafia, La Cosa Nostra (Our Thing), from historical, economic and political perspectives. Distinguish romanticized portrayals of the Mafia in American film and television from the brutal and ruthless criminal organization. Through extensive readings, understand La Cosa Nostra in all its complexities: its history, ontology, structure and contacts with the Italian-American communities from the end of the nineteenth century. Taught in English, no knowledge of Italian required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Individuals & Communities
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2018 Fall Term, 2017 Spring Term
ITAL 3215 Italian Art, Fashion and Nation (3 credits)
Study the artistic production of Italian artists’ images of their ideal nation from 1861 to the end of WWII. Understand how fashion helped create Italy’s national identity and how that it was cast abroad to enhance the nation’s standing within the western world.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
ITAL 4931 Topics in Italian Language, Culture and Literature (3 credits)
Topics vary. Subject to be announced.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
ITAL 5931 Topics in Italian Language, Culture and Literature (3 credits)
Topics vary. Subject to be announced.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate