Italian Studies Minor

Offered at: San Luis Obispo Campus

The Italian Studies minor provides students with opportunities to explore how the language and culture of Italy are central to the arts, humanities, and sciences in the Western tradition. In addition, students learn about the central role Italy plays on the world stage as one of the founders of NATO, of the European Union, and as one of the seven most industrialized nations (G7). Required coursework focuses on acquiring intermediate proficiency in the language (ITAL 1102 through ITAL 2201), together with a solid foundation in the humanities (WLC 3310 Culture of Italy), while the upper-division electives come from a variety of complementary fields, including art, music, history, and political science.

Minor Requirements and Curriculum

• At least half of the units must be from upper-division courses (3000-4000 level).
• At least half of the units must be taken at Cal Poly (in residence). For the Chinese, French, German, Italian Studies, Japanese, and Spanish minors, the requirement for students studying abroad is that at least one-third of the units must be taken at Cal Poly.
• No more than one-third of the units will be taken with credit-no credit grading (CR/NC), not counting courses with mandatory CR/NC. Departments may further limit CR/NC grading if desired.
• A minimum 2.0 GPA is required in all units counted for completion of the minor. 

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Applicable to the minor when course subtitle content is relevant to Italian.

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Enrollment in this course requires approval of the instructor and department chair.