USC Schedule of Classes

English grammar as it relates to Italian in order to improve students' Italian language skills; explicit pronunciation and intonation practice. Requires concurrent enrollment in either ITAL 120 Italian I or MPVA 260 Italian Language and Diction.

Introduction to current Italian. Oral practice, hearing and reading comprehension; grammar necessary for simple spoken and written expression. Lecture, classroom drill, laboratory drill.

Continuation of Italian I.

Accelerated introduction to written and spoken Italian for students with a high level of proficiency in Spanish or another Romance Language. Students completing this course may enroll in the third semester of the basic language sequence ITAL 220.

Continuation of Italian II. Review of structure of the language, drill in aural and reading comprehension, practice in oral expression.

Investigation of Italy through social networks, advertising, music, television and newspapers. Communicative skills developed through conversations with native speakers, online posts and YouTube.

Advanced composition through critical reading of literary texts; comprehensive analysis of difficult grammatical structures and stylistics. Prerequisite: ITAL-224.

Study and analysis of representative works and major intellectual, cultural, and artistic trends from the modernperiod (post-1800). Taught in Italian. Prerequisite: ITAL-320.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Research leading to the master's degree in cognate fields. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.