Bachelor of Arts (Italian)

A major in Italian allows students to study the language, literature, and culture either as beginners or advanced learners. Students who enter the major at post-HSC or advanced levels will be exempted from some language subjects.

The purpose of the major is to provide a course of study which allows any student, regardless of their background in the discipline, to include in their degree a specialisation in Italian which will enable them to:

• comprehend normal spoken and written Italian in any situation;
• express themselves clearly and accurately in spoken and written Italian in a wide  range of situations;
• use their increasing knowledge of the foreign language to move from dependence on formal instruction to ongoing independent acquisition of linguistic proficiency;
• gather and synthesise information on topics of current  interest from different Italian language texts and in different media;
• recognise and respond personally to culture-specific information and cultural suppositions in Italian texts and to differences between Italian culture and their own cultural heritage;
• better understand the structure and the communicative resources of their own language;
• take the opportunity to include one or two semesters of study abroad at an exchange university in Italy as part of their Wollongong undergraduate degree.

Major Study

A major in Italian for beginners or near beginners consists of 66 credit points, and must include 18credit points at 100-level, 24credit points at 200-level and 24credit points at 300-level, as set out below. Students who have achieved a strong 2 Unit HSC pass or equivalent may choose to enter the language sequence at the level of ITAL251 and complete a 54credit points major comprising 6credit points (civilisation) at 100-level, 24credit points at 200-level and 24credit points at 300-level, as set out below. All students wishing to enter the Italian major at the level of ITAL251 or ITAL152 must obtain approval from the Italian co-ordinator.

Honours

See Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Minor study in Languages other than English (LOTE): Italian

A minor study in Italian consists of four sequential subjects in Italian.    The minor will consist of 28 or 32 credit points of language study (28credit points for students beginning at 100-level and 32 credit points for students beginning at upper levels).

Students may not cross-count any subjects from the minor in any other minor or major study.

Example:
A student beginner could take a minor by studying ITAL151, ITAL152, ITAL251 and ITAL252.
A student who had studied Italian to HSC level and was commencing university Italian at second year level could take a Minor by studying ITAL251, ITAL252, ITAL351 and ITAL352.

Whilst the minor will not be stipulated on the student’s testamur at graduation, it will be recorded on the academic transcript.

Study Program