Structure: Italian Studies

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Structure

100 credit points

The Diploma consists of a three-year sequence of first-, second- and third-year language study and may add up to one year to the duration of the student’s degree course. See the Diploma course structure for details.

Italian Studies

A 100-point diploma sequence is available. The sequence is as follows for the three most common entry points:

Italian Studies 1 entry point: for students who have little or no background in the Italian language.
Italian Studies 3 entry point: usually for students who have undertaken four or five years of secondary school Italian.
Italian Studies 5 entry point: usually for VCE Italian students.
Italian Studies 7 entry point: usually for native speakers or near-native speakers of Italian, or for candidates who have spent a number of years in an Italian speaking country.

Students will have their appropriate entry point determined by the Italian Studies Program, based on evidence of prior learning and/or results of a placement test as required. Please refer to the following link for further information: http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/soll/resources/language-placement-testing

Students completing a diploma in Italian Studies will usually undertake 25 points at level one, 37.5 points at level two and 37.5 points at level three.

Subject Options

ITALIAN STUDIES 1 ENTRY POINT:

Italian Studies 1 entry point - Level 1

Students completing the diploma with an Italian Studies 1 entry point are required to complete two of the following Level 1 subjects (25 points).

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ITAL10004	Italian 1	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL10005	Italian 2	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL10008	Italian 1 (Mid-Year Intensive)	Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Italian Studies 1 entry point - Level 2

Students completing the diploma with an Italian Studies 1 entry point are required to complete the following subjects (37.5 points).

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ITAL20007	Italian 3	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL20008	Italian 4	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL20009	Italian Cultural Studies A	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Italian Studies 1 entry point - Level 3

Students completing the diploma with an Italian Studies 1 entry point are required to complete the following subject (12.5 points) and two additional elective subjects (25 points), one of which must be from Group A (see elective list below).

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ITAL30003	Italian 5A	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

ITALIAN STUDIES 3 ENTRY POINT:

Italian Studies 3 entry point - Level 1

Students completing the diploma with an Italian Studies 3 entry point are required to complete the following subjects (25 points).

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ITAL10001	Italian 3	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL10002	Italian 4	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Italian Studies 3 entry point - Level 2

Students completing the diploma with an Italian Studies 3 entry point are required to complete the following subjects (37.5 points).

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ITAL20011	Italian 5	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL20010	Italian 6	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL20009	Italian Cultural Studies A	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Italian Studies 3 entry point - Level 3

Students completing the diploma with an Italian Studies 3 entry point are required to complete the following subject (12.5 points) and two additional elective subjects (25 points), one of which must be from Group A (see elective list below).

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ITAL30015	Italian 7	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

ITALIAN STUDIES 5 ENTRY POINT:

Italian Studies 5 entry point - Level 1

Students completing the diploma with an Italian Studies 5 entry point are required to complete the following subjects (25 points).

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ITAL10006	Italian 5	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL10007	Italian 6	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Italian Studies 5 entry point - Level 2

Students completing the diploma with an Italian Studies 5 entry point are required to complete the following subjects (37.5 points).

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ITAL20002	Italian 7	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL20003	Italian 8	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL20001	Italian Cultural Studies B	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Italian Studies 5 entry point - Level 3

Students completing the diploma with an Italian Studies 5 entry point are required to complete the following subject (12.5 points) and two additional elective subjects (25 points), one of which must be from Group A (see elective list below).

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ITAL30001	Italian 9	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

ITALIAN Studies 7 ENTRY POINT:

Italian Studies 7 entry point - Level 1

Students completing the diploma with an Italian Studies 7 entry point are required to complete the following subjects (25 points).

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ITAL10009	Italian 7	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL10010	Italian 8	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Italian Studies 7 entry point - Level 2

Students completing the diploma with an Italian Studies 7 entry point are required to complete the following two subjects and a second year elective (37.5 points).

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ITAL20012	Italian 9	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL20001	Italian Cultural Studies B	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Italian Studies 7 entry point - Level 3

Students completing the diploma with an Italian Studies 7 entry point are required to complete three third year electives and at least two of these electives must be from Group A (37.5 points).

Group A electives - Level 2

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ITAL20006	Languages of Venice: Study Abroad	Not available in 2018	12.5
ITAL20004	Contemporary Italy Study Abroad	November (Off Campus)	12.5

Group A electives - Level 3

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ITAL30007	To Hell with Dante	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL30013	Italian 5	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL30010	Imaging Italy	Not available in 2018	12.5
ITAL30014	Italian 6	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL30016	Italian 8	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ITAL30012	Languages of Venice: Study Abroad	Not available in 2018	12.5
ITAL30004	Italian Language in Focus	Not available in 2018	12.5
ITAL30005	Contemporary Italy Study Abroad	November (Off Campus)	12.5
ITAL30006	Italian Fictions	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Group B electives - Level 2

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
EURO20007	A Taste of Europe: Melbourne Intensive	Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO20006	Europe: Making and Breaking of Nations	Not available in 2018	12.5
EURO20002	European Modernism	Not available in 2018	12.5
EURO20005	Screening Europe: Image and Identity	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO20001	Language and Society in Europe	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO20003	Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe	Not available in 2018	12.5

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
EURO20008	Experiencing Foodscapes: Italy & Spain	Winter Term (Off Campus)	12.5

Group B electives - Level 3

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
EURO30006	A Taste of Europe: Melbourne Intensive	Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO30005	Europe: Making and Breaking of Nations	Not available in 2018	12.5
EURO30003	European Modernism	Not available in 2018	12.5
EURO30001	Language and Society in Europe	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO30002	Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe	Not available in 2018	12.5
EURO30004	Screening Europe: Image and Identity	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
EURO30007	Experiencing Foodscapes: Italy & Spain	Winter Term (Off Campus)	12.5

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ARTS30002	Introduction to Language Translation	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Links

http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/

Last updated: 4 March 2025

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