Requirements for the Italian Studies Major

Prerequisites

  • Italian 1103.01, 1103.02 or 5101

Requirements (30 credits)

  • (3 credits) Italian 2102
  • (6 credits) two 3000-level courses taught in Italian
  • (3 credits) one 4000-level or above course taught in Italian

Credits for content courses (not language courses) taught in Italy that have been pre-approved by an OSU advisor may replace these content courses in Italian from the Department of French and Italian.

Credits for content courses (not language courses) from any OSU-approved study abroad program in Italy that have been pre-approved by the advisor may replace content courses from the French and Italian Department.

Additional Notes

  • Students are strongly encouraged to do a research project at the end of their studies and graduate with research distinction. Those wishing to do so may substitute 4 credits of 4999 or 4999H: Undergraduate thesis for one course taught in English. If the research topic has substantial focus on History of Art, History, or Classics, the student will be advised to have one advisor from Italian and one from the department of the chosen focus.
  • Students must earn at least a C- in a course in order for the course to be included on the major. A 2.0 cumulative grade-point average (GPA) is required for all major course work.
  • Courses taken on a Pass/Non-Pass (PA/NP) basis cannot be used on the major.
  • No more than one half of the semester credit hours required on the major can be credit hours transferred to Ohio State from another institution and/or credit by examination. (In other words, at least one half of the major hours must be credit from completed OSU coursework.)
  • If a student has one major, no overlap is permitted with the GE except as expressly allowed by the rules of the GE. If a student has two majors each major must contain a minimum of 18 hours not contained in the other and overlap with the GE is permitted where appropriate.

2102: Contemporary Italian society

2051: Fictions of Italy: Medieval and Renaissance literature and society (GE)

2052: Fictions of Italy: Modern and contemporary literature and society (GE)

2053: Introduction to Italian cinema (GE)

2056: Love on the Italian screen (GE)

2055: Mafia movies (GE)

2061: Mediterranean food culture (GE)

2193: Individual studies (1-9 credits)

2194: Group studies (1-9 credits)

CLCC 2301.01S (GE)

CLLC 2301.02S (GE)

CLCC 2302S (GE)

3051: Italian Romances (GE)

FRIT 3052: Mediterranean Migrations (GE) (Cross-listed with Comparative Studies)

FRIT 3053: The Black Mediterranean (GE)

FRIT 3054: The 21st-Century Skill: Intercultural Competence for Global Citizenship (GE)

3103: Styles and stylistics

3220: Italian culture through the ages

3221: Reading Italy: Italian literature and culture

3222: Modern Italian media

3223: The regions of Italy

3224: Post-unification Italy

FRIT 3301 Discovering Second Language Acquisition

3330: The Italian language through time

3331: The languages of Italy

3332: The sounds of Italian

3570: FLC Radio show

3797: Italy abroad (3-9 credits)

3798.01: The Italian City (3-9 credits) (GE)

4191: Internship in Italy

4223: Italian cinema

4224: Survey of Italian literature

4225: Italian identities

4226: Italian Theater Workshop

4330: Structures of the Italian language

4401: Language Planning and Policy in Italy Through Time

4998: Undergraduate research (Permission of instructor) (1-3 credits)

4998H: Honors research (Permission of instructor) (1-3 credits)

4999: Undergraduate thesis (Permission of instructor) (3-9 credits)

4999H: Honors thesis (Permission of instructor) (3-9 credits)

5051: Latin and the Romance languages

FRIT 506: The Global Mediterranean (Cross-listed with Comparative Studies)

5193: Individual studies (Permission of instructor) (1-9 credits)

5194: Group studies (Permission of instructor) (1-9 credits)

5331: History of the Italian Language

5797: Study at a foreign institution (1-9 credits)