The Italian curriculum is designed to develop oral and listening skills, a reading knowledge and writing proficiency in Italian, and to enhance an awareness and appreciation of Italian culture in order to provide insight and understanding of global interdependence.
The ability to speak and write well in Italian prepares students for a wide variety of careers such as teaching, banking, business, communications, public relations, social work, travel agencies, and government.
Course placement is determined by a review of high school language courses. Students will not fulfill their competency requirement with language courses that are at a lower level than what is determined by the department without prior approval of the department chair.
Italian majors are highly encouraged to study abroad. Cabrini College has programs of its own and also works with area colleges to provide study abroad opportunities for students. The credits earned abroad will be applied toward the major or minor.
Note: Students should expect to take all of their upper-level Italian courses for the major or minor at consortium institutions and should consult with the department chair when planning their curriculum.
| Requirements for the major or minor in Italian* |
| View core curriculum requirements (34-48 credits). |
| Required Courses |
CREDITS |
| ITA 203-204 |
Conversation/Composition |
6 |
| ITA 301-302 |
Survey of Italian Literature I and II (or equivalent) |
6 |
| ITA 307-308 |
Italian Civilization and Culture (or equivalent) |
6 |
| ITA 409 |
Advanced Grammar and Composition (or equivalent) |
3 |
| ITA 410 |
Advanced Conversation (or equivalent) |
3 |
| ITA |
Italian Electives |
9 |
|
Electives, selected from any department(s) |
42-56 |
|
Total credits for major |
33 |
*MAJOR: Italian majors are encouraged to study abroad and to consult the department chair regarding course selection abroad. The six credits earned abroad will be applied to fulfill required or elective credits.
*MINOR: 18 credits beyond 201. Students wishing to minor in Italian are encouraged to consult the department chair to design a program.
Pass/Fail
To encourage maintenance of language skills, the pass/fail option is available to non-language majors and minors who have fulfilled the foreign language core requirement and who wish to pursue additional language courses.