Italian Studies, B.A.

1. Six semester hours taken from:

• ITAL 2301 - Second Year Italian I Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 2302 - Second-Year Italian II Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 2601 - Accelerated Italian Second Year Credit Hours: 6.0

2. Nine semester hours in courses

Taught in Italian, or courses that require a substantial amount of written work in Italian, selected from

• ITAL 3301 - Reading in Italian Literature to the Eighteenth Century Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 3302 - Reading in Italian Literature since Eighteenth Century Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 3303 - Italian Conversation and Composition Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 3304 - Culture of Italy Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 3305 - Italian Culture Through Films Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 3307 - Italian Renaissance Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 3308 - Italian Heritage Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 3335 - Survey of Italian Literature Credit Hours: 3.0 (See Notes)
• ITAL 3345 - Theater in Italy: Text, Audience, and Performance Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 4308 - Dante and His World Credit Hours: 3.0 (See Notes)
• ITAL 3309 - Women Writers and Filmmakers of Modern Italy Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 4304 - Italian Culture in English Translation Credit Hours: 3.0

3. Select one from

• ITAL 3335 - Survey of Italian Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 4308 - Dante and His World Credit Hours: 3.0

4. Twelve semester hours selected from

(students can also substitute courses listed in item 2 that have not been taken or other courses with the consent of the program director).

• ARCH 3354 - The Culture of Architecture Credit Hours: 3.0
• CLAS 4381 - Latin Classics in Translation Credit Hours: 3.0
• CLAS 3374 - Women in the Ancient World Credit Hours: 3.0
• CLAS 3341 - The Roman Republic Credit Hours: 3.0
• CLAS 3350 - Law and Society in Ancient Rome Credit Hours: 3.0
• CLAS 3307 - Greek and Roman Myths of Heroes Credit Hours: 3.0
• CLAS 3308 - Myths and Cult of the Greek Gods Credit Hours: 3.0
• ENGL 4330 - European Renaissance Credit Hours: 3.0
• HIST 3340 - Ancient Rome Credit Hours: 3.0
• HIST 3395 - Sel Top-European Hist Credit Hours: 3.0

• Topic:

  • Ancient World Through Films
• HIST 4330 - Flowering of the Middle Ages Credit Hours: 3.0
• MUSI 3300 - Listening to Music Masterworks Credit Hours: 3.0
• MUSI 3301 - Listening to World Music Credit Hours: 3.0
• MUSI 4380 - Opera Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
• THEA 3335 - History of the Theatre I Credit Hours: 3.0
• THEA 3336 - History of the Theatre II Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 2351 - World Cultures Through Literature and Art Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 2352 - World Cinema Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 4351 - Frames of Modernity I Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 4352 - Frames of Modernity II - Postmodernity and Globalization Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 4353 - Frames of Modernity III: Classics and Modernity Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 4356 - World Film & Film Theory Credit Hours: 3.0

Note(s):

• Italian Studies majors must earn at least a 2.00 grade point average in all Italian courses counting toward the major and attempted at the University of Houston.
• Students who have not taken their first three semesters of Italian at the University of Houston (including those with two or more years of high school Italian, Heritage Learning students, returning from study abroad, etc.) must take a placement examination and see a department advisor before enrolling in Italian courses. The placement exam is available at the Testing Center year round.
• Credit may be awarded by examination for courses at the 2000- and 3000-level. For information see the departmental advisor.
• Students who have taken the IB or AP Italian Exam may also be able to receive credit for some courses. They should consult the following: Credit by Examination .
• Transfer students must take at least 9 semester hours of advanced Italian course work in residence to qualify for a bachelor’s degree with a major in Italian Studies.
• ITAL 3335 and ITAL 4308 do not require substantial knowledge of Italian and can be taken even during the First Year. Majors and Minors in Italian must take at least one of the two.