The Italian Program and The Graziadio Center for Italian Studies

Created thanks to an agreement between the Italian American community in the area and CSULB, the Italian Program is a comprehensive program that provides students with a solid humanities-based grounding also applicable to professional fields outside of the humanities (Fashion, Design, and International Business).

• Italian Language and Culture (designed for prospective teachers).
• Interdisciplinary Italian Studies (with courses in Italian as well as in Music, Political Science, Geography, Art History, and Comparative Literature)
• Regular consultation with advisors is highly recommended to ensure the proper choice of courses in view of future professional careers or continuation of studies at the graduate level.
• Students in the BA program are strongly encouraged to study abroad through the CSU International Program in Florence, where they can spend from an intensive summer to an entire academic year. Additionally, the Italian BA Program at CSULB offers internship opportunities at Italian and Italian American institutions in the area. Since 2001 the campus also hosts the Graziadio Center, which regularly organizes cultural events related to Italian and Italian American Studies.

For more information, please visit www.csulb.edu/depts/rgrll/Italian/Italianmain.htm

Requirements
The student must complete a minimum of 49 units as approved by Italian Studies Advisors.

• Lower Division
  Competency in the Italian Language
  (16 units of lower division Italian):
  ITAL 101A, B, and 201A, B are required.
  Some of these courses may be waived for students who have completed sufficient high-school Italian or have proved intermediate-level proficiency. Native speakers of Italian may not enroll in ITAL 101A,B or 201 A,B.
• Upper Division:
  A minimum of 33 upper division units selected as follows:
• Basic Core (24 units):
  ITAL 310, 312A, 312B, 314, 335, 336, 340, 482.

120 units offering two concentrations:

Concentration I

• (Italian Language and Culture)
  Electives (9 units): ITAL 411, 414*, 454, 462, 473, 490, 494, 499.
  *Candidates who intend to teach Italian language are required to take ITAL 414
  One year of a second foreign language is required for this.

Concentration II

• (Interdisciplinary Italian Studies)
  Electives  (9 units): ITAL 411, 414, 440, 454, 462, 473, 490, 494, 499; AH 423, 424; C/LA 314I, 315I; C/LT 330 A**, B**, 422I, 430, 432, 449**; HIST 332; MUS 436**; RGR 346I.
  **Accepted only when syllabi include a good amount of Italian texts.    

MINOR in Italian (code RGR_UM02)

Requirements:

Core (9 units): ITAL 312A, 312B, and 314

Electives: (9 units) chosen from the following: ITAL 310, 335, 336, 340, 411, 414, 440, 454, 462, 482, 490, 494, 499.  *ITAL 214 may also be counted towards your minor electives.