Note: Students unsure of their language level should contact the Department of Modern Languages about a placement test. In addition, all students, including first-year students, may obtain special permission to register in a higher course if they have sufficient background in the language.
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Italian
1030 -
Italian for Beginners
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An introduction to oral and written Italian with emphasis on the development of communicative skills. No previous knowledge of Italian is required. Note that students who have successfully completed Grade 12 U Italian or equivalent cannot take this course for credit.
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Italian
1030W/X -
Intensive Italian for Beginners (Accelerated)
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An introduction to oral and written Italian with emphasis on the development of communicative skills. No previous knowledge of Italian is required. This accelerated course requires a very high level of commitment.
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Italian
1033 -
Italian for Beginners and Our Italian-Canadian Stories
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Buongiorno! Learn Italian while collecting stories about your family or the local Italian-Canadian community. This beginners course for students with little or no previous knowledge of Italian includes a Community Service Leaning component to build a digital archive.
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Italian
1045A/B -
Italian for Travelers 1
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This course is designed for students with little or no previous knowledge of Italian. An introduction to Italian in an active and practical way, the course emphasizes travel competence. Based in Tuscany, students will acquire an understanding of multifaceted contemporary Italian culture.
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Students with Grade 12U Italian or OAC Italian, or with previous knowledge of Italian must consult the Department before registering for this course.
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Italian
1046A/B -
Italian for Travelers 2
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This course is a continuation of Italian 1045A/B. An introduction to Italian in an active and practical way, the course emphasizes travel competence. Based in Tuscany, students will acquire an understanding of multifaceted contemporary Italian culture.
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Students with Grade 12U Italian or OAC Italian, or with previous knowledge of Italian must consult the Department before registering for this course.
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Italian
2200 -
Intermediate Italian
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This course further develops students’ communicative skills using authentic materials including songs, films, websites. Students will familiarize themselves with the richness of Italian contemporary culture and will expand their knowledge of grammar.
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Italian
2200W/X -
Intensive Intermediate Italian
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This course further develops students’ communicative skills using authentic materials including songs, films, websites. Students will familiarize themselves with the richness of Italian contemporary culture and will expand their knowledge of grammar. This accelerated course requires a very high level of commitment.
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Italian 1030 or 1030W/X or 1033 or Grade 12U Italian with a minimum grade of 60% or permission of the Department.
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Italian
2202 -
Intermediate Italian in Italy
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The course builds upon a basic knowledge of Italian and develops further effective oral and written skills in a language immersion environment. Students will be exposed to authentic Italian culture in the heart of Tuscany through daily interactions with native speakers. The course includes a community-engaged learning component.
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Italian
2215F/G -
Exploring Italian Culture
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Introduction to reading, writing and researching about Italian culture and its contribution to the global context. Students will acquire foundations through case studies concerning arts, literature, language, history and identity. Taught in Italian by a core professor in conjunction with different
specialists.
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Italian 2200 or 2200W/X, the former 2250 or permission of the Department.
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Italian
2220A/B -
Italian Conversation
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Guided conversations in Italian dealing with the hottest issues in contemporary Italy.
Students will develop their communicative skills in Italian through discussion of a number of topics, ranging from social and political issues to TV and pop culture, fashion, food, sports.
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Italian
2240F/G -
Italian Journeys
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Discover Florence, Naples, Venice, Milan and more. Join illustrious travelers like Goethe, Dickens and Stendhal to explore fundamentals of Italian culture from the Middle-Ages to modernity with reference to architecture, literature, politics, film, and visual arts. The course is an ideal complement to Italian 2242F/G - Rome: The Eternal City.
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Italian
2241F/G -
Italian Popular Cinema
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Study Italian Cinema and its popular genres. Explore topics such as the Italian economic boom, the evolution of the Italian family, sexuality and gender relations. Spaghetti Western, crime movies, Italian-style horror and comedy will be among the genres considered.
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2242F/G -
Rome: The Eternal City
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Discover Rome and its unique contribution to Western arts and culture. Understand its prominent role in the global political and religious environments. Identify and map traces of the past in the city’s contemporary urban landscape and daily life.
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CLC 2131A/B, Italian 3340F/G, CLC 2100.
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Italian
2243A/B -
Italian Opera: Words and Music
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Focusing on an art form closely associated with Italy and its culture, this course will guide the students into understanding the linguistic and literary specificity of Italian librettos, while exploring the major themes of Italian operas like love and death, desire, honour, betrayal.
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Italian
2260F/G-2267F/G -
Special Topics in Italian Literature and Culture
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
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Italian
2280A/B - 2284A/B -
Special Topics in Italian
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
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Italian
2500F/G -
Bridging Classroom and Community: Languages and Cultures in Action
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Develop intercultural competence by examining individual experiences of learning and maintaining language and of integrating cultural heritage. Connect in-class learning about language acquisition, identity, memory and related issues with service-learning projects in London or the surrounding region. Taught in English and Italian.
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Italian
3040A/B -
Studies at Rondine Citadel of Peace in Italy
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This course, held mainly in Tuscany at Rondine Citadel of Peace, builds skills for understanding cultural differences and fosters awareness for social change in a global context. Intercultural competences, migration phenomena and peacebuilding will be approached in theory and practice through field experience as well as visual and written material.
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Italian
3300 -
Advanced Italian
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This course expands students’ communicative skills, introduces idiomatic expressions and increases control of grammatical structures. Material will be drawn from authentic articles, websites and films. Discussion will be focused on cultural aspects of Italy’s past and contemporary society.
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Italian 2200, 2200W/X, the former 2250 with a minimum standing of 60%, or permission of the Department.
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Italian
3320A/B -
Advanced Italian Conversation
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Guided conversations in advanced Italian dealing with the hottest issues in contemporary Italy. Students will develop their communicative skills in Italian through discussion of a number of topics, ranging from social and political issues to TV and pop culture, fashion, food, sports.
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Italian
3328F/G -
Masterpieces of Contemporary Italian Literature
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Explore contemporary Italian literature and its masters such as Calvino, Ginzburg, Sciascia, Tabucchi, with a focus on particular aspects of Italian culture, and connections to other disciplines and literary traditions. Topics may include the relationship between literature and society, city versus country, nostalgia, desire, identity. Taught in Italian.
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3329F/G -
Women in Italian Literature and Culture
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Explore the representations of women in Italian media and literature. Map a plurality of images of femininity onto their historical and cultural backgrounds. Assess the value of cultural constructs ranging from the angel to the prostitute to the diva. Taught in Italian.
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Italian
3338F/G -
Books on the Big Screen
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Explore the interplay between cinema and literature in
Italian culture, focusing on the adaptation of great literary works into
classic films. Students will be introduced to elements of semiotics that will
allow them to appreciate and discuss the distinctive features of verbal and
filmic narrative.
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Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
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3350F/G -
Masterpieces of Italian Literature: From the Middle Ages to Romanticism
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Journey through Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century. Focus on masters such as Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarch, Leopardi. Topics may include love, nature and power. Particular attention will be paid to the cultural connections with other disciplines and literary traditions. Taught in English and Italian.
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Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
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Italian
3351F/G -
Renaissance Epic
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Mad love, witchcraft and chivalry are some of the topics found in the Italian epic tradition, including in Orlando Innamorato, Orlando Furioso and Gerusalemme Liberata. The course will examine the epic tradition in the context of Renaissance culture and in relation to other art forms.
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Italian 3300 or permission of the Department
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Italian
3352F/G -
From Commedia dell’ Arte to Modern Theatre
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Explore the Italian theatrical tradition through a
selection of texts that may range from Commedia dell’ Arte to modern and
contemporary performances. Engage with a number of theatrical techniques and
consider the style, characters and themes of Italian performance art.
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Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
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3360F/G-3367F/G -
Special Topics in Italian Literature and Culture
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
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Italian 3300 or permission of the Department
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3380A/B-3384A/B -
Special Topics in Italian
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
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Italian 3300 or permission of the Department
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Italian
3600F/G/Z -
Internship in Italian
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The Academic Internship is an unpaid, credit internship with minimum of 60 hours. The internship will require students to make connections with academic study while undertaking supervised duties in organizations, businesses or community groups with interests related to Italian.
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Permission of the Department and ICC 2200F/G. Registration in the third or fourth year of a module Italian, with a minimum cumulative modular average of 75%. Approval of, and acceptance into, an internship placement.
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Students must have completed or are completing the required courses and at least 50% of the module.
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Italian
4400A/B -
Fourth-Year Italian: Language, History and Culture
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Further refinement of oral and written skills through exposure to complex material, including journal articles, sociology essays, literature and translations, as well as to varieties of formal and informal Italian. Discussion of various historical and cultural topics will deepen the students’ understanding of Italian civilization.
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Italian 3300 with a minimum standing of 60% or permission of the Department
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4401F/G-4405F/G -
Research Seminar
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This seminar offers the opportunity for focused,
advanced study. Topics may include canonical creative figures and their
masterpieces, intersections of the visual, cinematographic, performing, musical
and literary arts, and interdisciplinary, intermedial and epochal questions.
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4406F/G-4409F/G -
Research Seminar
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This seminar offers the opportunity for focused,
advanced study. Topics may include canonical creative figures and their
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4430F/G-4437F/G -
Special Topics in Italian Literature and Culture
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Please consult the Department for current offerings.
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Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
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4460F/G-4467F/G -
Special Topics in Italian Literature and Culture
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Consult the Department for current offerings. Taught in English and Italian.
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Italian 3300 or permission of the Department
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4480A/B-4484A/B -
Special Topics in Italian
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Special credit for Italian language or culture studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
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Italian 3300 or permission of the Department
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4490F/G-4494F/G -
Independent Study
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Individual reading and research at an advanced level under faculty supervision. Students are responsible for arranging independent study credit with an individual faculty member. Taught in Italian.
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Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
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4500F/G -
Senior Research Project
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In this capstone course, students develop their own research project with a specific historical or geographical perspective centred on a designated general theme. Students work in conjunction with peers and professors and choose their own medium of presentation ranging from the traditional to the experimental.
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Italian 3300 or permission of the Department.
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