Academic Calendar - 2024
Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024
Italian
An introduction to oral and written Italian with emphasis on the development of communicative skills. No previous knowledge of Italian is required. Note that students who have successfully completed Grade 12 U Italian or equivalent cannot take this course for credit.
Antirequisite(s): Grade 12 U Italian, Italian 1033.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours plus 1 hour online.
Course Weight: 1.00
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Buongiorno! Learn Italian while collecting stories about your family or the local Italian-Canadian community. This beginners course for students with little or no previous knowledge of Italian includes a Community Service Leaning component to build a digital archive.
Antirequisite(s): Italian 1030, Grade 12 U Italian.
Extra Information: 4 hours.
Course Weight: 1.00
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This course is designed for students with little or no previous knowledge of Italian. An introduction to Italian in an active and practical way, the course emphasizes travel competence. Based in Tuscany, students will acquire an understanding of multifaceted contemporary Italian culture.
Antirequisite(s): Students with Grade 12U Italian or OAC Italian, or with previous knowledge of Italian must consult the Department before registering for this course.
Extra Information: Accelerated 40 lecture hours over 3 weeks, including pre-departure sessions. The course takes place in Italy during Intersession. See Department for information on application procedure.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course is a continuation of Italian 1045A/B. An introduction to Italian in an active and practical way, the course emphasizes travel competence. Based in Tuscany, students will acquire an understanding of multifaceted contemporary Italian culture.
Antirequisite(s): Students with Grade 12U Italian or OAC Italian, or with previous knowledge of Italian must consult the Department before registering for this course.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 1045A/B or permission of the department.
Extra Information: 40 lecture hours over 3 weeks. The course takes place in Italy during Intersession. See Department for information on application procedure.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Discover the unique contribution that Italians have made to the Canadian society with a special focus on your communities. Collect stories from old and new immigrants with a view of building an archive devoted to the Italian experience in Canada. Explore issues of assimilation, integration, and identity.
Extra information: 2 hours. Online course. Taught in English. Coursework in English. Some course work in Italian for Italian program students only.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course further develops students' communicative skills using authentic materials including songs, films, websites. Students will familiarize themselves with the richness of Italian contemporary culture and will expand their knowledge of grammar.
Antirequisite(s): Italian 2202X
Prerequisite(s): Italian 1030 or Italian 1033 or Grade 12U Italian or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours plus 1 hour online.
Course Weight: 1.00
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The course builds upon a basic knowledge of Italian and develops further effective oral and written skills in a language immersion environment. Students will be exposed to authentic Italian culture in the heart of Tuscany through daily interactions with native speakers. The course includes a community-engaged learning component.
Antirequisite(s): Italian 2200
Prerequisite(s): Italian 1030 or Italian 1033, Italian 1045A/B and Italian 1046A/B, or Grade 12U Italian with a minimum grade of 70% or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 80 lecture hours over 4 weeks. The course takes place in Italy during Intersession. See Department for information on application procedure.
Course Weight: 1.00
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Guided conversations in Italian dealing with the hottest issues in contemporary Italy. Students will develop their communicative skills in Italian through discussion of a number of topics, ranging from social and political issues to TV and pop culture, fashion, food, sports.
Antirequisite(s): Italian 3320A/B.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Taken in second or third year.
Course Weight: 0.50
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What makes Italy unique on the global scene? This course offers a journey into Italian excellence with a focus on business, fashion, sports and the arts. Lectures and professional guest speakers will introduce students to the icons of Italian culture and industry, and explore their wide international appeal.
Extra Information: 2-hour Lecture. Taught in English. Coursework in part in Italian for students of
Italian only.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Discover Florence, Naples, Venice, Milan and more. Join illustrious travelers like Goethe, Dickens and Stendhal to explore fundamentals of Italian culture from the Middle-Ages to modernity with reference to architecture, literature, politics, film, and visual arts. The course is an ideal complement to Italian 2242F/G - Rome: The Eternal City.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 2132A/B.
Extra Information: 2 hours. Note: Taught in English. Tutorial in Italian for Italian program students only.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Study Italian Cinema and its popular genres. Explore topics such as the Italian economic boom, the evolution of the Italian family, sexuality and gender relations. Spaghetti Western, crime movies, Italian-style horror and comedy will be among the genres considered.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 2133A/B.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours plus screenings. Note: Taught in English. Tutorial in Italian for Italian program students only.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Discover Rome and its unique contribution to Western arts and culture. Understand its prominent role in the global political and religious environments. Identify and map traces of the past in the city's contemporary urban landscape and daily life. The course is an ideal complement to Italian 2240F/G - Italian Journeys.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 2131A/B.
Extra Information: 2 hours. Note: Taught in English. Coursework in part in Italian for Italian program students only.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Italy is a place that conjures up a striking variety of images, ideas, and stereotypes. Focusing on this complex multiplicity, we will examine the historical role that different forms of artistic and cultural production – art, cinema, literature, music – have played in shaping Italy’s iconic status and unique appeal.
Extra Information: 2 hours. Taught in English. Select coursework in Italian for students enrolled in Italian modules.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Italian 2245F/G OCEAN CROSSINGS AND NEW BEGINNINGS: THE ITALIAN-CANADIAN EXPERIENCE IN IMAGES AND WORDS
Explore how filmmakers and writers have narrated the Italian-Canadian experience, from the anguish and hope in leaving the paese, to the hardships and successes in the new homeland. Reflect on the tug-of-war between retaining one’s own comforting traditions and accepting the changes imposed by the encounter with the “other.”
Extra Information: 2 hours. Taught in English. Select coursework in Italian for students enrolled in Italian modules.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course dives into a cosmopolitan intellectual milieu of the turn-of-the-century, where science and religion cross paths and millionaire philanthropists support educators. Learn how the social discourse nourished by noble women, the LGBTQ+ community, religious figures, artists, and women’s rights activists empowered the birth of Dr. Maria Montessori’s pedagogical method.
Extra Information: 2 hours. Taught in English. Select coursework in Italian for students enrolled in Italian modules.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Follow Dante Alighieri as he explores the otherworld in the Divine Comedy. Travel through medieval ideas of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Read about sins and infernal punishments, deserving deeds, and paradisal rewards. This course introduces you to the reading of one of the most famous literary texts of all times.
Extra Information: 2 hours. Taught in English. Select coursework in Italian for students enrolled in Italian modules.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 1030 or Italian 1033 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 1030 or Italian 1033 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 1030 or Italian 1033 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 1030 or Italian 1033 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Develop intercultural competence by examining individual experiences of learning and maintaining language and of integrating cultural heritage. Connect in-class learning about language acquisition, identity, memory and related issues with service-learning projects in London or the surrounding region. Taught in English and Italian.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 2500F/G, German 2500F/G, Spanish 2500F/G, Intercultural Communication 2500F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X, or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course, held mainly in Tuscany at Rondine Citadel of Peace, builds skills for understanding cultural differences and fosters awareness for social change in a global context. Intercultural competences, migration phenomena and peacebuilding will be approached in theory and practice through field experience as well as visual and written material.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 1045A/B (taught in conjunction with Italian 3040A/B).
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Taught in English. The course takes place in Italy during Intersession. See Department for information on application procedure.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course expands students' communicative skills, introduces idiomatic expressions and increases control of grammatical structures. Material will be drawn from authentic articles, websites and films. Discussion will be focused on cultural aspects of Italy's past and contemporary society.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X, or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 1.00
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Guided conversations in advanced Italian dealing with the hottest issues in contemporary Italy. Students will develop their communicative skills in Italian through discussion of a number of topics, ranging from social and political issues to TV and pop culture, fashion, food, sports.
Antirequisite(s): Italian 2220A/B.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Explore contemporary Italian literature and its masters such as Calvino, Ginzburg, Sciascia, Tabucchi, with a focus on particular aspects of Italian culture, and connections to other disciplines and literary traditions. Topics may include the relationship between literature and society, city versus country, nostalgia, desire, identity. Taught in Italian.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Students will build on foundations in reading, writing, and researching in Italian through case studies concerning arts, literature, language, history, and identity. Focus on the distinctive traits of Italian cultures and their place in a global context.
Anti-requisite: Italian 2215 F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 2200 (or Italian 2202X) or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Explore the interplay between cinema and literature in Italian culture, focusing on the adaptation of great literary works into classic films. Students will be introduced to elements of semiotics that will allow them to appreciate and discuss the distinctive features of verbal and filmic narrative.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Note: Taught in Italian.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Journey through Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century. Focus on masters such as Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarch, Leopardi. Topics may include love, nature and power. Particular attention will be paid to the cultural connections with other disciplines and literary traditions. Taught in English and Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours. Note: Taught in English. Tutorial in Italian for Italian program students only.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Explore the Italian theatrical tradition through a selection of texts that may range from Commedia dell' Arte to modern and contemporary performances. Engage with a number of theatrical techniques and consider the style, characters and themes of Italian performance art.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 3362F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Note: Taught in English. Tutorial in Italian for Italian program students only.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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The Academic Internship is a 0.5 credit internship with a minimum of 60 hours. The internship will require students to make connections with academic study while undertaking supervised duties in organizations, businesses, or community groups with interests related to Italian.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 2200 (or Italian 2202X) and permission of the Department. Registration in the Major in Italian, with a minimum cumulative modular average of 75%. Approval of, and acceptance into, an internship placement.
Extra Information: Pass or Fail. Students accepted for an internship will arrange individual programs with supervising faculty. The student is required to a) maintain a suitable level of performance in the position as verified through evaluations and b) submit a midterm and a final report, demonstrating how the experience gained through the internship relates to coursework and program of study.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This seminar offers the opportunity for focused, advanced study. Topics may include canonical creative figures and their masterpieces, intersections of the visual, cinematographic, performing, musical and literary arts, and interdisciplinary, intermedial and epochal questions.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 2215F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Note: Taught in Italian.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult the Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Individual reading and research at an advanced level under faculty supervision. Students are responsible for arranging independent study credit with an individual faculty member. Taught in Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Individual reading and research at an advanced level under faculty supervision. Students are responsible for arranging independent study credit with an individual faculty member. Taught in Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Course Weight: 0.50
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In this capstone course, students develop their own research project with a specific historical or geographical perspective centred on a designated general theme. Students work in conjunction with peers and professors and choose their own medium of presentation ranging from the traditional to the experimental.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 4500F/G, German 4500F/G, Spanish 4500F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 2215F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Italian
An introduction to oral and written Italian with emphasis on the development of communicative skills. No previous knowledge of Italian is required. Note that students who have successfully completed Grade 12 U Italian or equivalent cannot take this course for credit.
Antirequisite(s): Grade 12 U Italian, Italian 1033.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours plus 1 hour online.
Course Weight: 1.00
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Buongiorno! Learn Italian while collecting stories about your family or the local Italian-Canadian community. This beginners course for students with little or no previous knowledge of Italian includes a Community Service Leaning component to build a digital archive.
Antirequisite(s): Italian 1030, Grade 12 U Italian.
Extra Information: 4 hours.
Course Weight: 1.00
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This course is designed for students with little or no previous knowledge of Italian. An introduction to Italian in an active and practical way, the course emphasizes travel competence. Based in Tuscany, students will acquire an understanding of multifaceted contemporary Italian culture.
Antirequisite(s): Students with Grade 12U Italian or OAC Italian, or with previous knowledge of Italian must consult the Department before registering for this course.
Extra Information: Accelerated 40 lecture hours over 3 weeks, including pre-departure sessions. The course takes place in Italy during Intersession. See Department for information on application procedure.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course is a continuation of Italian 1045A/B. An introduction to Italian in an active and practical way, the course emphasizes travel competence. Based in Tuscany, students will acquire an understanding of multifaceted contemporary Italian culture.
Antirequisite(s): Students with Grade 12U Italian or OAC Italian, or with previous knowledge of Italian must consult the Department before registering for this course.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 1045A/B or permission of the department.
Extra Information: 40 lecture hours over 3 weeks. The course takes place in Italy during Intersession. See Department for information on application procedure.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Discover the unique contribution that Italians have made to the Canadian society with a special focus on your communities. Collect stories from old and new immigrants with a view of building an archive devoted to the Italian experience in Canada. Explore issues of assimilation, integration, and identity.
Extra information: 2 hours. Online course. Taught in English. Coursework in English. Some course work in Italian for Italian program students only.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course further develops students' communicative skills using authentic materials including songs, films, websites. Students will familiarize themselves with the richness of Italian contemporary culture and will expand their knowledge of grammar.
Antirequisite(s): Italian 2202X
Prerequisite(s): Italian 1030 or Italian 1033 or Grade 12U Italian or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours plus 1 hour online.
Course Weight: 1.00
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The course builds upon a basic knowledge of Italian and develops further effective oral and written skills in a language immersion environment. Students will be exposed to authentic Italian culture in the heart of Tuscany through daily interactions with native speakers. The course includes a community-engaged learning component.
Antirequisite(s): Italian 2200
Prerequisite(s): Italian 1030 or Italian 1033, Italian 1045A/B and Italian 1046A/B, or Grade 12U Italian with a minimum grade of 70% or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 80 lecture hours over 4 weeks. The course takes place in Italy during Intersession. See Department for information on application procedure.
Course Weight: 1.00
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Guided conversations in Italian dealing with the hottest issues in contemporary Italy. Students will develop their communicative skills in Italian through discussion of a number of topics, ranging from social and political issues to TV and pop culture, fashion, food, sports.
Antirequisite(s): Italian 3320A/B.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Taken in second or third year.
Course Weight: 0.50
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What makes Italy unique on the global scene? This course offers a journey into Italian excellence with a focus on business, fashion, sports and the arts. Lectures and professional guest speakers will introduce students to the icons of Italian culture and industry, and explore their wide international appeal.
Extra Information: 2-hour Lecture. Taught in English. Coursework in part in Italian for students of
Italian only.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Discover Florence, Naples, Venice, Milan and more. Join illustrious travelers like Goethe, Dickens and Stendhal to explore fundamentals of Italian culture from the Middle-Ages to modernity with reference to architecture, literature, politics, film, and visual arts. The course is an ideal complement to Italian 2242F/G - Rome: The Eternal City.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 2132A/B.
Extra Information: 2 hours. Note: Taught in English. Tutorial in Italian for Italian program students only.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Study Italian Cinema and its popular genres. Explore topics such as the Italian economic boom, the evolution of the Italian family, sexuality and gender relations. Spaghetti Western, crime movies, Italian-style horror and comedy will be among the genres considered.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 2133A/B.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours plus screenings. Note: Taught in English. Tutorial in Italian for Italian program students only.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Discover Rome and its unique contribution to Western arts and culture. Understand its prominent role in the global political and religious environments. Identify and map traces of the past in the city's contemporary urban landscape and daily life. The course is an ideal complement to Italian 2240F/G - Italian Journeys.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 2131A/B.
Extra Information: 2 hours. Note: Taught in English. Coursework in part in Italian for Italian program students only.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Italy is a place that conjures up a striking variety of images, ideas, and stereotypes. Focusing on this complex multiplicity, we will examine the historical role that different forms of artistic and cultural production – art, cinema, literature, music – have played in shaping Italy’s iconic status and unique appeal.
Extra Information: 2 hours. Taught in English. Select coursework in Italian for students enrolled in Italian modules.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Italian 2245F/G OCEAN CROSSINGS AND NEW BEGINNINGS: THE ITALIAN-CANADIAN EXPERIENCE IN IMAGES AND WORDS
Explore how filmmakers and writers have narrated the Italian-Canadian experience, from the anguish and hope in leaving the paese, to the hardships and successes in the new homeland. Reflect on the tug-of-war between retaining one’s own comforting traditions and accepting the changes imposed by the encounter with the “other.”
Extra Information: 2 hours. Taught in English. Select coursework in Italian for students enrolled in Italian modules.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course dives into a cosmopolitan intellectual milieu of the turn-of-the-century, where science and religion cross paths and millionaire philanthropists support educators. Learn how the social discourse nourished by noble women, the LGBTQ+ community, religious figures, artists, and women’s rights activists empowered the birth of Dr. Maria Montessori’s pedagogical method.
Extra Information: 2 hours. Taught in English. Select coursework in Italian for students enrolled in Italian modules.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Follow Dante Alighieri as he explores the otherworld in the Divine Comedy. Travel through medieval ideas of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Read about sins and infernal punishments, deserving deeds, and paradisal rewards. This course introduces you to the reading of one of the most famous literary texts of all times.
Extra Information: 2 hours. Taught in English. Select coursework in Italian for students enrolled in Italian modules.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 1030 or Italian 1033 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 1030 or Italian 1033 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 1030 or Italian 1033 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 1030 or Italian 1033 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Develop intercultural competence by examining individual experiences of learning and maintaining language and of integrating cultural heritage. Connect in-class learning about language acquisition, identity, memory and related issues with service-learning projects in London or the surrounding region. Taught in English and Italian.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 2500F/G, German 2500F/G, Spanish 2500F/G, Intercultural Communication 2500F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X, or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course, held mainly in Tuscany at Rondine Citadel of Peace, builds skills for understanding cultural differences and fosters awareness for social change in a global context. Intercultural competences, migration phenomena and peacebuilding will be approached in theory and practice through field experience as well as visual and written material.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 1045A/B (taught in conjunction with Italian 3040A/B).
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Taught in English. The course takes place in Italy during Intersession. See Department for information on application procedure.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course expands students' communicative skills, introduces idiomatic expressions and increases control of grammatical structures. Material will be drawn from authentic articles, websites and films. Discussion will be focused on cultural aspects of Italy's past and contemporary society.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X, or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 1.00
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Guided conversations in advanced Italian dealing with the hottest issues in contemporary Italy. Students will develop their communicative skills in Italian through discussion of a number of topics, ranging from social and political issues to TV and pop culture, fashion, food, sports.
Antirequisite(s): Italian 2220A/B.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Explore contemporary Italian literature and its masters such as Calvino, Ginzburg, Sciascia, Tabucchi, with a focus on particular aspects of Italian culture, and connections to other disciplines and literary traditions. Topics may include the relationship between literature and society, city versus country, nostalgia, desire, identity. Taught in Italian.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 2200, Italian 2202X or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Students will build on foundations in reading, writing, and researching in Italian through case studies concerning arts, literature, language, history, and identity. Focus on the distinctive traits of Italian cultures and their place in a global context.
Anti-requisite: Italian 2215 F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 2200 (or Italian 2202X) or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Explore the interplay between cinema and literature in Italian culture, focusing on the adaptation of great literary works into classic films. Students will be introduced to elements of semiotics that will allow them to appreciate and discuss the distinctive features of verbal and filmic narrative.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Note: Taught in Italian.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Journey through Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century. Focus on masters such as Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarch, Leopardi. Topics may include love, nature and power. Particular attention will be paid to the cultural connections with other disciplines and literary traditions. Taught in English and Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours. Note: Taught in English. Tutorial in Italian for Italian program students only.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Explore the Italian theatrical tradition through a selection of texts that may range from Commedia dell' Arte to modern and contemporary performances. Engage with a number of theatrical techniques and consider the style, characters and themes of Italian performance art.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 3362F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Note: Taught in English. Tutorial in Italian for Italian program students only.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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The Academic Internship is a 0.5 credit internship with a minimum of 60 hours. The internship will require students to make connections with academic study while undertaking supervised duties in organizations, businesses, or community groups with interests related to Italian.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 2200 (or Italian 2202X) and permission of the Department. Registration in the Major in Italian, with a minimum cumulative modular average of 75%. Approval of, and acceptance into, an internship placement.
Extra Information: Pass or Fail. Students accepted for an internship will arrange individual programs with supervising faculty. The student is required to a) maintain a suitable level of performance in the position as verified through evaluations and b) submit a midterm and a final report, demonstrating how the experience gained through the internship relates to coursework and program of study.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This seminar offers the opportunity for focused, advanced study. Topics may include canonical creative figures and their masterpieces, intersections of the visual, cinematographic, performing, musical and literary arts, and interdisciplinary, intermedial and epochal questions.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 2215F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Note: Taught in Italian.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult the Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Individual reading and research at an advanced level under faculty supervision. Students are responsible for arranging independent study credit with an individual faculty member. Taught in Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Individual reading and research at an advanced level under faculty supervision. Students are responsible for arranging independent study credit with an individual faculty member. Taught in Italian.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
Course Weight: 0.50
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In this capstone course, students develop their own research project with a specific historical or geographical perspective centred on a designated general theme. Students work in conjunction with peers and professors and choose their own medium of presentation ranging from the traditional to the experimental.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 4500F/G, German 4500F/G, Spanish 4500F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Italian 2215F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Italian 3300.