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Italian Studies

Certificate

The program serves full and part-time students seeking educational enrichment in Italian language and culture. It may be completed concurrently with, and complements a variety of major/minor programs in FASS and other faculties. It requires basic Italian language proficiency (writing, reading and oral skills) and may be completed with a degree program.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences BA students may complete the certificate so that some of the FASS breadth requirements are fulfilled by the same courses.

Certificate courses may also be used toward a major or minor program.

Admission Requirements

There are no specific admission requirements. To declare your Italian studies certificate, please contact the World Languages and Literatures Advisor at wlladv@sfu.ca.

Program Requirements

A minimum of 18 units comprising both ITAL courses and approved electives is required. A maximum of six units may be obtained by the combined mechanism of course challenge and transfer credit.

Students complete at least four ITAL courses from

ITAL 100 - Introductory Italian I (3)
ITAL 110 - Introductory Italian II (3)
ITAL 200 - Intermediate Italian I (3)
ITAL 210 - Intermediate Italian II (3)
ITAL 300 - Advanced Italian: Language and Culture (3)
ITAL 360 - Italian Literature as World Literature (4)
ITAL 400 - Topics in Italian Literature: Contemporary Prose, Poetry and Theatre (4)

and a minimum of two courses from

CA 316 - Intermediate Selected Topics in Cinema Studies (4) *
CA 416 - Advanced Seminar in Cinema Studies (4) *
HIST 106 - The Making of Modern Europe (3)
HIST 220 - Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe (3)
HIST 276 - History of the Modern Mediterranean World 1500 to the Present (3)
HIST 402 - Renaissance Italy (4)
HUM 161 - Latin I (3)
HUM 211 - Art and Literature of the Italian Renaissance (3)
HUM 305 - Medieval Studies (4)
HUM 311 - Italian Renaissance Humanism (4)
HUM 312W - Renaissance Studies (4)
HUM 320 - Cross-Cultural Philosophy in the Humanities (4)
ITAL 300 - Advanced Italian: Language and Culture (3)
ITAL 360 - Italian Literature as World Literature (4)
ITAL 400 - Topics in Italian Literature: Contemporary Prose, Poetry and Theatre (4)
LING 100 - Communication and Language (3)
LING 160 - Language, Culture and Society (3)
WL 100 - What is World Literature? (3)

With prior permission from the departmental advisor (wlladv@sfu.ca), students may count other Italian-related courses which do not appear on this list. Some of the above courses have specific prerequisites and it is the student's responsibility to ensure that all prerequisites are met in such cases.

* When the topic is related to Italy.

Transfer, Exchange, and Challenge Units

A maximum of six units of 100 division language courses from either transfer, exchange or course challenges may be used toward this certificate. In lieu of the transferred credits, students will be required to complete coursework of an equivalent number of units as assessed by the departmental advisor.