MA in Italian
This two-year program ensures that students acquire a broad knowledge of Italian language, literature, and culture. A minimum of ten one-term courses in Italian literature and culture is required. Candidates must also pass comprehensive examinations, complete a final project, and demonstrate proficiency in a second language.
Requirements
- A minimum of ten one-term courses in Italian literature and culture is required, of which at least nine must be 2000-level courses. Occasionally, a student’s particular circumstances, as well as the nature and content of an Italian-taught upper level undergraduate course make it suitable to be taken for credit, but only one such course may count towards the degree.
- Italian 2710 (Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory) is required of all students. Italian 2970 (Teaching of Italian) is required for students holding a teaching assistantship or fellowship, but does not count among the ten courses.
- Students must register for at least one semester of ITAL 2910 (Comprehensive Examination MA), typically during their third or fourth semester, and one semester of ITAL 2903 (MA Final Project Directed Study), typically during their final semester in the program.
- Directed and independent studies in Italian are offered upon request, whenever faculty members are available and willing to teach and/or supervise one or more students in a particular area of interest; such courses may be taken in addition to, but not in substitution of, regularly scheduled graduate courses, and only one may count towards the degree.
Candidates must also pass comprehensive examinations and fulfill the following language requirement:
- Second Language: Candidates must demonstrate a reading knowledge of Latin or German or a Romance language other than Italian (other languages will be considered upon petition). This requirement is waived for those students who come to the program with two college-level terms of undergraduate Latin, or four college-level terms of German or a Romance language.