Italian Studies

Coordinator: Professor Dario Del Puppo (Language and Culture Studies)

The minor in Italian studies introduces students to the complexities of an area that has been traditionally significant for Western civilization and that retains a unique historical, literary, and artistic patrimony.

Course requirements:

Students take six courses in three categories of inquiry. At least one course, but no more than three courses, may be taken in any one category. An interdisciplinary civilization course, ITAL 236 or ROME 345, is required of all students. Courses in the Italian language must be beyond the introductory level (101-102) to count toward the minor. In addition to the courses listed below, other courses given by visiting faculty may count toward the minor. Only courses in which the student receives a grade of at least a C- may be applied to the requirements of the minor. Students are encouraged to study away at the Rome campus, where they will be able to take courses toward the minor. Majors in Italian may not take this minor.

Hartford campus

• The arts
  • AHIS 101. Introduction to the History of Art in the West I
  • AHIS 102. Introduction to the History of Art in the West II
  • AHIS 223. Medieval Art and Architecture
  • AHIS 234. Early Renaissance Art in Italy
  • AHIS 236. High Renaissance Art in Italy
  • AHIS 241. 17th–Century Art I: The South
  • AHIS 334. Renaissance Art
  • AHIS 395. Rome, On Art and Architectural History
• History, politics, and religion
  • HIST 112. Europe in the Middle Ages
  • HIST 113. Europe 1300-1750
  • HIST 116. The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic
  • HIST 204. The Crusades
  • HIST 212. The Crusades and Medieval Society
  • HIST 221. Science, Religion, and Nature in the Age of Galileo
  • HIST 266. War and Peace in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1600
  • HIST 304. Renaissance Italy
  • HIST 340. Leonardo and Machiavelli
  • HIST 366. History of the Book
  • ITAL 236. Modern Italy
• Language and literature
  • ITAL 201. Intermediate Italian I: Conversation and Composition
  • ITAL 202. Intermediate Italian II: Composition and Literature
  • ITAL 228. Italian Language and Society
  • ITAL 314. Contemporary Italian Literature
  • ITAL 333/401. Topics in Italian Literary Culture
  • LACS 233-05. Italian Cinema
  • LACS 233-98. Enlightenment and Romanticism in Italy
  • LACS 233-17. Mafia
  • LACS 233-24. Italy and America
  • LACS 233-41. Food in Italian History, Society, and Art
  • LACS 236-01. Modern Italy
  • LACS 333-12. Dante: The Divine Comedy

Rome campus (including summer program)

• Art history
  • ROME 181. Introduction to the Art of Rome
  • ROME 210. Renaissance Art
  • ROME 224. Art Conservation
  • ROME 230. Ancient Art of Rome
  • ROME 311. Baroque Art of Rome
  • ROME 320. Early Christian and Medieval Art
  • ROME 330. Ancient Art of Rome
  • ROME 340. Michelangelo
  • ROME 350. Research Seminar in Art History
• History, politics, and economics
  • ROME 230. Public Choice
  • ROME 270. Urban and Global Rome
  • ROME 308. Economics of Art
  • ROME 327. The European Union
  • ROME 345. 20th-Century Italian Politics and Society
• Language, literature, and philosophy
  • ROME 201. Intermediate Italian I: Conversation
  • ROME 202. Intermediate Italian II: Composition
  • ROME 217. Italian Literature and Cinema
  • ROME 235. Food in Italian History
  • ROME 250. The City of Rome
  • ROME 299. Italian Culture
  • ROME 316. Reading Ancient Rome