University General Course Catalog 2021-2022

Nov 21, 2024

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Italian Studies, Minor

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The College of Liberal Arts offers an undergraduate minor in Italian Studies under the direction of the Department of World Languages and Literatures. Twenty-one units are required, 12 of which must be core language courses taken through the department with course prefix ITAL. Nine units of 200-level and above related electives may be selected from broader historical and cultural importance in other departments. USAC and other approved study abroad programs may be used to complete the minor.

Contact Information

Erica Westhoff, Ph.D.
Department of World Languages and Literatures
241N Edmund J Cain Hall
(775) 682-8883
ewestfhoff@unr.edu

College of Liberal Arts Advising: https://www.unr.edu/liberal-arts/student-resources/academic-advising

I. Program Requirements (21 units)

A. Language Requirements (12 units)

ITAL 212 - Second Year Italian II (3 units)
ITAL 305 - Italian Composition I (3 units)
ITAL 306 - Italian Composition II (3 units)
ITAL 309 - Italian Conversation (1 to 3 units) (3 units required)

B. Minor Electives (9 units)

1. Electives (pre-approval by an advisor not required)

ART 464 - High Renaissance and Mannerist Art (3 units)
ART 468 - History of Baroque Art II (3 units)
ART 476 - Propagandistic Art: 1925-1945 (3 units)
HIST 384 - The Italian Renaissance (3 units)
HIST 384A - Contemporary Italy: Mobsters, Priests, Patriots, and Divas (3 units)
HIST 408A - World War II Goes to the Movies (3 units)
HIST 454A - Topics in Italian Renaissance (3 units)
HIST 464 - Europe: 1914-Present (3 units) CO11, CO13
HIST 466A - The History of Fascism (3 units) CO11, CO13
ITAL 221 - Italy and Its Culture (3 units) CO11
ITAL 321 - Italian Culture and Civilization (3 units) (course offered via USAC study abroad only)
ITAL 462 - Dante Divine Comedy (3 units) (course offered via USAC study abroad only)
ITAL 494 - Italian Cinema (3 units) (course offered via USAC study abroad only)
PSC 407A - Political Systems of Western Europe (3 units)

2. Electives (pre-approval by an advisor required)

ANTH 425 - Anthropology of Europe (3 units) CO11
ANTH 441A - Archaeology of the Old World (3 units)
ART 260 - Survey of Art History I (3 units) CO7
ART 261 - Survey of Art History II (3 units) CO7, CO11
ART 484 - Gender and Art History (3 units) CO11
GEOG 482 - Europe (3 units)
HIST 491B - Women in Medieval Culture and Society (3 units) CO10, CO13
PSC 405J - The European Union (3 units)