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Liberal Arts and Professional Studies – Italian Culture

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Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

This degree is offered in English; its core requirement of three culture courses is complemented by electives chosen from our Italian culture courses, as well as from courses with significant Italian content taught by other departments. Students in this degree program may opt for an Honours BA, an Honours Double Major, an Honours Major/Minor or an Honours Minor.

Certificates of Italian proficiency are available to students in programs other than Italian Studies and the iBA Italian Studies. In order achieve the certificate students require a minimum grade of B. We offer three levels of certificates of proficiency: Level One (Beginner Range), Level Two (Intermediate Range), Level Three (Advanced Range).

Please refer to our Web site for more information about the Italian Culture/Italian Studies program.

For purposes of meeting program requirements, all nine-credit general education (foundation) courses will count as six credits towards the major in Italian culture.

Honours BA: 120 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: 24 credits of general education chosen from approved courses in humanities, modes of reasoning, natural science and social science, including a minimum of six credits in each of humanities, natural science and social science.

Major credits: students will take at least 42 credits in Italian culture including:

(i) Core culture requirement:

18 mandatory core credits as follows:

(ii) Additional culture courses:

  • 24 credits chosen from the Italian culture courses list (see below).

(iii) Language requirement:

Students must satisfy a six credit requirement in Italian language. This requirement will be met either by completing AP/IT 1000 6.00 (or AP/IT 10013.00 and AP/IT 1002 3.00) or by demonstrating equivalency (i.e. writing a placement test in DLLL and receiving placement in AP/IT 2000 6.00, automatically demonstrates proficiency beyond the beginner level in the Italian language). A maximum of six credits in language may be counted toward the major in Italian culture. Students who meet the requirement by demonstrating proficiency equivalent to AP/IT 1000 6.00 need not complete any credits in language. For more information, contact the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

Notes:

  1. Courses in linguistics do not count towards the Italian culture major.
  2. At least 12 credits in the major at the 4000 level.

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits.

Honours Double Major BA

The Honours BA program in Italian Culture described above may be pursued jointly with any other Honours bachelor’s degree program in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or with a major in earth and atmospheric science in the Lassonde School of Engineering or physics and astronomy in the Faculty of Science.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Honours Major/Minor BA

The Honours Major BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor bachelor’s degree program in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or with a minor in biology, chemistry or physics and astronomy in the Faculty of Science.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

Honours Minor BA

The Honours Minor BA program described may be combined with any approved Honours BA program that offers a major/minor option in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Science or the Lassonde School of Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

Minor credits: students will take at least 30 credits in Italian culture including:

(i) Core culture requirement:

18 mandatory core credits as follows:

(ii) Additional culture courses:

  • 12 credits chosen from the Italian culture courses list (see below).

(iii) Language requirement:

Students must satisfy a six credit requirement in Italian language. This requirement will be met either by completing AP/IT 1000 6.00 (or AP/IT 1001 3.00 and AP/IT 1002 3.00) or by demonstrating equivalency (i.e. writing a placement test in DLLL and receiving placement in AP/IT 2000 6.00 automatically demonstrates proficiency beyond the beginner level in the Italian language). A maximum of six credits in language may be counted toward the major in Italian culture. Students who meet the requirement by demonstrating proficiency equivalent to AP/IT 1000 6.00 need not complete any credits in language. For more information, contact the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

Notes:

  1. Courses in linguistics do not count towards the Italian culture major.
  2. At least six credits in the minor must be at the 4000 level.

BA: 90 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 90 credits that meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 4.00.

General education: 24 credits of general education chosen from approved courses in humanities, modes of reasoning, natural science and social science, including a minimum of six credits in each of humanities, natural science and social science.

Major credits: students will take at least 30 credits in Italian culture including:

(i) Core culture requirement:

18 mandatory core credits as follows:

(ii) Additional culture courses:

  • 12 credits chosen from the Italian culture courses list (see below).

(iii) Language requirement:

Students must satisfy a six credit requirement in Italian language. This requirement will be met either by completing AP/IT 1000 6.00 (or AP/IT 1001 3.00 and AP/IT 1002 3.00) or by demonstrating equivalency ( i.e. writing a placement test in DLLL and receiving placement in AP/IT 2000 6.00, automatically demonstrates proficiency beyond the beginner level in the Italian language). A maximum of six credits in language may be counted toward the major in Italian culture. Students who meet the requirement by demonstrating proficiency equivalent to AP/IT 1000 6.00 need not complete any credits in language. For more information, contact the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

Notes:

  1. Courses in linguistics do not count towards the Italian culture major.
  2. At least 12 credits in the major at the 3000 level or above.

Upper-level credits: at least 18 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 12 credits in the major at major at the 3000 level or above.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits.

Italian Culture Courses

Not all of the courses listed below will necessarily be offered in any given year. For more information, please consult the relevant supplemental calendar.

1. Courses in Italian culture (in addition to the core courses):

AP/IT 2761 9.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HUMA 2761 9.00)
AP/IT 3201 6.00
AP/IT 3761 3.00 (offered only in the summer session in Italy)
AP/IT 3771 3.00 (offered only in the summer session in Italy)

2. Courses in literature with the IT prefix. These include:

AP/IT 2200 6.00
AP/IT 3200 6.00
AP/IT 3360 6.00
AP/IT 3370 3.00
AP/IT 3550 6.00
AP/IT 3750 6.00
AP/IT 3760 3.00
AP/IT 3770 3.00
AP/IT 4300 3.00
AP/IT 4330 3.00
AP/IT 4330 6.00
AP/IT 4350 3.00
AP/IT 4400 3.00
AP/IT 4620 6.00
AP/IT 4651 3.00
AP/IT 4652 3.00

Students will need to meet the prerequisites (previously completed courses and/or permission of the instructor) to gain entry to these courses.

3. Courses listed by other departments:

AP/GL/GWST 3515 6.00 (cross-listed to: GL/HUMA 3945 6.00)
AP/HIST 3250 6.00
AP/HIST 3350 6.00
AP/HIST 3365 3.00
AP/HIST 3391 6.00
AP/HIST 4250 6.00
AP/HUMA 2195 9.00
FA/VISA 2560 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HUMA 2140 6.00)

In addition to the courses listed here, and with the approval of the program coordinator, students may count other courses for credit in Italian culture; in these cases, the decision to grant permission will be based on demonstrated relevance to the program of study in Italian Culture. Subject to course exclusion and residency, students may also count courses offered outside of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies; in these cases, the approval of the program coordinator is necessary and the decision to grant permission will be based on demonstrated relevance to the program of study in Italian Culture.

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