Undergraduate Studies: Undergraduate Minor in Italian
Course Requirements
Students choosing to minor in Italian must complete the following requirements:
Prerequisites
(not credited toward the undergraduate major): Italian 104, Italian 502
The minor consists of 20 hours of course work beyond 104. Courses in English do not count toward the minor. Courses used for the minor may not be used for any other curricular requirement (LAC,LAR,BER,major.)
Minor Requirements
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Italian minors must take Italian 202 and at least one 400-level courses on the OSU campus.
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After taking a 400-level class, it is not permitted to enroll in a 200-level class.
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Up to 15 credits of Italian 697 (Study at a foreign institution) may be counted toward the minor. However, all minors must take 202 and at least one 400-level course on campus.
Courses
202: Contemporary Italian society
206: Business Italian
221: Masterpieces of the Italian cinema (Taught in English) (GEC)
251: Dante in translation (Taught in English) (GEC)
293: Individual Studies (Permission of instructor)
401: Modern Italian media (prerequisite: 202) (repeatable up to 10 cr.)
402: The sounds of Italian (prerequisite: 202)
420: Italian culture through the ages (prerequisite: 202)
421: Reading Italy: Italian literature and culture (prerequisite: 202) (repeatable up to 10 cr.)
423: The Italian language yesterday and today (prerequisite: 202)
425: The regions of Italy (prerequisite: 202)
450: Italian theater workshop (prerequisite: any 400-level course or permission of the instructor)
601: Structures of the Italian language (prerequisite: two 400-level courses)
602: Italian translating (5 cr. hrs. of Italian beyond 202)
613: Italian cinema (prerequisite: 420, 421, or 423)
614: Survey of Italian literature (prerequisite: 420, 421, or 423)
615: Italian identities (prerequisite: 420, 421, or 423)
621: Dante (10 cr. hrs at the 400-level or above or permission of instructor)
622: Petrarch and Boccaccio (10 cr. hrs at the 400-level or above or permission of instructor)
625: Italian literature of the Renaissance (10 cr. hrs at the 400-level or above or permission of instructor)
626: Italian literature of the 17th and 18th centuries (10 cr. hrs at the 400-level or above or permission of
instructor)
627: Modern Italian fiction (10 cr. hrs at the 400-level or above or permission of instructor)
628: Modern Italian poetry (10 cr. hrs at the 400-level or above or permission of instructor)
692: The Romance Languages (taught in English; cross-listed with Romance Linguistics and French; prerequisites:
Romance language level of proficiency through 104 or permission of the instructor; Junior/Sr standing or permission of instructor.)
693: Individual Studies (Permission of instructor)
694: Group Studies (Permission of instructor)
697: Study at a Foreign Institution
699: UG Research (Permission of instructor)
For more info or to declare a major or a minor, contact Jodi Obert (
Obert.1@osu.edu) or the French and Italian department.
