BA Italian
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (Foreign language preferred.) IB: 34 points (A total of 16 points in three higher level subjects, with no higher level score below 5. Foreign language preferred.)
About this course
BA in Italian, an Italian degree centred on language proficiency, literary history and cultural analysis. Core topics include Communication & Writing and Language & Translation. Students spend the third year abroad on an immersive placement and can enter the course as beginners or advanced speakers. The first year covers foundational subjects through First Year Italian Language, Introduction to Italian Studies 1, Introduction to Italian Studies 2, and Introduction to the Study of Language and Linguistics. The second year builds competency via Second Year Italian Language alongside optional modules like Italian Culture during Fascism, Issues in Italian Syntax, and Dante and Petrarch. The third year consists of SELCS Year Abroad Term 1 and SELCS Year Abroad Term 2. The fourth year concludes the programme with Final Year Italian Language and further specialised options such as Futurism in Italy, Dante: Divina Commedia, and Words and Images: Italian Film Adaptations.
Modules
- Understanding History: Facts, Interpretations, Stories
- Introduction to the Study of Language and Linguistics
- Theories and Methods in Film and Media Studies
- Mediatising Dissent
- First Year Italian Language
- Introduction to Italian Studies 1
- Introduction to Italian Studies 2
- Second Year Italian Language
- Italian Culture during Fascism
- Issues in Italian Syntax
- Italian Literature 1860-1925
- Writing Women in Renaissance Italy
- Dante and Petrarch
- Italians Abroad: A History of Italian Migration 1790-Today
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 1
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 2
- Final Year Italian Language
- Futurism in Italy
- Nation, Culture and Society in Italy, 1860-1914
- Dante: Divina Commedia
- Identity and Performance in Renaissance Italy
- Words and Images: Italian Film Adaptations
- English Academic Writing and Translation Skills