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Italian Studies program requirements

What the Italian Studies Specialist, Major and Minor require, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course they name.

Italian Studies Specialist

  • Arts program
  • 10.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASSPE2525

Enrolment

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

(10.0 credits, including at least 1.5 credits at the 400-level)

13.0 credits from Italian language courses: ITA100Y1, ITA250Y1, ITA350Y1, ITA450H1

20.5 credit from ITA202H1

31.0 credit from 200-level introductory courses: ITA203H1; ITA204H1; ITA205H1; ITA206H1

41.0 credit in courses from the Literature concentration below

51.0 credit in courses from the Cinema & Visual Studies concentration below

61.0 credit in courses from the Linguistics concentration below

71.0 credit in courses from the Cultural, Postcolonial, and Transnational studies concentration below

80.5 credit from ITA489H1; ITA495H1

91.0 credit in further ITA courses at 400 level

Concentrations

Literature: ITA200H1; ITA201H1; ITA203H1; ITA233H1; ITA310H1; ITA311H1; ITA312H1; ITA320H1; ITA321H1; ITA332H1; ITA333H1; ITA380H1; ITA390H1; ITA400H1; ITA421H1; ITA445H1

Cinema & Visual Studies: ITA204H1; ITA240Y1; ITA340H1; ITA341H1; ITA342H1; ITA345H1; ITA441H1; ITA453H1

Linguistics: ITA205H1; ITA210H1; ITA360H1; ITA363H1; ITA364H1; ITA431H1; ITA432H1; ITA433H1

Cultural, Postcolonial & Transnational Studies: ITA206H1; JCI250H1; ITA314H1; ITA315H1; ITA316H1; JCI350H1; ITA349H1; ITA358Y0; ITA359Y0

NOTES:

Note 1Courses may appear in more than one requirement, but may only count once toward program completion

Courses these requirements name

  • ITA100Y1Italian Language for Beginners
  • ITA250Y1Intermediate Italian
  • ITA350Y1Language Practice
  • ITA450H1Advanced Italian
  • ITA202H1Introduction to Italian Studies
  • ITA203H1Introduction to Italian Literature
  • ITA204H1Introduction to Italian Cinema
  • ITA205H1Introduction to Italian Linguistics
  • ITA206H1Introduction to Italian Cultural Studies
  • ITA489H1Independent Studies
  • ITA495H1Directed Research
  • ITA200H1Major Italian Authors in Translation: from Dante to Tasso
  • ITA201H1Major Italian Authors in Translation: from Marino to Calvino
  • ITA233H1Italian-Canadian Literature
  • ITA310H1The 'Journey' in 19th Century Italian Literature
  • ITA311H1Mediaeval Italian Literature in Translation: Dante
  • ITA312H1Mediaeval Italian Literature in Translation: Petrarch and Boccaccio
  • ITA320H1Dante: Vita Nuova and Divina Commedia (Inferno)
  • ITA321H1Dante: Divina Commedia (Purgatorio and Paradiso)
  • ITA332H1Love in the Renaissance
  • ITA333H1Literature and Society in Renaissance Italy
  • ITA380H1The Prose of the World: The Modern Italian Novel and the Realist Tradition
  • ITA390H1The Commedia dell'Arte
  • ITA400H1Machiavelli
  • ITA421H1Spinning a Tale: The Italian Short Story after 1800
  • ITA445H1Literature of the Italian Diasporas
  • ITA240Y1History of Italian Cinema
  • ITA340H1Italian Neorealist Cinema
  • ITA341H1Gender and Genre in Italian Cinema
  • ITA342H1Popular Italian Cinema
  • ITA345H1Cinema of the Italian Diasporas
  • ITA441H1Italian Cinematic Adaptation
  • ITA453H1At the Movies: History and Practice of Italian Film Criticism
  • ITA210H1“The Most Beautiful Language”: Italian between Past, Present and Future Challenges
  • ITA360H1Italian Linguistics
  • ITA363H1Italian Sociolinguistics
  • ITA364H1Italian and Social Media
  • ITA431H1History of Italian Language I-from Middle ages to Cinquecento
  • ITA432H1History of Italian Language II- from Cinquecento to Contemporary
  • ITA433H1Italian Language and Italian Dialects in Toronto
  • JCI250H1Italian Canadian Communities
  • ITA314H1Italian Design: Fashion, Artistry, Genius
  • ITA315H1Sex and Gender in Contemporary Italy
  • ITA316H1Social Conflicts and Cultural Changes in 20th-Century Italy
  • JCI350H1Italian Canadian Culture and Identity
  • ITA349H1Black Italian Cultural Production
  • ITA358Y0Modern Italian Culture
  • ITA359Y0Modern Italian Culture
Check your progress in Atlas Italian Studies Specialist in the Calendar

Italian Studies Major

  • Arts program
  • 7.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASMAJ2525

Enrolment

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

(7.0 credits, including at least 1.0 credit at the 300+ level and 0.5 credit at the 400 level)

13.0 credits from Italian language courses: ITA100Y1, ITA250Y1, ITA350Y1

20.5 credit from ITA202H1

31.0 additional credit from ITA203H1; ITA204H1; ITA206H1

42.5 credits in three of the four areas of concentration below, with at least 0.5 credit in each of the three selected concentrations

Concentrations

Literature: ITA200H1; ITA201H1; ITA203H1; ITA233H1; ITA310H1; ITA311H1; ITA312H1; ITA320H1; ITA321H1; ITA332H1; ITA333H1; ITA380H1; ITA390H1; ITA400H1; ITA421H1; ITA445H1

Cinema & Visual Studies: ITA204H1; ITA240Y1; ITA340H1; ITA341H1; ITA342H1; ITA345H1; ITA441H1; ITA453H1

Linguistics: ITA205H1; ITA210H1; ITA360H1; ITA363H1; ITA364H1; ITA431H1; ITA432H1; ITA433H1

Cultural, Postcolonial & Transnational Studies: ITA206H1; JCI250H1; ITA314H1; ITA315H1; ITA316H1; JCI350H1; ITA349H1; ITA358Y0; ITA359Y0

NOTES

Note 1Courses may appear in more than one requirement but may only count once toward program completion

Courses these requirements name

  • ITA100Y1Italian Language for Beginners
  • ITA250Y1Intermediate Italian
  • ITA350Y1Language Practice
  • ITA202H1Introduction to Italian Studies
  • ITA203H1Introduction to Italian Literature
  • ITA204H1Introduction to Italian Cinema
  • ITA206H1Introduction to Italian Cultural Studies
  • ITA200H1Major Italian Authors in Translation: from Dante to Tasso
  • ITA201H1Major Italian Authors in Translation: from Marino to Calvino
  • ITA233H1Italian-Canadian Literature
  • ITA310H1The 'Journey' in 19th Century Italian Literature
  • ITA311H1Mediaeval Italian Literature in Translation: Dante
  • ITA312H1Mediaeval Italian Literature in Translation: Petrarch and Boccaccio
  • ITA320H1Dante: Vita Nuova and Divina Commedia (Inferno)
  • ITA321H1Dante: Divina Commedia (Purgatorio and Paradiso)
  • ITA332H1Love in the Renaissance
  • ITA333H1Literature and Society in Renaissance Italy
  • ITA380H1The Prose of the World: The Modern Italian Novel and the Realist Tradition
  • ITA390H1The Commedia dell'Arte
  • ITA400H1Machiavelli
  • ITA421H1Spinning a Tale: The Italian Short Story after 1800
  • ITA445H1Literature of the Italian Diasporas
  • ITA240Y1History of Italian Cinema
  • ITA340H1Italian Neorealist Cinema
  • ITA341H1Gender and Genre in Italian Cinema
  • ITA342H1Popular Italian Cinema
  • ITA345H1Cinema of the Italian Diasporas
  • ITA441H1Italian Cinematic Adaptation
  • ITA453H1At the Movies: History and Practice of Italian Film Criticism
  • ITA205H1Introduction to Italian Linguistics
  • ITA210H1“The Most Beautiful Language”: Italian between Past, Present and Future Challenges
  • ITA360H1Italian Linguistics
  • ITA363H1Italian Sociolinguistics
  • ITA364H1Italian and Social Media
  • ITA431H1History of Italian Language I-from Middle ages to Cinquecento
  • ITA432H1History of Italian Language II- from Cinquecento to Contemporary
  • ITA433H1Italian Language and Italian Dialects in Toronto
  • JCI250H1Italian Canadian Communities
  • ITA314H1Italian Design: Fashion, Artistry, Genius
  • ITA315H1Sex and Gender in Contemporary Italy
  • ITA316H1Social Conflicts and Cultural Changes in 20th-Century Italy
  • JCI350H1Italian Canadian Culture and Identity
  • ITA349H1Black Italian Cultural Production
  • ITA358Y0Modern Italian Culture
  • ITA359Y0Modern Italian Culture
Check your progress in Atlas Italian Studies Major in the Calendar

Italian Studies Minor

  • Arts program
  • 4.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASMIN2525

Enrolment

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

(4.0 credits with at least 1.0 credit at the 200+ level and 1.0 credit at the 300+ level)

1At least 3.0 credits in three of the four areas of concentration below, with at least 1.0 credit in each of the three selected concentrations

21.0 credit in further ITA courses, including language courses

Concentrations

Literature: ITA200H1; ITA201H1; ITA203H1; ITA233H1; ITA310H1; ITA311H1; ITA312H1; ITA320H1; ITA321H1; ITA332H1; ITA333H1; ITA380H1; ITA390H1; ITA400H1; ITA421H1; ITA445H1

Cinema & Visual Studies: ITA204H1; ITA240Y1; ITA340H1; ITA341H1; ITA342H1; ITA345H1; ITA441H1; ITA453H1

Linguistics: ITA205H1; ITA210H1; ITA360H1; ITA363H1; ITA364H1; ITA431H1; ITA432H1; ITA433H1

Cultural, Postcolonial & Transnational Studies: ITA206H1; JCI250H1; ITA314H1; ITA315H1; ITA316H1; JCI350H1; ITA349H1; ITA358Y0; ITA359Y0

NOTES:

Note 1Courses may appear in more than one requirement, but may only count once toward program completion

Courses these requirements name

  • ITA200H1Major Italian Authors in Translation: from Dante to Tasso
  • ITA201H1Major Italian Authors in Translation: from Marino to Calvino
  • ITA203H1Introduction to Italian Literature
  • ITA233H1Italian-Canadian Literature
  • ITA310H1The 'Journey' in 19th Century Italian Literature
  • ITA311H1Mediaeval Italian Literature in Translation: Dante
  • ITA312H1Mediaeval Italian Literature in Translation: Petrarch and Boccaccio
  • ITA320H1Dante: Vita Nuova and Divina Commedia (Inferno)
  • ITA321H1Dante: Divina Commedia (Purgatorio and Paradiso)
  • ITA332H1Love in the Renaissance
  • ITA333H1Literature and Society in Renaissance Italy
  • ITA380H1The Prose of the World: The Modern Italian Novel and the Realist Tradition
  • ITA390H1The Commedia dell'Arte
  • ITA400H1Machiavelli
  • ITA421H1Spinning a Tale: The Italian Short Story after 1800
  • ITA445H1Literature of the Italian Diasporas
  • ITA204H1Introduction to Italian Cinema
  • ITA240Y1History of Italian Cinema
  • ITA340H1Italian Neorealist Cinema
  • ITA341H1Gender and Genre in Italian Cinema
  • ITA342H1Popular Italian Cinema
  • ITA345H1Cinema of the Italian Diasporas
  • ITA441H1Italian Cinematic Adaptation
  • ITA453H1At the Movies: History and Practice of Italian Film Criticism
  • ITA205H1Introduction to Italian Linguistics
  • ITA210H1“The Most Beautiful Language”: Italian between Past, Present and Future Challenges
  • ITA360H1Italian Linguistics
  • ITA363H1Italian Sociolinguistics
  • ITA364H1Italian and Social Media
  • ITA431H1History of Italian Language I-from Middle ages to Cinquecento
  • ITA432H1History of Italian Language II- from Cinquecento to Contemporary
  • ITA433H1Italian Language and Italian Dialects in Toronto
  • ITA206H1Introduction to Italian Cultural Studies
  • JCI250H1Italian Canadian Communities
  • ITA314H1Italian Design: Fashion, Artistry, Genius
  • ITA315H1Sex and Gender in Contemporary Italy
  • ITA316H1Social Conflicts and Cultural Changes in 20th-Century Italy
  • JCI350H1Italian Canadian Culture and Identity
  • ITA349H1Black Italian Cultural Production
  • ITA358Y0Modern Italian Culture
  • ITA359Y0Modern Italian Culture
Check your progress in Atlas Italian Studies Minor in the Calendar

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