Italian, Minor

Program Overview

Over 60 million people worldwide speak Italian as their native language. Italian is a language of vital cultural, commercial, and political importance. Italy is known worldwide for its history, art history, architecture and literature. Italy is also famous for design and style. In addition, since the 1980’s Italy has been one of the world’s largest consumer markets and industrial producers.

Languages, Cultures and Translation Programs

Program Contact

Daniela Dal Pra

Teaching Professor and Coordinator of Italian

dcunicod@charlotte.edu

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Italian, Minor at a Glance

A Minor in Italian consists of 18 credit hours above the elementary language level. Students complete 12 credit hours of core language courses at the intermediate (2000) and advanced (3000) level. After completion of these language requirements, students take 6 credit hours of elective courses at the 3000 level. Students who place out of the 6 credit hours of Intermediate Language courses must replace those 6 credit hours with 6 credit hours of elective courses. The exciting elective courses include such topics as Italian Culture and Civilization, History of Italian Film, Italian Mafia through Cinema, Cinema and Migration across the Mediterranean Sea through Italian Cinema, Topics on Translation.

Credit Hours

18 Credit Hours

Study Abroad

In Italy

Internships

In Italian Businesses in CLT

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