Italian Minor
Undergraduate Coordinator:
Dr. Deborah Amberson
355 Dauer Hall
dambers@ufl.edu
352-273-3763
A minor in Italian Studies provides students with knowledge of the Italian language and familiarity with aspects of the culture, history, and society of Italy. Students may earn an Italian minor to complement any major in any discipline. A concentration in Italian language, literature, culture and civilization can also become the basis for graduate studies in Italian.
Overview
Of the total credits, no more than three may be Individual Work (ITA 4905). Students must complete a minimum of six credits of coursework exclusive to the minor that cannot count toward the major(s) or other minors.
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ITA 2221 | Intermediate Italian 2 (or ITA/ITW course at 3000/4000 level) | 4 |
| ITA or ITW courses (3000/4000 level) | 9 | |
| ITT course at 3000/4000-level | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 16 | |
Current Course Offerings (Fall 2025)
ITA1130 - Beginning Italian 1
ITA 1130 and its sequel, ITA 1131, constitute the basic sequence in Italian. Emphasis on the development of broad competence in the language. Oral-aural approach ensures competence in the four skills.
Class #12850
EEP Eligible
Instructor: Sherrie Nunn
Meet: Primary Classroom
Credits: 5
Department: Languages, Literatures & Cultures Italian
Final Exam: 12/10/2025 @ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Class Dates: 08/21/2025 - 12/03/2025
Class #12851
EEP Eligible
Instructor: Sherrie Nunn
Meet: Primary Classroom
Credits: 5
Department: Languages, Literatures & Cultures Italian
Final Exam: 12/9/2025 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Class Dates: 08/21/2025 - 12/03/2025
Class #12852
Class #12853
EEP Eligible
Instructor: Hiromi Kaneda
Meet: Primary Classroom
Credits: 5
Department: Languages, Literatures & Cultures Italian
Final Exam: 12/12/2025 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Class Dates: 08/21/2025 - 12/03/2025
ITA 1130 and its sequel, ITA 1131, constitute the basic sequence in Italian. Emphasis on the development of broad competence in the language. Oral-aural approach ensures competence in the four skills.
ITA2220 - Intermediate Italian 1
Enhances knowledge of Italian in all four skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing. The goal is to create communicative competence that enables students to advance to third year study and to benefit from their visits to Italy. (N)
Prereq: ITA 1131 or the equivalent.
Class #12976
Enhances knowledge of Italian in all four skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing. The goal is to create communicative competence that enables students to advance to third year study and to benefit from their visits to Italy. (N)
Prereq: ITA 1131 or the equivalent.
ITA3420 - Grammar and Composition 1
Intensive language course designed to master grammatical principles, increase vocabulary and enhance writing and composition skills.
Prereq: ITA 2221 or equivalent.
Class #12978
EEP Eligible
Instructor: Gabriele Belletti
Meet: Primary Classroom
Credits: 3
Department: Languages, Literatures & Cultures Italian
Final Exam: 12/11/2025 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Class Dates: 08/21/2025 - 12/03/2025
Intensive language course designed to master grammatical principles, increase vocabulary and enhance writing and composition skills.
Prereq: ITA 2221 or equivalent.
ITA3500 - Italian Civilization
Variable topics introduce Italian civilization in historical, artistic, and literary contexts.
Can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits. Prereq: ITA 2221 or the equivalent, or section coordinator or undergraduate advisor permission.
Class #19341
EEP EligibleGen Ed: International
Instructor: Gabriele Belletti
Meet: Primary Classroom
Credits: 3
Department: Languages, Literatures & Cultures Italian
Final Exam: 12/12/2025 @ 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Class Dates: 08/21/2025 - 12/03/2025
Variable topics introduce Italian civilization in historical, artistic, and literary contexts.
Can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits. Prereq: ITA 2221 or the equivalent, or section coordinator or undergraduate advisor permission.
ITA4905 - Individual Work
For advanced minors who seek independent work not offered in another course. Must be arranged individually with Italian faculty. Only three credits can count toward the minor.
Prereq: program coordinator permission.
Class #12979
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Instructor: Gabriele Belletti
Meet: Primary Classroom
Credits: 1-4
Department: Languages, Literatures & Cultures Italian
Final Exam: TBA
Class Dates: 08/21/2025 - 12/03/2025
For advanced minors who seek independent work not offered in another course. Must be arranged individually with Italian faculty. Only three credits can count toward the minor.
Prereq: program coordinator permission.
ITA4911 - Undergraduate Research in Language or History/Culture in Italian: Ug RESEARCH ITALIAN LANG/CULT
Provides firsthand, supervised research. Projects may involve inquiry, design, investigation, scholarship, discovery, or application.
Class #18800
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Instructor: Deborah Amberson
Meet: Primary Classroom
Credits: 0-3
Department: Languages, Literatures & Cultures Italian
Final Exam: TBA
Class Dates: 08/21/2025 - 12/03/2025
Provides firsthand, supervised research. Projects may involve inquiry, design, investigation, scholarship, discovery, or application.
ITT3540 - Murder Italian Style: Crime Fiction and Film in Italy
Explores Italian crime fiction and film. Analysis considers specificity of Italian tradition while placing texts and films in a broader cultural and historical context, enabling critically and politically informed reading of the many applications and subversions of the generic formula. Taught in English.
Prereq: sophomore standing or higher or instructor permission.
Class #25565
Explores Italian crime fiction and film. Analysis considers specificity of Italian tradition while placing texts and films in a broader cultural and historical context, enabling critically and politically informed reading of the many applications and subversions of the generic formula. Taught in English.
Prereq: sophomore standing or higher or instructor permission.
ITW4484 - Modern Italian Novel
Critical exploration of the modern Italian novel, focusing on representative texts of the long 20th century. Development of Italian novel is analyzed in context of technological modernity, war, fascism, economic boom. Issues of literary technique and formal innovation also considered. Novels may vary from semester to semester.
Prereq: A 3000- or 4000-level ITA or ITW course with a C or above.
Class #25444
Critical exploration of the modern Italian novel, focusing on representative texts of the long 20th century. Development of Italian novel is analyzed in context of technological modernity, war, fascism, economic boom. Issues of literary technique and formal innovation also considered. Novels may vary from semester to semester.
Prereq: A 3000- or 4000-level ITA or ITW course with a C or above.
ITW4911 - Undergraduate Research in Literature in Italian: Undergrad Research
Provides firsthand, supervised research in Literature in Italian. Projects may involve inquiry, design, investigation, scholarship, discovery or application in Literature in Italian.
Class #12980
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Instructor: Gabriele Belletti
Meet: Primary Classroom
Credits: 0-3
Department: Languages, Literatures & Cultures Italian
Final Exam: TBA
Class Dates: 08/21/2025 - 12/03/2025
Provides firsthand, supervised research in Literature in Italian. Projects may involve inquiry, design, investigation, scholarship, discovery or application in Literature in Italian.