Italian Studies

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Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Italian Studies Introductory

This pathway is suitable for complete beginners or students with very little language experience.

Major

A major in the introductory pathway for Italian Studies requires 48 credit points from this table, including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level language units of study
(ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level language units of study
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level culture units of study
(iv) 12 credit points of 3000-level units of study
(v) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units

Minor

A minor in the introductory pathway in Italian Studies requires 36 credit points from this table, including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level language units of study
(ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level language units of study
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level culture units of study
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level unit of study

1000-level units of study

Language
ITLN1611
Italian 1
6    N HSC Italian Beginners or IB Ab Initio or HSC Italian Continuers or HSC Italian Extension or IB Italian


A student who is qualified to enter a higher level course may not enrol in a lower level course. Students who have taken Beginners HSC Italian proceed to ITLN2611; students who have taken Continuers and / or Extension HSC Italian proceed to ITLN2631. Students who have any formal training or previous knowledge of Italian from other sources are required to identify themselves to the department as soon as possible.
Intensive July
Semester 1
ITLN1612
Italian 2
6    P ITLN1611
Semester 2

2000-level units of study

Language
ITLN2611
Italian 3
6    P ITLN1612 or HSC Beginners or Italian IB Ab Initio with a mark higher than 70 or HSC Continuers with a mark less than 80
N ITLN2101 or ITLN2201 or ITLN2301 or ITLN2631
Semester 1
ITLN2612
Italian 4
6    P ITLN2611
N ITLN2202 or ITLN2302 or ITLN2632
Semester 2
Culture
ITLN2001
Introduction to Italian Culture (Online)
6    P 12 credit points in Italian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in any Table A subject area of the Bachelor of Arts
Intensive February
Intensive July
ITLN2002
Love in Italian Culture
6    P ITLN2611 or ITLN2631 or (12 credit points at 1000 level or 2000 level or 3000 level in Italian Studies)
Semester 1

3000-level units of study

Language
ITLN3611
Italian 7
6    P ITLN2612 or HSC Continuers mark of 80 or higher, or HSC Extension, or IB Italian
N ITLN3631 or ITLN3201 or ITLN3301
Semester 1
ITLN3612
Italian 8
6    P ITLN3611
N ITLN3202 or ITLN3302
Semester 2
ITLN3631
Italian 9
6    P ITLN2632
N ITLN3611 or ITLN3301 or ITLN3201
Semester 1
Culture
ITLN3403
19th-century Italy: Writers and Society

This unit of study is not available in 2022

6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Italian Studies
Semester 2
ITLN3662
Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy
6    P 6 credit points at 2000 level in any of European Studies or European or Middle Eastern or Classical Languages or Studies or Asian Studies or Government or History or Ancient History or Philosophy or Studies in Religion majors or (12 credit points at 1000 level or 2000 level or 3000 level in Italian Studies)
Semester 2
ITLN3667
Images of Contemporary Italy

This unit of study is not available in 2022

6    P ITLN1612 or ITLN1632 or ITLN1102 or ITLN1202 or ITLN1302 or HSC Italian Continuers or Beginners
Semester 1
ITLN3688
Italian Translation and Practice
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level or 2000 level or 3000 level from Italian Studies
N ITLN3402
Semester 2
ITLN3679
Filming Fiction: The Italian Experience
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level or 2000 level or 3000 level from Italian Studies or 6 credit points at 1000 level or 2000 level or 3000 level from Italian Studies and 6 credit points at 2000 level from: Arabic Language and Cultures or Asian Studies or Chinese Studies or English or European Studies or Film Studies or French and Francophone Studies or Germanic Studies or International and Comparative Literacy Studies or Modern Hebrew or Indonesian Studies or Italian Studies or Japanese Studies or Korean Studies or Modern Greek Studies or Spanish and Latin American Studies
N ITLN3706
Semester 1
ITLN3685
Linguistic Issues in Migration

This unit of study is not available in 2022

6    P ITLN2611 or ITLN2612 or ITLN2631 or ITLN2632 or ITLN3611 or ITLN3612 or ITLN3631
N ITLN3754
Semester 1
ITLN3688
Italian Translation and Practice
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level or 2000 level or 3000 level from Italian Studies
N ITLN3402
Semester 2
ITLN3694
Dante and the Middle Ages

This unit of study is not available in 2022

6    P 6 credit points at 2000 level in at least one of the following Italian Studies or European Studies or European or Middle Eastern or Classical Languages or Studies or Asian Studies or History or Ancient History or Philosophy or Studies in Religion
Semester 2

Interdisciplinary project unit

If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major.
If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major.
If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major.
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6    P Completion of at least 90 credit points

Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive December

Intensive December
Semester 1
Semester 2
ITLN3999
Interdisciplinary Impact

This unit of study is not available in 2022

6    P Completion of at least 90 credit points
N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major

Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive December

Intensive December
Semester 1
Semester 2
ITLN3998
Industry and Community Project
6    P 72 credit points
C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
Intensive February
Intensive July
Semester 1
Semester 2