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Facts about Italian Studies at CUA

Minor in Italian Studies

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Requirements:

  • For students who wish to minor in Italian Studies and cannot spend a semester in Rome we require 6 courses: ITAL 203-04 plus 4 additional courses in Italian Studies.

  • For Italian Studies minors who can attend the Rome program, we require 6 courses: ITAL 201-02 (for the courses students take while in Rome), ITAL 203-04, and other 2 in Italian Studies to be determined in consultation with Program coordinator/advisor, Dr. Lucamante.

Purpose of the Minor in Italian Studies:

  • The goal of this program is to study  Italian culture from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students gain knowledge of Italian language and literature together with aspects of Italy's art, culture, cinema, architecture and design, geography, history, institutions, politics, and thought; Italian American studies is also an important component of the program.

  • We offer many interesting and enriching courses, many of which qualify both for humanities and literature requirements. Please consult our on-line catalogue for the list of courses.

Faculty:

  • Stefania Lucamante, PhD Comparative Literature, CUA and Program Coordinator
  • Anna Chiafele, PhD in Italian Studies, University of Toronto
  • Valeria Garino, Laurea in Russian Literature, University of Turin, Italy & MA in Italian, CUA
  • Pamela Lalla, MA Italian, CUA

 

 Proficiency test instructions (FOR Graduate Students only) :

The Italian language proficiency test consists of a 4-page translation from Italian into English.

It is usually based on an book that deals with the same topics of the program in which graduate student taking the exam is currently enrolled. Ex: if grad student is studying political theory, chances are we will want to bring in a book (speech, essay, etc.) by …let’s say Antonio Gramsci. If Grad student is studying Philosophy, chances are we will give him/her something by Vico to translate. He/she must show familiarity with lexicon related to her/his field.
We then choose the pages that the student must translate here in a 2-hour time period and return in the same envelop in which the pages were placed. Translation is done with the aid of a good dictionary.
For further information, please contact Dr. Stefania Lucamante x 5240 and Lucamante@cua.edu or Dr. Anna Chiafele x 5240 and Chiafele@cua.edu   

 

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