Italian Studies Major

Major Requirements

COMPASS CURRICULUM: Starting with the class of 2024, the major in Italian Studies consists of at least 10 credits starting with ITAS 101 Basic Italian I or above, including one 300-level class taught at Wheaton, and one course in Italian above ITAS 220.

CONNECTIONS CURRICULUM: The major in Italian Studies consists of at least nine credits starting with ITAS 200 or above. At least four of the nine must be in Italian.

Course options:

COMPASS CURRICULUM: May select from all courses

CONNECTIONS CURRICULUM: May select from courses beginning with ITAS 200 and above

* denotes courses taught in Italian

Capstone

Italian Studies majors will complete their major capstone experience in their senior year. The major capstone experience in Italian Studies will consist of advanced work in the field or in an interdisciplinary area of the field. Senior majors can take an upper level experimental ITAS 398 course, when offered; engage in original and independent research by requesting an ITAS 399 ; or take an enhanced version of an upper level Italian course offered in their senior year. The learning outcome will generally consist of a long research paper in Italian in a literary or interdisciplinary area of student interest.

Notes

We encourage majors to spend their junior year abroad with an approved program, such as Middlebury in Florence or Ferrara and the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) in Milan or Rome.