Italian Studies Minor*

Students interested in an interdisciplinary approach to Italian culture through the combined study of language, literature, history, and art history may pursue a minor in Italian studies. A detailed checklist for the minor is available on the Italian studies program web site.

Staff advisers for the Italian studies minor are available in the Literature Department office, located in Humanities 1, room 303. The Italian studies program is administered by the Literature Department. Declaring a minor in Italian studies is a three-step process:

1. Complete the Petition for Major/Minor Declaration and submit it to litdept@ucsc.edu. Be sure to indicate your expected graduation term (EGT) on the petition. Your EGT is visible in your Student Advising Summary or on your MyUCSC Student Portal.

2. Make an appointment with the Italian studies program director to discuss your plans and fill out an Italian Studies Minor Checklist.

3. Make an appointment with an Italian studies advisor in the Literature Department in order to review and complete your declaration form. To schedule an advising appointment, visit ucsc.campus.eab.com, send an email to litdept@ucsc.edu, or leave a message at 831-459-4778.

Course Requirements

Lower-Division Courses

Each student must complete the lower-division language sequence (ITAL 1–ITAL 6), or equivalent.

ITAL 1	First-Year Italian	5
ITAL 2	First-Year Italian	5
ITAL 3	First-Year Italian	5
ITAL 4	Second-Year Italian	5
ITAL 5	Second-Year Italian	5
ITAL 6	Second-Year Italian	5

ITAL 1A and ITAL 1B may substitute for ITAL 1, ITAL 2, and ITAL 3.

Upper-Division Courses

Students must complete five upper-division courses in Italian studies as follows.

One course

ITAL 106

Italian Culture Through Film

Plus

• Two Italian literature courses

• One course in Italian history

• One course in Italian art history.

A course featuring the work of Dante is recommended. Three of the five upper-division courses must be completed at UC Santa Cruz; three must be taught substantially in Italian. A maximum of two courses may be transferred from EAP.

Italian History Courses

HIS 70A	Modern European History, 1500-1815	5
HIS 70B	Modern European History, 1815-present	5
HIS 74	Introduction to Jewish History and Cultures	5
HIS 74A	Introduction to Middle Eastern and North African Jewish History: Ancient to Early Modern	5
HIS 74B	Introduction to Middle Eastern and North African Jewish History, 1500-2000	5
HIS 76	The Holocaust: A Global Perspective	5
SOCY 117E	Migrant Europe	5

Italian Literature Courses

LIT 81H	Literature and Pandemic: The World at the End of the World	5
LIT 102	Translation Theory	5
LIT 141A	Early Mediterranean Cultures	5
LIT 164G	Literature and the Holocaust	5
LIT 185B	Letteratura e cultura italiana	5
LIT 185J	Poesia moderna	5
LIT 185L	La novella italiana	5
LIT 185M	Fascismo e resistenza	5
LIT 185P	Boccaccio: Decameron	5
LIT 185Q	Dante: Divina Commedia	5
LIT 185S	Petrarca	5
LIT 114A	Orlando Furioso	5
LIT 114C	Dante's Divine Comedy	5
LIT 114E	One Way Ticket to Hell … and Back: Exploring Dante’s Inferno	5
LIT 114F	Finding Dante: A Reader’s Guide to Getting Out of Hell	5
LIT 121G	The Idea of Poetry	5
LIT 130D	The Global Middle Ages	5
LIT 155D	Italian Cinema and Literature	5
LIT 166C	Early Modern Italian Women Writers	5
LIT 190A	Topics in Pre- and Early Modern Studies	5

Italian History of Art and Visual Culture Courses

HAVC 30	Introduction to European Visual Culture	5
HAVC 55	Unclothed: The Naked Body from Antiquity to the Present	5
HAVC 154	Byzantine Visual Culture: Politics and Religion in the Empire of Constantinople, 330-1453 A. C	5
HAVC 155	Constructing Cleopatra: Power, Sexuality, and Femininity Across the Ages	5
HAVC 157B	Italian Renaissance: Art and Architecture	5
HAVC 157C	High Renaissance	5
HAVC 157D	Art of the Venetian Renaissance	5
HAVC 191N	Topics in Renaissance Art and Visual Culture	5

Courses Taught Substantially in Italian*

Any course in the LIT 185 series or from the following list:

ITAL 100	Advanced Italian Composition and Conversation	5
ITAL 106	Italian Culture Through Film	5

Courses Featuring the Work of Dante

LIT 185Q	Dante: Divina Commedia	5
LIT 114C	Dante's Divine Comedy	5

Courses Featuring Italy in a European or Global Context

HAVC 152

Roman Eyes: Visual Culture and Power in the Ancient Roman World

* Revised: 8/02/23