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    Foreign Languages and Literatures

    The Italian specialization in Foreign Languages and Literatures provides the linguistic and cultural knowledge students need to understand and appreciate the language, literature, cinema, history, and society of the Italian peninsula. Courses reflect the complex cultural traditions of this Mediterranean nation from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the modern period.

    About this Major

    To graduate with this major, students must complete all university, college, and major requirements.


    Critical TrackingModel Semester Plan

    The B.A. 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, 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.


    Foreign Languages and Literatures Options

    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 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.

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    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 hours 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

    • ITA 1130 Beginning Italian 1, 5 credits
    • ITA 1131 Beginning Italian 2, 5 credits
    • ITA 2220 Intermediate Italian 1, 4 credits
    • ITA 2221 Intermediate Italian 2, 4 credits

    Required Core Coursework: 33 credits

    Advanced Language and Culture: 6 credits

    • ITA 3420 Grammar and Composition, 3 credits
    • ITA 3564 Contemporary Italian Culture, 3 credits

    Advanced Elective Coursework: 18 credits with at least 6 credits at the 4000 level and no more than 6 credits of ITT prefix courses allowed

    • ITA 3224 Italian Enhancement, 1-5 credits
    • ITA 3500 Italian Civilization, 3 credits
    • ITA 4905 Individual Work, 3 credits max.
    • ITA 4911 Undergraduate Research in Language or History/Culture in Italian, 3 credits max.
    • ITT 3431 Italy and Pilgrimages, 3 credits
    • ITT 3521 Italian Cinema, 4 credits
    • ITT 3540 Murder Italian Style: Crime Fiction and Film in Italy, 3 credits
    • ITT 3541 Italian Mafia Movies, 3 credits
    • ITT 3700 Demolition of Man: Italian Perspectives on the Jewish Holocaust, 3 credits
    • ITT 3930 Special Topics in Italian, 3 credits
    • ITT 4911 Undergraduate Research in Italian in English Translation, 3 credits max.
    • ITW 3100 Introduction to Italian Lit. 1, 3 credits
    • ITW 3101 Introduction to Italian Lit. 2, 3 credits
    • ITW 3310 Italian Play Production, 3 credits
    • ITW 4026C Representing Humble Italy: Literature & Cinema of Italian South, 3 credits
    • ITW 4253 Delitto all’italiana: Crime Fiction and Film in Italy, 3 credits
    • ITW 4491 Italian Theater: Renaissance to Early Modern Era, 3 credits
    • ITW 4526 Mad Love in Modern Italian Literature, 3 credits
    • ITW 4600 Dante’s Inferno, 3 credits
    • • ITW 4911 Undergraduate Research in Literature in Italian, 3 credits max.

    Critical Concentration: 9 credits from one concentration
    Although courses may appear in more than one group they may be counted toward only one group

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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.

    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

    Critical Tracking records each student’s progress in courses that are required for entry to 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
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    Model Semester Plan

    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).

    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.

    Semester 1 Credits
    ITA 1130 Beginning Italian 1 5
    Biological or Physical Science
    State Core GE-B or P
    3
    Composition
    State Core GE-C; WR
    3
    Social and Behavioral Sciences
    State Core GE-S
    3
    Total 14
    Semester 2 Credits
    ITA 1131 Beginning Italian 2 5
    IUF 1000 What is the Good Life
    GE-H
    3​
    Biological or Physical Science
    Area not taken in semester 1, GE-B or P
    3
    Mathematics
    State Core GE-M
    3
    Science laboratory
    GE-P or B
    1
    Total 15
    Semester 3 Credits
    ITA 2220 Intermediate Italian 1 4
    Humanities
    State Core GE-H
    3
    Mathematics
    GE-M
    3
    Physical Science
    GE-P
    3
    Social and Behavioral Sciences
    GE-S
    3
    Total 16
    Semester 4 Credits
    ITA 2221 Intermediate Italian 2 4
    Advanced elective
    3000 level or above, in the major
    3
    Electives
    3000 level or above, not in major
    6
    Social and Behavioral Sciences
    GE-S and D
    3
    Total 16
    Semester 5 Credits
    ITA 3420 Advanced Italian Grammar and Composition 3
    Critical Concentration course 3
    Biological Science
    GE-B
    3
    Composition
    GE-C; WR
    3
    Advanced elective
    3000 level or above; in the major
    3
    Total 15
    Semester 6 Credits
    ITA 3564 Contemporary Italian Culture
    GE-H and N
    3
    Advanced elective
    3000 level or above; in the major
    3
    Elective
    3000 level or above, not in major
    3
    Electives 5
    Total 14
    Semester 7 Credits
    Critical Concentration course 3
    Advanced elective
    3000 level or above; in the major
    3
    Advanced elective
    4000 level or above; in the major
    3
    Elective
    3000 level or above, not in major
    3
    Elective or
    Senior thesis option
    3
    Total 15
    Semester 8 Credits
    Critical Concentration course 3
    Advanced elective
    4000 level or above; in the major
    3
    Electives
    3000 level or above, not in major
    6
    Elective 3
    Total 15
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    Critical Concentration Courses: 9 credits from one concentration

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

    Course 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 1-5
    ITA 3500 Italian Civilization 3
    ITT 3431 Italy & Pilgrimages 3
    ITT 3521 Italian Cinema 3
    ITT 3540 Murder Italian Style: Crime Fiction/Film in Italy 3
    ITT 3541 Italian Mafia Movies 3
    ITT 3700 Italian Perspectives on the Jewish Holocaust 3
    ITT 3930 Special Topics Italian 3
    ITW 3100 Intro. to Italian Lit 1 3
    ITW 3101 Intro. to Italian Literature 2 2
    ITW 3310 Italian Play Production 3
    ITW 4026C Representing Humble Italy: Lit. & Cinema of Italian South 3
    ITW 4253 Delitto all’italiana: Crime Fiction 3
    ITW 4491 Italian Theater: Renaissance to Early Modern 3
    ITW 4526 Mad Love in Mod. Italian Lit. 3
    ITW 4600 Dante’s Inferno 3
    Comparative Cultural Studies
    ABT 3500 Arabic Culture 3
    ABT 4131 The Qu’ran as Literature 3
    ARA 3510 The Arab Woman 3
    CHT 3500 Chinese Culture 3
    CHT 3513 Taoism & Chinese Culture 3
    CZT 3564 Modern Czech Culture & Society 3
    FRT 3004 Monuments & Masterpieces of France 3
    FRT 3561 Women in French Lit/Cinema 3-4
    GET 3003 German Culture & Civilization 1 3
    GET 3004 Modern German Culture & Civilization 3
    HAI 3930 Haitian Culture & Society 3
    HAT 3564 Haitian Culture & Society 3
    ITT 3540 Crime Fiction & Film in Italy 3
    ITT 3700 Italian Perspectives on Holocaust 3
    ITT 3930 Special Topics in Italian 3
    JPT 3500 Japanese Culture 3
    JPT 4502 Japanese Folklore 3
    RUT 3501 Cont. Russian Culture & Society 3
    RUT 3503 Violence & Terror in Russian Experience 3
    RUT 3504 Russia Today 3
    RUT 3514 Russian Fairy Tales 3
    RUT 3530 Russia's Struggle with Nature 3
    RUT 4450 Russian Modernism 3
    VTT 3500 Vietnamese Culture 3
    YOT 3500 Yoruba Diaspora in New World 3
    Film and Visual Culture
    CHI 4930 Special Topics in Chinese 3
    CHT 3391 Chinese Film and Media 4
    CHT 3523 Hong Kong, Taiwan and Global Cinema 4
    FRT 3520 French Cinema 4
    FRT 3561 Women in French Lit/Cinema 4
    FRT 4523 Euro Identities, Euro Cinema 4
    GET 3520 Early German Cinema 4
    GET 3580 War in Lit/Visual Media 3
    GET 3581 Lit and Arts of the Holocaust 3
    GET 4291 Women and German Cinema 4
    GET 4293 New German Cinema 4
    GET 4930 Variable Topics in German 3
    HBR 4930 Special Topics 3
    ITT 3521 Italian Cinema 4
    ITT 3540 Crime Fiction & Film in Italy 3
    ITT 3541 Italian Mafia Movies 3
    ITT 3930 Special Topics in Italian 3
    JPN 4930 Special Topics in Japanese 3
    JPT 3391 Intro to Japanese Film 4
    PLT 3520 Polish Cinema 4
    RUT 3524 Russia Through Film 4
    SSA 4930 Special Topics: African Film 3
    Literary Studies
    ABT 3130 Arabic Literary Heritage 3
    ABT 4131 The Qu’ran as Literature 3
    CHI 4930 Special Topics in Chinese 3
    CHT 3110 Chinese Literary Heritage 3
    CHT 3123 Pre-modern Chinese Fiction 3
    CHT 3124 Modern Chinese Fiction 3
    CHT 4111 Dream of the Red Chamber 3
    CHT 4603 Journey to the West 3
    FRT 3004 Monuments & Masterpieces of France 3
    FRT 3561 Women in French Lit/Cinema 3-4
    GET 3200 Literature of Knighthood 3
    GET 3501 History, Literature, Arts of Berlin 3
    GET 3580 War in Lit/Visual Media 3
    GET 3581 Lit and Arts of the Holocaust 3
    GET 4930 Variable Topics in German 3
    HBR 4930 Special Topics in Hebrew 3
    HBT 3223 Identity/Dissent in Hebrew Short Story 3
    HBT 3562 Jews & Arabs in Mod. Hebrew Fiction 3
    HBT 3563 Women in Mod. Hebrew Fiction 3
    HBT 3564 Motherhood Mod. Hebrew Lit. 3
    ITT 3431 Italy & Pilgrimages 3
    ITT 3540 Crime Fiction & Film in Italy 3
    ITT 3700 Italian Perspectives Holocaust 3
    ITT 3930 Special Topics Italian 3
    JPT 3100 Tales of Kyoto 3
    JPT 3120 Modern Japanese Fiction in Translation 3
    JPT 3121 Contemporary Japanese Lit.: Postwar to Postmodern 3
    JPT 3150 Classical Japanese Poetry 3
    JPT 3300 Samurai War Tales 3
    JPT 4130 Tale of Genji 3
    JPT 4502 Japanese Folklore 3
    PLT 3930 Special Topics in Polish 3
    RUT 3101 Russian Masterpieces 3
    RUT 3441 Tolstoy & Dostoevsky 3
    RUT 3442 Themes from Russian Lit. 3
    RUT 3443 War and Peace 3
    RUT 3452 20th c. Russian Literature 3
    RUT 3503 Violence & Terror in Russian 3
    RUT 3506 Creative Lives: Writers, Artists and Extraordinary People 3
    RUT 3514 Russian Fairy Tales 3
    RUT 3530 Russia’s Struggle with Nature 3
    RUT 3930 Variable Topics Russian 3
    RUT 4440 Pushkin & Gogol 3
    RUT 4450 Russian Modernism 3
    SST 4502 African Oral Literatures 3
    SSW 4713 African Women Writers 3
    YOR 4502 Yoruba Oral Literatures 3
    Medieval and Early Modern Studies
    ARA 3510 The Arab Woman 3
    CHT 3123 Pre-modern Chinese 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 Literature of Knighthood 3
    ITT 3431 Italy and Pilgrimages 3
    JPT 3300 Samurai War Tales 3
    MEM 3003 Intro to Medieval World 3
    MEM 3300 Castles and Cloisters 3
    MEM 3301 Palaces and Cities 3
    MEM 3730 Studies in Holy Roman Empire 3
    MEM 3805 Research Methods in Medieval & Early Modern 3
    MEM 3931 Topics Medieval & Early Modern 3
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majors: italian-fll