The BA in Foreign Languages and Literatures (FLL) provides students with a comprehensive knowledge of a specific language (or languages) and advanced familiarity with the cultural practices and traditions associated with the language(s) of specialization. The major in FLL enhances critical thinking and communication skills and provides students with a cross-cultural understanding of our contemporary world. The program allows students the flexibility to explore a single or dual language specialization as well as the opportunity to study culture through interdisciplinary fields of critical concentration, such as Comparative Cultural Studies, Film and Visual Culture, Intensive Area Studies, Literary Studies, and Medieval and Early Modern Studies. A major in FLL offers an excellent basis for a variety of careers, including graduate study in an area of foreign language and culture and/or in the humanities and social sciences, as well as careers in education, international development, diplomacy and government, national security, communications, law, journalism, arts and culture, publishing, and global business. Participation in UF study-abroad programs or a UF approved program is highly encouraged.

The Italian specialization of the Foreign Languages and Literatures major offers a basis for a broad variety of careers including arts and culture, fashion, business, international law, education, diplomacy, international relations, and journalism. The program also constitutes a strong foundation for graduate work in Italian Studies or related fields, allowing students to develop strengths in fields such as film studies, medieval studies, Mafia studies, Modernism, detective fiction, theater studies, Dante studies, and Animal Studies. Participation in UF study-abroad programs or a UF approved program is highly encouraged.

Coursework for the Major

The Italian specialization in Foreign Languages and Literatures consists of preparatory language study at the lower division (1000 and 2000 level), and 33 credits of advanced language, theory, and culture study in the upper division (3000 level and above).

All coursework for the major must be completed with minimum grades of C.

Required Foundation Coursework | 18 Credits

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
ITA 1130	Beginning Italian 1	5
ITA 1131	Beginning Italian 2	5
ITA 2220	Intermediate Italian 1	4
ITA 2221	Intermediate Italian 2	4
Total Credits		18

Required Core Coursework | 33 Credits

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Advanced Language and Culture
ITA 3420	Grammar and Composition 1	3
ITA 3243	Italian Conversation	3
Advanced Elective Coursework
Select 18 credits with at least 6 credits at the 4000 level and no more than 6 credits of ITT prefix courses:		18
ITA 3224	Italian Enhancement Section
ITA 3500	Italian Civilization
ITA 3564	Contemporary Italian Culture
ITA 3503	Naples: Culture and History
ITA 4905	Individual Work
ITA 4911	Undergraduate Research in Language or History/Culture in Italian
ITT 3431	Italy and Pilgrimages
ITT 3443	Dante's Inferno (English)
ITT 3521	Italian Cinema
ITT 3540	Murder Italian Style: Crime Fiction and Film in Italy
ITT 3541	Gangsters and Godfathers: Italian Mafia Movies
ITT 3700	The Demolition of Man: Italian Perspectives on the Jewish Holocaust
ITT 3930	Special Topics in Italian Literature and Culture
ITT 4911	Undergraduate Research in Italian in English Translation
ITW 3100	Introduction to Italian Literature 1
ITW 3101	Introduction to Italian Literature 2
ITW 3310	Italian Play
ITW 3460	Italian Literary Beginnings
ITW 3500	Boccaccio's Decameron
ITW 4026C	Representing the Humble Italy: Literature and Cinema of the Italian South
ITW 4253	Delitto all'italiana: Crime Fiction and Film in Italy
ITW 4330	Modern Italian Poetry
ITW 4484	Modern Italian Novel
ITW 4491	Italian Theater from the Renaissance to the Early Modern Era
ITW 4526	Mad Love in Modern Italian Literature
ITW 4580	Animals and Animality in Italian Culture
ITW 4600	Dante's Inferno
ITW 4911	Undergraduate Research in Literature in Italian
Critical Concentration
Although courses may appear in more than one group, they may be counted toward only one group
Select 9 credits from one area:		9
Intensive Area Studies: Italian Studies (Recommended for those planning to pursue careers requiring advanced level skills in Italian or graduate work in Italian studies)
Comparative Cultural Studies
Film and Visual Culture
Literary Studies
Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Total Credits		33

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Overseas Study

Students specializing in Italian are encouraged to participate in a study abroad for a summer or an entire semester. Students regularly participate in UF Programs in Rome or UF-approved study-abroad programs in other Italian cities or regions. Refer to UF International Center information and contact a department advisor for study abroad recommendations.
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Placement

In all languages, students with either a native background in the language or prior study in that language might be eligible to place out of the preparatory language courses and should meet with the undergraduate coordinator to arrange for placement assessment.

Research

Students with an upper-division GPA of 3.5 are encouraged to write a thesis for high or highest honors at graduation.

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Critical Tracking records each student’s progress in courses that are required for progress toward each major. Please note the critical-tracking requirements below on a per-semester basis.

For degree requirements outside of the major, refer to CLAS Degree Requirements: Structure of a CLAS Degree.

Equivalent critical-tracking courses as determined by the State of Florida Common Course Prerequisites may be used for transfer students.

Semester 1

• 2.0 UF GPA required

Semester 2

• 2.0 UF GPA required

Semester 3

• Complete ITA 1130 or higher-level Italian Language course with a minimum grade of C
• 2.0 UF GPA required

Semester 4

• Complete ITA 1131 or higher-level Italian Language course with a minimum grade of C and a 2.5 critical-tracking GPA
• 2.0 UF GPA required

Semester 5

• Complete ITA 2220 or a higher-level Italian Language course with a minimum grade of C and a 2.5 critical-tracking GPA
• 2.0 UF GPA required

SEMESTER 6

• Complete ITA 2221
• Complete 1 Critical Concentration course
• 2.0 UF GPA required

SEMESTER 7

• Complete ITA 3420
• Complete 2 ITA/ITW 3xxx/4xxx advanced electives
• Complete 2 Critical Concentration courses
• 2.0 UF GPA required

SEMESTER 8

• Complete ITA 3243
• Complete all remaining FLL-Italian 3xxx/4xxx advanced electives
• 2.0 UF GPA required

Students are expected to complete the Writing Requirement while in the process of taking the courses below. Students are also expected to complete the General Education International (GE-N) and Diversity (GE-D) requirements concurrently with another General Education requirement (typically, GE-C, H, or S).

3000 level or above critical concentration courses outside of Italian may count toward the 3000 level or above electives outside of the major.

To remain on track, students must complete the appropriate critical-tracking courses, which appear in bold. These courses must be completed by the terms as listed above in the Critical Tracking criteria.

This semester plan represents an example progression through the major. Actual courses and course order may be different depending on the student's academic record and scheduling availability of courses. Prerequisites still apply.

Plan of Study Grid

Semester One		Credits
ITA 1130	Beginning Italian 1 (Critical Tracking; CLAS Foreign Language Proficiency Requirement)	5
State Core Gen Ed Composition; Writing Requirement		3
State Core Gen Ed Humanities		3
State Core Gen Ed Mathematics		3
	Credits	14
Semester Two
Quest 1 (Gen Ed Humanities)		3
ITA 1131	Beginning Italian 2 (Critical Tracking; CLAS Foreign Language Proficiency Requirement)	5
State Core Gen Ed Biological or Physical Sciences		3
State Core Gen Ed Social and Behavioral Sciences		3
	Credits	14
Semester Three
ITA 2220	Intermediate Italian 1 (Critical Tracking)	4
Gen Ed Biological 1		3
Gen Ed Physical Sciences 1		3
Gen Ed Social and Behavioral Sciences 1		3
Natural Science Laboratory 2		1
	Credits	14
Semester Four
ITA 2221	Intermediate Italian 2 (Critical Tracking)	4
Gen Ed Composition; Writing Requirement		3
Gen Ed Humanities		3
Electives (3000 level or above, not in major)		6
	Credits	16
Semester Five
ITA 3420	Grammar and Composition 1 (Critical Tracking)	3
Critical concentration course (Critical Tracking)		3
Gen Ed Biological or Physical Sciences (area not taken in semester two)		3
Advanced electives (3000 level or above, in the major)		6
	Credits	15
Semester Six
ITA 3243	Italian Conversation (Critical Tracking)	3
Gen Ed Social and Behavioral Sciences		3
Advanced elective (Critical Tracking; in the major)		3
Elective (3000 level or above, not in major)		3
Electives		4
	Credits	16
Semester Seven
Critical concentration course (Critical Tracking)		3
Advanced elective (Critical Tracking, in the major)		3
Advanced elective (Critical Tracking; 4000 level or above, in the major)		3
Elective (3000 level or above, not in major)		3
Electives		4
	Credits	16
Semester Eight
Critical concentration course (Critical Tracking)		3
Advanced elective (Critical Tracking; 4000 level or above, in the major)		3
Gen Ed Mathematics		3
Electives		6
	Credits	15
	Total Credits	120

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One General Education option taken this term must be a Quest 2 course.

²

Natural science laboratory: A one-credit science lab with a minimum grade of C is required. Students can elect a laboratory course that is approved for the General Education Physical or Biological Sciences requirement or any psychology laboratory. (Most laboratory courses cannot be taken without prerequisite or corequisite courses.)

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9 Credits from one Concentration

Although courses may appear in more than one group, they may be counted toward only one group.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Intensive Area Studies: Italian
Recommended for those planning to pursue careers requiring advanced level skills in Italian or graduate work in Italian studies
ITA 3224	Italian Enhancement Section	1-5
ITA 3500	Italian Civilization	3
ITA 3503	Naples: Culture and History	3
ITA 3564	Contemporary Italian Culture	3
ITT 3431	Italy and Pilgrimages	3
ITT 3443	Dante's Inferno (English)	3
ITT 3521	Italian Cinema	4
ITT 3540	Murder Italian Style: Crime Fiction and Film in Italy	3
ITT 3541	Gangsters and Godfathers: Italian Mafia Movies	3
ITT 3700	The Demolition of Man: Italian Perspectives on the Jewish Holocaust	3
ITT 3930	Special Topics in Italian Literature and Culture	3
ITW 3100	Introduction to Italian Literature 1	3
ITW 3101	Introduction to Italian Literature 2	3
ITW 3310	Italian Play	3
ITW 3460	Italian Literary Beginnings	3
ITW 3500	Boccaccio's Decameron	3
ITW 4026C	Representing the Humble Italy: Literature and Cinema of the Italian South	3
ITW 4253	Delitto all'italiana: Crime Fiction and Film in Italy	3
ITW 4330	Modern Italian Poetry	3
ITW 4484	Modern Italian Novel	3
ITW 4491	Italian Theater from the Renaissance to the Early Modern Era	3
ITW 4526	Mad Love in Modern Italian Literature	3
ITW 4580	Animals and Animality in Italian Culture	3
ITW 4600	Dante's Inferno	3
Comparative Cultural Studies
ABT 3500	Arabic Culture	3
ABT 4131	The Qur'an as Literature	3
ARA 3510	The Arab Woman	3
CHI 3403	Chinese Calligraphy	3
CHT 3500	Chinese Culture	3
CHT 3510	All the Tea in China	3
CHT 3513	Taoism and Chinese Culture	3
CZT 3564	Modern Czech Culture and Society	3
FRT 3004	Monuments and Masterpieces of France	3
FRT 3561	Women in French Literature and/or Cinema	3-4
FRT 4500	East-West Encounters	3
GET 3003	German Culture and Civilization 1	3
GET 3004	Modern German Culture and Civilization	3
GET 3200	Medieval Literary Culture	3
GET 3201	Early Modern Literary Culture	3
GET 3501	History, Literature and Arts of Berlin	3
GET 3201	Early Modern Literary Culture	3
GET 3501	History, Literature and Arts of Berlin	3
GET 3580	Representations of War in Literature and Visual Media	3
GET 3930	Variable Topics in German Studies (German Fairy Tales)	3
GEW 4401	Cities as Cultural Centers	3
HAI 3930	Topics in Haitian Language and Culture	3
HAT 3503	Haitian Culture and Literature in Translation	3
HAT 3564	Haitian Culture and Society	3
HAT 3700	Introduction to Haitian Creole Linguistics	3
ITT 3431	Italy and Pilgrimages	3
ITT 3443	Dante's Inferno (English)	3
ITT 3540	Murder Italian Style: Crime Fiction and Film in Italy	3
ITT 3541	Gangsters and Godfathers: Italian Mafia Movies	3
ITT 3700	The Demolition of Man: Italian Perspectives on the Jewish Holocaust	3
ITT 3930	Special Topics in Italian Literature and Culture	3
JMT 3500	Jamaican Creole, Reggae, and Rastafari	3
JPT 3500	Japanese Culture	3
JPT 3521	Monsters and Horror in Japan	3
JPT 3702	Japanese Visual Culture	3
JPT 4502	Japanese Folklore	3
JPT 4510	Representations of Japan's Modern Empire	3
RUT 3443	War and Peace	3
RUT 3500	Russian Cultural Heritage	3
RUT 3501	Contemporary Russian Culture and Society	3
RUT 3503	Violence and Terror in the Russian Experience	3
RUT 3504	Russia Today	3
RUT 3506	Creative Lives: Writers, Artists, and Extraordinary People	3
RUT 3514	Russian Fairy Tales	3
RUT 3530	Russia's Struggle with Nature: Legacies of Destruction and Preservation	3
RUT 3600	The Twentieth Century through Slavic Eyes	3
RUT 4450	Russian Modernism	3
VTT 3500	Vietnamese Culture	3
YOT 3500	Yoruba Diaspora in the New World	3
Film and Visual Culture
CHI 4930	Special Topics in Chinese Studies	3
CHT 3391	Chinese Film and Media	3
CHT 3523	Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the New Global Cinema	4
FRT 3520	French Cinema	4
FRT 3561	Women in French Literature and/or Cinema	3-4
FRT 4500	East-West Encounters	3
FRT 4523	European Identities, European Cinemas	4
GET 3520	Early German Cinema to 1945	4
GET 3580	Representations of War in Literature and Visual Media	3
GET 4521	Women and German Cinema	4
GET 4523	New Cinema 1945 to the Present	4
GET 4930	Variable Topics in German Studies	3
HBR 4930	Special Topics	3
ITT 3521	Italian Cinema	4
ITT 3540	Murder Italian Style: Crime Fiction and Film in Italy	3
ITT 3541	Gangsters and Godfathers: Italian Mafia Movies	3
ITT 3930	Special Topics in Italian Literature and Culture	3
JPN 4930	Special Topics in Japanese Studies	3
JPT 3391	Introduction to Japanese Film	4
JPT 3521	Monsters and Horror in Japan	3
JPT 3702	Japanese Visual Culture	3
RUT 3524	Russia through Film	3
SSA 4930	Special Topics in African Studies (African Film)	3
Literary Studies
ABT 3130	Arabic Literary Heritage 1	3
ABT 4131	The Qur'an as Literature	3
CHI 4930	Special Topics in Chinese Studies	3
CHT 3110	Chinese Literary Heritage	3
CHT 3123	Pre-Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation	3
CHT 3124	Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation	3
CHT 3302	Tales of the Strange in Medieval Chinese Literature	3
CHT 3511	Chinese Martial Arts Fiction	3
CHT 4111	Dream of the Red Chamber	3
CHT 4603	Journey to the West	3
FRT 3004	Monuments and Masterpieces of France	3
FRT 3561	Women in French Literature and/or Cinema	3-4
GET 3200	Medieval Literary Culture	3
GET 3201	Early Modern Literary Culture	3
GET 3501	History, Literature and Arts of Berlin	3
GET 3580	Representations of War in Literature and Visual Media	3
GET 3930	Variable Topics in German Studies (German Fairy Tales)	3
GET 4930	Variable Topics in German Studies	3
HAT 3503	Haitian Culture and Literature in Translation	3
HBR 4930	Special Topics	3
HBT 3223	Identity and Dissent in the Hebrew Short Story	3
ITT 3431	Italy and Pilgrimages	3
ITT 3443	Dante's Inferno (English)	3
ITT 3540	Murder Italian Style: Crime Fiction and Film in Italy	3
ITT 3700	The Demolition of Man: Italian Perspectives on the Jewish Holocaust	3
ITT 3930	Special Topics in Italian Literature and Culture	3
JPT 3100	Tales of Kyoto	3
JPT 3120	Modern Japanese Fiction in Translation	3
JPT 3121	Contemporary Japanese Literature: Postwar to Postmodern	3
JPT 3140	Modern Women Writers	3
JPT 3150	Classical Japanese Poetry	3
JPT 3300	Samurai War Tales	3
JPT 3330	Early Modern Japanese Literature	3
JPT 3521	Monsters and Horror in Japan	3
JPT 4130	The Tale of Genji	3
JPT 4502	Japanese Folklore	3
JPT 4510	Representations of Japan's Modern Empire	3
PLT 3930	Special Topics in Polish Studies	3
RUT 3101	Russian Masterpieces	3
RUT 3441	Tolstoy and Dostoevsky	3
RUT 3442	Themes from Russian Literature	3
RUT 3443	War and Peace	3
RUT 3452	Russian Literature of the Twentieth Century	3
RUT 3503	Violence and Terror in the Russian Experience	3
RUT 3506	Creative Lives: Writers, Artists, and Extraordinary People	3
RUT 3514	Russian Fairy Tales	3
RUT 3530	Russia's Struggle with Nature: Legacies of Destruction and Preservation	3
RUT 3600	The Twentieth Century through Slavic Eyes	3
RUT 3930	Variable Topics in Russian Studies	3
RUT 4440	Pushkin and Gogol	3
RUT 4450	Russian Modernism	3
SST 4502	African Oral Literature	3
SSW 3303	Swahili Oral Literature	3
SSW 4713	African Women Writers	3
VTN 4930	Special Topics in Vietnamese Studies	3
Medieval and Early Modern Studies
ARA 3510	The Arab Woman	3
CHT 3110	Chinese Literary Heritage	3
CHT 3123	Pre-Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation	3
CHT 3302	Tales of the Strange in Medieval Chinese Literature	3
CHT 3511	Chinese Martial Arts Fiction	3
CHT 3513	Taoism and Chinese Culture	3
CHT 4111	Dream of the Red Chamber	3
CHT 4603	Journey to the West	3
GET 3200	Medieval Literary Culture	3
GET 3201	Early Modern Literary Culture	3
ITT 3431	Italy and Pilgrimages	3
ITT 3443	Dante's Inferno (English)	3
JPT 3300	Samurai War Tales	3
JPT 3330	Early Modern Japanese Literature	3
JPT 3521	Monsters and Horror in Japan	3
MEM 3003	Introduction to the Medieval World	3
MEM 3300	Castles and Cloisters: An Introduction to Medieval Communities	3
MEM 3301	Palaces and Cities: An Introduction to Early Modern Communities	3
MEM 3730	Studies in the Holy Roman Empire	3
MEM 3931	Variable Topics in Medieval and Early Modern Studies	3

The Foreign Languages and Literatures (FLL) major enables students to achieve communicative competence in their language(s) of specialization. Students will become knowledgeable in the culture and literature and/or linguistics associated with their language area(s) such that they will be able to critically analyze and evaluate authentic sources in the target language(s) and formulate independent, critical perspectives in the target language(s). Further, students will learn the intercultural skills and practical know-how necessary to negotiate traveling, studying, and living in the target culture(s).

Before Graduating Students Must

• Satisfy the Florida statutes for the College-Level Academic Skills Requirement.
• Complete requirements for the baccalaureate degree, as determined by faculty.
• Achieve one or more of the following, as determined by their specialization within the FLL program: an acceptable score on a language proficiency test and/or a satisfactory faculty evaluation of a term paper, final project, or oral presentation completed for a selected advanced course.

Students in the Major Will Learn to

Student Learning Outcomes | SLOs

Content

1. Describe and define cultural concepts, literary production, and/or linguistic structure in language(s) of specialization.

Critical Thinking

2. Analyze, interpret, and evaluate texts according to their cultural, literary, and/or linguistic content.

Communication

3. Express critical competence in relation to the culture(s) of specialization through performance of comprehensive analysis in written and oral form.
4. Display oral and written proficiency in language(s) of specialization.

Curriculum Map

I = Introduced; R = Reinforced; A = Assessed

Academic Learning Compact 4

Courses	SLO 1	SLO 2	SLO 3	SLO 4
Category A1	I, R	I	I	I, R, A
Category B2	I, R, A	I, R, A	I, R, A

¹

Courses focus on the acquisition of the language(s) of specialization at the advanced level.

²

Courses address literary, cultural, cinematic, historical, and/or social questions.

Assessment Types

• Proficiency exams
• Term papers or final projects
• Oral presentations

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