Italian Program Learning Outcomes

A student who graduates with a major in Italian should be able to:

• Read, comprehend and evaluate content with a difficulty level from simple conversational text to technical, theoretical and literary passages.
• Compose written documents that express, explain and analyze Italian culture and literature.
• Understand aurally and respond orally to basic conversation, as well as more complex situations.
• Describe and critique in written and verbal form Italian cultural manifestations – historical and current – related to belief systems, politics and social justice issues.