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 18 credit points at 100-level, 24 credit points at 200-level and 24 credit 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 54 credit points major comprising 6 credit points (civilisation) at 100-level, 24 credit points at 200-level and 24 credit 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.

Native or near-native speakers, whose major also consists of 54 credit points, will be granted waivers for ITAL151 and ITAL152. Such waivers will be granted only at the time of first enrolment in Italian, in accordance with the Program's policy and with the formal approval of the Italian co-ordinator or the Convenor of Program. Replacement subjects, to make up the 54 credit points for the major are to be chosen from the additional subjects listed below. Credit may be granted for language courses taken at university level in accordance with established University of Wollongong guidelines. Subject to the pre-requisites listed in the subject database, language and literature/civilisation subjects may be taken independently of one another, e.g. Italian 1A Language may be taken without also taking ITAL110.

Minor Study

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 (28 credit 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.

Honours

See Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Study Program

Subject Code	Subject Name	Credit Points	Session
100 level
ITAL151	Italian IA Language	6	Autumn
ITAL152	Italian IB Language	6	Spring
ITAL110	Italy and the Italians	6	N/O 2009
200 level
ITAL251	Italian IIA Language	8	Autumn
ITAL252	Italian IIB Language	8	Spring
LING210	Communicating in a Foreign Language	8	Autumn
300 level
ITAL351	Italian IIIA Language	8	Autumn
ITAL352	Italian IIB Language	8	Spring
LANG305	Literature and Society in Renaissance Europe	8	Autumn
Depending on availability, complementary subjects may be taken from
LANG371	Advanced Studies in Language/Culture A	8	Autumn/Spring
LANG372	Advanced Studies in Language/Culture B	8	Autumn/Spring
LANG373	Advanced Studies in Language/Culture C	8	Autumn/Spring
ITAL391	Italian Study Abroad A	8	Autumn/Spring/Summer (Italy)
ITAL392	Italian Study Abroad B	8	Autumn/Spring/Summer (Italy)
ITAL393	Italian Study Abroad C	8	Autumn/Spring/Summer (Italy)