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Italian Studies

Graduate Diploma in ArtsSpecialisation (formal)Year: 2024

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Overview

Italian is one of the world’s most important languages strongly influencing languages and cultures around the world. A knowledge of Italian opens up access to a wide range of areas, including history, art, music, as well as to other languages, such as French and Spanish. I The overall objective of the Italian Studies program is to teach students to process information from a wide variety of materials in Italian, both written and spoken, and to produce accounts and discussions of that information in a variety of forms. In subjects at all levels, you will be guided towards undertaking independent research projects into areas including language, literature, politics, cinema, theatre, travel writing, food and wine, immigration and identity.

Intended learning outcomes

On successful completion of this program, students should be able to:  

  • Communicate and comprehend effectively in a range of written and oral genres and social contexts in Italian
  • Apply advanced knowledge of Italian language and of Italian culture and society in relevant professional and academic contexts
  • Utilise rigorous methods of inquiry and theories and methodologies appropriate to Italian Studies
  • Engage with and critically analyse complex changing social contexts related to the Italian-speaking world.

Last updated: 27 August 2024