Introduction to The Program
Italian Studies is an interdisciplinary program in the language, literature, history, music, theatre and art of Italy. Italian Studies coordinates the resources of the Departments of History, Literature, Music, Theatre and Dance, and Visual Arts, and offers students the opportunity to design a major, leading to a B.A., around the course offerings of these five departments.

Students in Italian Studies are encouraged to participate in the University of California Education Abroad Program (EAP), which is affiliated with the Universities of Padua, Venice and Bologna: this provides the possibility of a junior year abroad, including both language courses and courses dealing with various aspects of Italian studies. EAP credits may be transferred back to UCSD to coordinate with on-campus offerings.

The Major Program
A major in Italian Studies consists of a choice of twelve upper-division courses in literature, history, music, theatre, and visual arts approved for the program and listed below. Each of the three areas (literature, history and visual arts) must be represented in the student's program of study.

The particular courses making up each student's major will be selected in consultation with the program adviser. Literature 115 (Medieval Studies) is a required course for all Italian Studies majors.

The Minor Program
A minor in Italian Studies consists of seven upper-division courses from among those listed below (at least two each from literature, history and visual arts). Credit from the EAP program may be applied toward the minor.

2007-2008 Courses Offerings
*Courses can be petitioned for repeat credit

Fall 2007
LTIT 2A Intermediate Italian
LTIT 100 Intro/Literatures in Italian
LTWL 181 Italian Neorealism in Global Context
VIS 122CN Defining High Renaissance Art

Winter 2008
LTIT 2B Intermediate Italian II
LTIT 110 Italian Literature
*VIS 122F Leonardo's La Gioconda

Spring 2008
*HIEU 146 Fascism, Communism, and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy: Europe 1919-1945
LTIT 50 Advanced Italian
LTIT 115 Medieval Studies: Dante
LTIT 161 Advanced Stylistics & Conversation

For description of courses listed below, see appropriate departmental listing.

History
historyweb.ucsd.edu

HIEU 102 The Roman Republic
HIEU 113 Rule, Conflict and Dissent in the Middle Ages
HIEU 122 Politics, Italian Renaissance Style
HIEU 124 The City in Italy
HIEU 199 Independent Study for Undergraduates
 
Literature
literature.ucsd.edu

LTIT 1A-B-C Language of Italian Culture
LTIT 2A-B Advanced Italian
LTIT 50 Advanced Italian
LTIT 100 Introduction to Italian Literature
LTIT 110 Selected Topics in Italian Literature (may be repeated for credit as topics vary)
LTIT 115 Medieval Studies
LTIT 116 Sixteenth-Century Prose
LTIT 118 Italian Romanticism
LTIT 122 Studies in Modern Italian Culture
LTIT 136 Studies in Modern Italian Poetry
LTIT 137 Studies in Modern Italian Prose
LTIT 138 Contemporary Italian Thought
LTIT 140 Women in Italy
LTIT 143 Major Italian Authors
LTIT 150 Italian North American Culture
LTIT 161 Advanced Stylistics and Conversation
LTIT 190 Seminar
LTIT 196 Honors Thesis
LTIT 198 Directed Group Study
LTIT 199 Special Studies

Theatre
www-theatre.ucsd.edu

TDHT 104 Italian Comedy

Visual Arts
visarts.ucsd.edu

VIS 122BN Vision, Belief, and Civic Virtue: Italian Art of the Early Renaissance
VIS 122CN Defining High Renaissance Art
VIS 122DN Michelangelo
VIS 122E The City in Italy
VIS 128BN Topics in Early Modern Art History
VIS 129BN Special Problems in Early Modern Art History

Faculty
Frank Biess, Associate Professor, History
Nancy Caciola, Assistant Professor, History
Adriana de Marchi Gherini, Lecturer, Literature
Jack M. Greenstein, Associate Professor, Visual Arts
Stephanie Jed, Associate Professor, Literature
John Marino, Associate Professor/Chair, History
Carol Plantamura, Professor/Emeritus, Music
Pamela Radcliff, Associate Professor, History
Janet Smarr, Professor, Theater
Pasquale Verdicchio, Associate Professor, Literature
Robert Westman, Professor, History

Contact
CAESAR Program - Itailian Studies
Humanities & Social Sciences Building, Room 5070
9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093-0104
Email: kbondad@ucsd.edu

Last Update: 11/2/06