德保爾大學(xué)

From ancient Rome to the European Union, Italy has always been at the core of the humanist tradition and the heart of world affairs. A degree in Italian offers a broad-based humanities education with crucial skills in reading, writing, and critical thinking useful for any number of pursuits after college. DePaul’s Italian program gives students the opportunity to attain advanced language proficiency while studying all aspects of Italian literature and culture. Our majors have gone on to career paths in teaching, government, and business both in the US and abroad. Others have enrolled in prestigious graduate programs in language, literature, and law.

DePaul’s Italian program gives students the opportunity to attain advanced language proficiency while studying all aspects of Italian literature and culture. Topics of our regular course offerings include:

• Language and Culture
• Film
• History and Politics
• Geography
• Food and Wine
• Business
• Literature
• Linguistics
• Translation

Students expand upon the fundamental skills learned in the Italian core by choosing one of three concentrations: Italian Studies, Italian Language and Literature, and Commercial Italian. DePaul majors in world language education, management, marketing, environmental studies, history of art and architecture, international studies, political science and many other disciplines often choose to double major in Italian.

Learning Outcomes

?Students will be able to:

Proficiently speak, understand, read, and write the studied language(s) to:

• Engage in conversations.
• Interpret and create a variety of written texts.
• Provide and obtain information
• Express feelings and emotions.
• Exchange opinions.

Acquire knowledge of the cultures related to the studied language(s) with appropriate background in geography, history, politics, and society.

Acquire knowledge of the literary traditions related to the studied language(s) along with techniques of literary and rhetorical analysis.

Acquire basic notion of the history and theory of language and language study, including linguistics, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, and dialectology.

Acquire basic notion of the theory and practice of translation and interpretation.