The Department of Modern Languages and Literature offers a minor in Italian.
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| Lower Division | |
| Elementary Level | 6 credits |
| Intermediate Level | 8 credits |
| Upper Division | |
| ITAL Electives | 12 credits |
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All Italian minor credits must be from courses taught in Italian. |
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Special Topics in Language Courses
With approval of the Departmental Chair, students may study a language abroad (in a university approved program) not offered at Gonzaga and transfer these credits to Gonzaga.
Lower Division
This course is designed to introduce students to elementary Italian language skills and give them an insight into the many aspects of Italy and its cultures. This course provides practice with writing, reading, speaking, and listening. Students are expected to achieve novice-mid level proficiency in these skills according to the ACTFL guidelines, in addition to developing intercultural knowledge and competencies. Students will be able to recall facts and basic concepts. This course is taught in Italian.
Taken only in conjunction with ITAL 101 when taken in Florence, Italy.
Concurrent:
ITAL 101
This course is designed to further introduce students to elementary Italian language skills and give them an insight into the many aspects of Italy and its cultures. This course provides extensive practice with writing, reading, speaking, and listening. Students are expected to achieve novice-high level proficiency in these skills according to the ACTFL guidelines, in addition to developing intercultural knowledge and competencies. Students will be able to draw connections among ideas and engage the present, the past and the future tenses. This course is taught in Italian.
Taken only in conjunction with ITAL 102 when taken in Florence, Italy.
Concurrent:
ITAL 102
Students learn to use the language in a variety of everyday situations through focused practice in class and organized encounters with native speakers of Italian. Does not fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences Language requirement.
A continuation of ITAL 105. Vocabulary and grammar presented in Italian 102 are reinforced. Does not fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences Language requirement.
Topic to be determined by professor.
This course is designed to further strengthen and expand language skills in Italian. This course provides extensive practice with writing, reading, speaking, and listening. Students will develop intermediate-mid level proficiency in these skills according to the ACTFL guidelines, in addition to developing intercultural knowledge and competencies. Students will be able to draw connections among and evaluate ideas and to engage the past, the present and the future tenses in addition to the imperative and the conditional modes. This course is taught in Italian.
This course is designed to further strengthen and expand students' language skills in Italian. This course provides extensive practice with writing, reading, speaking, and listening. Students will develop intermediate-high level proficiency in these skills according to the ACTFL guidelines, in addition to developing intercultural knowledge and competencies. Students will be able to explore ideas by creative analytic thinking while engaging the past, the present and the future tenses in addition to the imperative, the conditional and the subjunctive modes. This course is taught in Italian.
Topic to be determined by faculty.
Upper Division
Advanced review of grammatical structures through conversation, readings, compositions and oral comprehension. Course taught in Italian.
Advanced review of grammatical structures through conversation, readings, presentations and oral comprehension. Can be taken alone or as a continuation of ITAL 301. Course taught in Italian.
An overview of Italian literature from the age of Dante through the Renaissance, including Petrarch, Boccaccio and Machiavelli. Course taught in Italian.
Prerequisite:
ITAL 202 Minimum Grade: D
An overview of Italian literature from the Renaissance through contemporary times. Course taught in Italian.
Prerequisite:
ITAL 202 Minimum Grade: D
Advanced conversation for students returning from Florence. Course taught in Italian.
Prerequisite:
ITAL 202 Minimum Grade: D
A course designed for those who wish to continue to improve their conversational skills. Course taught in Italian.
Prerequisite:
ITAL 202 Minimum Grade: D
This course uses Italian films to help students improve language proficiency and deepen their understanding of Italian history and culture. Italian cinema closely reflects national culture and each film in the course is chosen for its focus on one or more aspects of Italian society. Preparation for viewing includes background reading, thematic discussions and vocabulary building exercises. Course taught in Italian. Offered in Florence only.
In this course, students will engage with the history, philosophy, art, politics, and poetics of the Middle Ages through a close reading of Dante Alighieri's Commedia, Vita Nova, and other period texts. The course will also briefly consider the monumental cultural heritage that Dante's poem has and continues to produce. In class discussions, students will be expected to know, discuss, and offer interpretations of the text through their own reading and preparation based on notes provided by the instructor. Course will emphasize close reading of primarily poetic texts. This course is taught in English.
This class examines the way fascism is presented in selected novels and films. An important objective of the course is to study the impact of Fascism on segments of the Italian population which did not conform to fascist ideals. Taught in English.
Prerequisite:
ITAL 202 Minimum Grade: D
This course engages a selection of contemporary Italian films to conduct a systematic study of cinematic form, narration and expression. Students will familiarize with the terms and perspectives required to compose structured and argumentative analyses according to norms of academic writing.Taught in English.
Equivalent:
INST 416 - OK if taken since Spring 2007
In Italian. The development of the Italian short story from its origin through the Baroque. Included are stories from the Novellino, the Decameron, the Novelliere, and the Pentameron.
Prerequisite:
ITAL 202 Minimum Grade: D
The Italian short story through the works of the nineteenth and twentieth century authors. Taught in Italian.
Prerequisite:
ITAL 202 Minimum Grade: D
Through a study of Italian film, novels and nonfiction, this course will examine the phenomenon of organized crime in Italian society. Taught in English.
Equivalent:
INST 381 - Successful completion
This course will explore the impact of immigration from Third World countries on Italian society through the study of novels, nonfiction and film. Taught in Italian.
This course will explore the development of the historical novel in Italy with emphasis on modern historical novels. Taught in English.
Prerequisite:
ITAL 202 Minimum Grade: D
A study of examples of the major literary genres (narrative, dramatic, and poetic). Taught in Italian.
Prerequisite:
ITAL 202 Minimum Grade: D
Readings and discussion of various aspects of Italian life such as art, cinema, politics, literature, history, fashions, etc. Taught in Italian.
The political, social and cultural history of Republican Rome from its legendary origins to the Battle of Actium and its de facto end in 31 BC. The course will focus closely on the factors leading to the Republic’s successful rise as uncontested Mediterranean ruler as well as the internal political and social conflicts that brought the Republic crashing down to its ultimate fall. Taught in English.
Equivalent:
HIST 305 - OK if taken since Fall 2007
The political, social and cultural history of Rome during the age of the Emperors, from Augustus' creation of the principate in 27 B.C. to the decline of the Roman Empire in the west by the 5th century AD. Special focus in this course will be given to the workings of the Imperial system, daily life in Rome and the provinces, the rise of Christianity, and the ultimate transformation of the empire. Taught in English.
Equivalent:
HIST 306 - OK if taken since Spring 2007
Developments in the first flowering of Western European civilization, circa A.D. 500-1350, including feudalism, the rise of representative assemblies, the commercial revolution and the papal monarchy. Taught in English. Gonzaga in Florence only.
Equivalent:
CATH 331 - OK if taken since Fall 2024
HIST 311 - OK if taken since Fall 2007
HIST 311 - OK if taken since Fall 2007
The history of Western Europe circa 1350-1550, examining the political, religious, social, and economic context for the cultural achievements of the humanists, artists, dramatists, scientists, architects, and educators of the age of Joan of Arc, Michelangelo, the Tudors and the Medici. Taught in English.
Equivalent:
CATH 332 - OK if taken since Fall 2024
HIST 312 - OK if taken since Fall 2007
HIST 312 - OK if taken since Fall 2007
Selected topics in Italian language, literature, or civilization.
Prerequisite:
ITAL 202 Minimum Grade: D
Topic to be determined by faculty.
Topic to be determined by faculty.
This course examines the contribution of women novelists to Italian literature through the discussion of contemporary novels by women. Taught in English.
The internship provides students with the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills gained in the Italian classroom with a supervised organizational setting directly related to the student's major area of study. An internship plan (description, objectives, learning outcomes) is devised with an Italian faculty member, and approved by the Director of Italian Studies, before the internship begins.
Prerequisite:
ITAL 301 Minimum Grade: B
or ITAL 302 Minimum Grade: B
Required of all Italian Studies majors. Permission from the Director of Italian Studies only.
In addition to their major and minor areas of study, all undergraduate students follow a common program designed to complete their education in those areas that the University considers essential for a Catholic, Jesuit, liberal, and humanistic education. The University Core Curriculum consists of forty-five credits of course work, with additional designation requirements that can be met through core, major, or elective courses.
The University Core Curriculum is a four-year program, organized around one overarching question, which is progressively addressed through yearly themes and questions. Hence, core courses are best taken within the year for which they are designated. First year core courses encourage intellectual engagement and provide a broad foundation of fundamental skills. Second and third year courses examine central issues and questions in philosophy and religious studies. The fourth year course, the Core Integration Seminar, offers a culminating core experience. Taken at any time throughout the four years, broadening courses intersect with the core themes and extend students’ appreciation for the humanities, arts, and social and behavioral sciences. Finally, the designation requirements (writing enriched, global studies, and social justice) reflect important values and reinforce students’ knowledge and competencies.
Overarching Core Question: As students of a Catholic, Jesuit, and Humanistic University, how do we educate ourselves to become women and men for a more just and humane global community?
Year 1 Theme and Question: Understanding and Creating: How do we pursue knowledge and cultivate understanding?
- The First-Year Seminar (DEPT 193, 3 credits): The First-Year Seminar (FYS), taken in the fall or spring of the first year, is designed to promote an intellectual shift in students as they transition to college academic life. Each small seminar is organized around an engaging topic, which students explore from multiple perspectives. The FYS is offered by many departments across the University (click here [PDF] for list of FYS courses).
- Writing (ENGL 101, 3 credits) and Reasoning (PHIL 101, 3 credits): The Writing and Reasoning courses are designed to help students develop the foundational skills of critical reading, thinking, analysis, and writing. They may be taken as linked sections. Writing (ENGL 101) carries one of the three required writing-enriched designations (see below).
- Communication & Speech (COMM 100, 3 credits): This course introduces students to interpersonal and small group communication and requires the application of critical thinking, reasoning, and research skills necessary to organize, write, and present several speeches.
- Scientific Inquiry (BIOL 104/104L, CHEM 104/104L, or PHYS 104/104L, 3 credits): This course explores the scientific process in the natural world through evidence-based logic and includes significant laboratory experience. Students pursuing majors that require science courses will satisfy this requirement through their major.
- Mathematics (above Math 100, 3 credits): Mathematics courses promote thinking according to the modes of the discipline—abstractly, symbolically, logically, and computationally. One course in mathematics, above Math 100, including any math course required for a major or minor, will fulfill this requirement. MATH 100 (College Algebra) and courses without the MATH prefix do not fulfill this requirement.
Year 2 Theme and Question: Being and Becoming: Who are we and what does it mean to be human?
- Philosophy of Human Nature (PHIL 201, 3 credits): This course provides students with a philosophical study of key figures, theories, and intellectual traditions that contribute to understanding the human condition; the meaning and dignity of human life; and the human relationship to ultimate reality.
- Christianity and Catholic Traditions (RELI, 3 credits). Religious Studies core courses approved for this requirement explore diverse topics including Christian scriptures, history, theology, and practices as well as major contributions from the Catholic intellectual and theological traditions (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses) .
Year 3 Theme and Question: Caring and Doing: What principles characterize a well lived life?
- Ethics (PHIL 301 or RELI, 3 credits): The Ethics courses are designed to help students develop their moral imagination by exploring and explaining the reasons humans should care about the needs and interests of others. This requirement is satisfied by an approved ethics course in either Philosophy (PHIL 301) or Religious Studies (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- World/Comparative Religion (RELI, 3 credits): Religious Studies courses approved for this core requirement draw attention to the diversity that exists within and among traditions and encourage students to bring critical, analytical thinking to bear on the traditions and questions considered. These courses carries one of the required two global-studies designations (see below) (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
Year 4 Theme and Question: Imagining the Possible: What is our role in the world?”
- Core Integration Seminar (DEPT 432, 3 credits). The Core Integration Seminar (CIS) offers students a culminating core experience in which they integrate the principles of Jesuit education, prior components of the core, and their disciplinary expertise. Some CIS courses may also count toward a student’s major or minor. The CIS is offered by several departments across the University (click here [PDF] for list of CIS courses).
The Broadening Courses
- Fine Arts & Design (VART, MUSC, THEA, 3 credits): Arts courses explore multiple ways the human experience can be expressed through creativity, including across different cultures and societies. One approved course in fine arts, music, theatre, or dance will fulfill this requirement (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- History (HIST, 3 credits): History courses are intended to develop students’ awareness of the historical context of both the individual and the collective human experience. One course in History (HIST 101, HIST 102, HIST 112, HIST 201, HIST 202) will fulfill this requirement.
- Literature (3 credits): Literature courses foster reflection on how literature engages with a range of human experience. One approved course in Literature (offered by English, Classics, or Modern Languages) will fulfill this requirement (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- Social & Behavioral Sciences (3 credits): Courses in the social and behavioral sciences engage students in studying human behavior, social systems, and social issues. One approved course offered by Criminal Justice, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, or Women and Gender Studies will fulfill this requirement (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
The Designations
Designations are embedded within already existing core, major, minor, and elective courses. Students are encouraged to meet designation requirements within elective courses as their schedule allows; however, with careful planning students should be able to complete most of the designation requirements within other core, major, or minor courses.
- Writing Enriched (WE; 3 courses meeting this designation): Courses carrying the WE designation are designed to promote the humanistic and Jesuit pedagogical ideal of clear, effective communication. In addition to the required core course, Writing (ENGL 101), which carries one of the WE designations, students must take two other WE-designated courses (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- Global-Studies (GS; 2 courses meeting this designation): Courses carrying the GS designation are designed to challenge students to perceive and understand human diversity by exploring diversity within a context of constantly changing global systems. In addition to the required core course, World/Comparative Religion (RELI 300-level), which carries one of the GS designations, students must take one other GS-designated course (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- Social-Justice (SJ; 1 course meeting this designation): Courses carrying the SJ designation are designed to introduce students to one or more social justice concerns. Students must take one course that meets the SJ designation (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
Major-specific adaptations to the University Core Curriculum
All Gonzaga students, regardless of their major, will complete the University Core Curriculum requirements. However some Gonzaga students will satisfy certain core requirements through major-specific programs or courses. Any major-specific adaptations to the core are described with the requirements for the majors to which they apply.