Program: Italian Studies Major (BA) - University of Massachusetts Boston

Apr 06, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Department | College of Liberal Arts

Program Declaration

At time of admission to the University or by completion of an Undergraduate Program Add/Change form .

Degree Requirements

If this is the student’s only or primary major, the degree requirements below must be completed for graduation. See graduation requirements for more information.

University Requirements

College of Liberal Arts Requirements for Bachelor of Arts

Major Requirements

Complete 30 credits from ten courses including two intermediate Italian courses, one required 300-level course taught in Italian, one additional upper-division course taught in Italian, one capstone, and five electives.

Pass/fail: No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the major with the exception of the capstone.
Residency: At least five courses applied toward the major, including the capstone, must be completed at UMass Boston.

Course Requirements

Intermediate Italian Proficiency (6 Credits)

Students who place out of Intermediate Italian must complete two additional electives in or outside of the department.

ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian Language Through Film and Television 3 Credit(s)
ITAL 202 - Intermediate Italian II 3 Credit(s)

Required 300-Level Course Taught in Italian (3 Credits)

ITAL 301 - Italian Composition and Conversation 3 Credit(s)
or
ITAL 311 - Introduction to Italian Literature I 3 Credit(s)

Additional Upper-Division Course Taught in Italian (3 Credits)

Take one course from below.

ITAL 301 - Italian Composition and Conversation 3 Credit(s)
or
ITAL 311 - Introduction to Italian Literature I 3 Credit(s)
(whichever course not taken in previous requirement)
ITAL 305 - Language of Modern Italy 3 Credit(s)
ITAL 476 - Cinema e Letteratura 3 Credit(s)

Capstone (3 Credits)

Take one from below.

ITAL 476 - Cinema e Letteratura 3 Credit(s)
ITAL 498 - Honors Research Project 3 Credit(s)
MLLC 480 - Internship in Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures 3 Credit(s)
A study abroad experience

Electives (15 Credits)

Take five additional courses in Italian above ITAL 102 or the list of approved courses below.

No more than two courses may be outside Italian.

No more than one course may be at the 100-level.

At least two courses must be at the 300-level or higher

At least one course must be at the 400-level.

ART 311 - Early Italian Renaissance Art 3 Credit(s)
ART 312 - Late Italian Renaissance Art 3 Credit(s)
CLSICS 278 - Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum 3 Credit(s)
CLSICS 282 - Roman Civilization 3 Credit(s)
CLSICS 284 - Greek and Roman Mythology 3 Credit(s)
CLSICS 285 - Greek and Roman Tragedy 3 Credit(s)
CLSICS 288 - Image and Reality: The Women of Rome 3 Credit(s)
CLSICS 289 - Rome in Hollywood 3 Credit(s)
HIST 302L - Roman History 3 Credit(s)
HIST 433 - Mussolini 3 Credit(s)
MLLC 220L - Underworld Journeys 3 Credit(s)
MLLC 235L - Postwar European Cinema 3 Credit(s)
MLLC 270 - Global Food Studies 3 Credit(s)