Graduate Courses: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Department of Modern and Classical Languages

Courses: Italian (ITAL)

6303: Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Cr. 3. (3-0). Advanced Italian Literature, Art, and Theatre from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and their impact on European culture. Taught in English.

6304: Italian Culture in English Translation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Italian Art, History, Government, Civilization in the European-Mediterranean Context, immigration and current issues. Taught in English.

6305: Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language
Cr. 3. (3-0). Advanced course in advanced grammar and teaching methodology. Satisfies College of Education requirements for Italian teachers certification. Taught in Italian.

6306: Italian Advanced Cinema
Cr. 3. (3-0). Italian Cinema in the context of Italian literature, culture, art, and society, requiring a good level of language understanding. Taught in Italian.

6307: Italian Diaspora
Cr. 3. (3-0). Cultures of the Italian emigration in the U.S., Central America, Latin America, Europe, and Australia. Taught in Italian.

6308: Italian Heritage
Cr. 3 (3-0). The Italian American Experience in Literature, Cinema, and Music. Taught in English

6335: Italian for Singers I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Open only to graduate music majors and Houston Opera Studio students. Study of frequent grammatical structures, introduction to situation-focused conversational Italian diction, musical vocabulary and expressions, and study of arias from operas.

6336: Italian for Singers II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Italian 6335. Continuation of Italian 6335.

6365: Dante’s Legacy
Cr. 3. (3.0). Analysis of Dante's major works and their impact on modern literature and visual arts. Relevant critical approaches to Dante from European and American perspectives. Taught in English.

6392: Reading Italian for Non-Majors I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. May not apply toward foreign language requirement for BA degree. Reading knowledge of Italian as a research tool. Accelerated study and analysis of grammar and linguistic structures of Italian scholarly and scientific literature.

6393: Reading Italian for Non-Majors II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ITAL 6392 or equivalent. May not apply toward foreign language requirement for BA degree. Continuation of ITAL 6392 with emphasis on translation problems and specialized vocabulary. Readings in specific research areas.

6397: Selected Topics in Italian Literature
Cr. 3. (3-0). Topics in Italian Literature from the Middle Age to the present. Taught in Italian.

6398: Advanced Studies in Italian Culture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Special Problems in Italian Culture, Art, and History. Taught in Italian.

Catalog Publish Date: January 14, 2013
This Page Last Updated: May 31, 2012