Italian Studies Minor

A Minor in Italian Studies is a very flexible program that allows you to organize and design a curriculum that benefits your interests, be it in language, literature, cinema, art and culture at large. You can choose from a variety of existing courses in Italian language, art, history and film. If you have a personal interest in a specific subject related to Italy and Italian culture that is not covered in the regular courses offered, you can pursue it through a series of independent studies.

Please see the UNLV College of Liberal Arts Department of World Languages and Cultures web page at www.unlv.edu/wlc for information about department programs, faculty and facilities.  Degree worksheets are available at www.unlv.edu/degree/minor-italian-studies.

Learning Outcomes

Communication

• Students will be able to engage in conversation, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
• Students will be able to understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
• Students will be able to present information, concepts and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.

Cultures

• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.
• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products (artifacts) and perspectives of the cultures studied.

Connections

• Students will be able to reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
• Students will be able to acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.

Comparisons

• Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
• Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

Communities

• Students will be able to use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
• Students will be able to show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.