Fields of Study and Courses
Upper Division Courses
Three-credit courses taught in English, except for the Italian language courses.
For Course Descriptions and Course Codes CLICK on the course title below.
All courses are PERMANENTLY OFFERED except where noted.
Florence as an International City
This course provides students with history and background information on Florence and surrounding areas, such as Pisa and Sienna, which contributes to the city’s status [...]
Understanding the Mafia
This course will explore the history of the primary form of organized crime in Sicily, the Cosa Nostra. The Sicilian mafia gave birth to the [...]
Modern Italian Literature
This course is an introduction to the genres of Italian literature of the 20th and 21st centuries and its various movements. We begin with an [...]
Italian Fashion Today
Fashion to most of us is conceived as a vague and ever-changing concept, but nevertheless, societies, from the past to the present, view fashion as [...]
Italian Theater
This course will focus on the major movements and themes of Italian theater from the 16th century to the 20th century. With critical reading and [...]
Contemporary Italian Women Writers
This course aims to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of key cultural, social, and gender issues related to women’s lives and literary output in [...]
Italian Cinema
The course introduces the student to the world of Italian Cinema. The first part of the course will analyze Neorealism, a cinematic phenomenon that deeply [...]
Italian Contribution to Western Civilization
This course will survey Italy's contribution to Western Civilization by covering major themes in Western European political, social, religious, intellectual, and cultural history, from the [...]
Italian Fashion through the Ages
The way we dress says much about who we are and what we value. This course will examine how fashion has been a way for [...]
