Degree Options

Italian Studies Degrees

Italian Studies is an interdisciplinary program in the best tradition of the Humanities. We offer courses in literature, culture, language, linguistics, media, film, opera, and Italian-Canadian Studies. Students can choose from three major/minor degree options: Italian Studies, Italian Culture and iBA Italian Studies.

Each of these consists of core courses taught by our faculty. The Italian Studies degree requires a full complement of language, literature and linguistics courses, most of which are taught in Italian. The Italian Culture degree is offered in English; its core requirement of three culture courses is complemented by electives chosen from our literature and culture courses, as well as from courses with significant Italian content taught by other departments. The iBA Italian Studies requires courses taken at one of our partner universities in Italy.

Italian Culture

The Italian Culture degree comprises a variety of courses aimed at investigating aspirations, accomplishments, and conflicts that characterize Italian society from the Middle Ages to the present. The required courses for this degree program adopt an interdisciplinary approach that favors a cross-examination of historical, social, political, and literary texts, as well as their correlations to coeval artistic expressions, particularly within the context of the visual arts, music, cinema and other media.

This program gives students, from any background, a unique opportunity to develop analytical and critical tools necessary for tackling the complexities of cultural constructs, identities, and social organizations that go beyond the confines of Italy. It provides students with a valuable and stimulating experience of another culture and, at the same time, it makes a significant contribution in building a solid foundation for the study of the Humanities in general.

Italian Studies: Language, Literature and Linguistics

Specialized Honours BA Italian Studies

Residency Requirement: A minimum of 30 course credits and at least ½ (50%) 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 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 54 credits in Italian Studies including the following:

Core Language Requirement
12 core language credits as follows:
- AP/IT 2000 6.0 or AP/IT 2030 6.0
- AP/IT 3000 6.0 or AP/IT 3030 6.0 or AP/IT 3050 6.0
Core Literature Requirement
6 core literature credits as follows:
- AP/IT 2200 6.0
Core Linguistics Requirement
6 core linguistics credits as follows:
- AP/IT 2100 6.0
Other Courses
30 credits (of which12 credits must be at the 4000 level), as follows:
- 6 credits in Italian linguistics
- 18 credits in literature (other than AP/IT 2200 6.0), of which at least six credits must be from Group A and at least six credits must be from Group B;
- Any 6 additional credits at the 3000 or 4000 level

Honours BA Italian Studies

Residency Requirement: A minimum of 30 course credits and at least ½ (50%) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation Requirements: 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.

Major Credits: Students will take at least 42 credits in Italian studies, including the following:

Core Language Requirement
12 core language credits as follows:
- AP/IT 2000 6.0 or AP/IT 2030 6.0
- AP/IT 3000 6.0 or AP/IT 3030 6.0 or AP/IT 3050 6.0
Core Literature Requirement
6 core literature credits as follows:
- AP/IT 2200 6.0
Core Linguistics Requirement
6 core linguistics credits as follows:
- AP/IT 2100 6.0
Other Courses
18 credits (of which 12 credits must be at the 4000level), as follows:
- 6 credits in Italian linguistics
- 12 credits in literature (other than AP/IT2200 6.0), of which at least 6credits must be from of Group A and at least six credits must be from Group B

Honours (Double Major) BA Italian Studies

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Double Major degree programs in the Faculties of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Faculty of Health or Faculty of Science and 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 double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Honours (Double Major) Interdisciplinary BA Programs & Italian Studies

The Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA Program described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. Students must take at least 36 credits in Italian and at least 36 credits in the interdisciplinary program. Courses taken to meet Italian requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the interdisciplinary program. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least 12 credits in Italian and six credits the interdisciplinary program. For further details of requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs. Note: In a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Major Credits: Students will take at least 36 credits in Italian, including the following:

Core Language Requirement
12 core language credits as follows:
- AP/IT 2000 6.0 or AP/IT 2030 6.0
- AP/IT 3000 6.0 or AP/IT 3030 6.0 or AP/IT 3050 6.0
Core Literature Requirement
6 core literature credits as follows:
- AP/IT 2200 6.0
Core Linguistics Requirement
6 core linguistics credits as follows:
- AP/IT 2100 6.0
Other Courses
12 credits (of which six credits must be at the 4000 level), as follows:
- 3 credits in Italian Linguistics
- 6 credits in literature (other than AP/IT 2200 6.0)
- Any 3 additional credits at the 3000 or 4000 level

Honours (Major/Minor) BA Italian Studies

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Minor degree programs in the Faculties of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Faculty of Health or Faculty of Science and 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.

Honours (Minor) BA Italian Studies

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 studies, including the following:

Core Language Requirement
12 core language credits as follows:
- AP/IT 2000 6.0 or AP/IT 2030 6.0
- AP/IT 3000 6.0 or AP/IT 3030 6.0 or AP/IT 3050 6.0
Core Literature Requirement
6 core literature credits as follows:
- AP/IT 2200 6.0
Core Linguistics Requirement
6 core linguistics credits as follows:
- AP/IT 2100 6.0
Other Courses
6 credits in Italian literature at the 4000 level from either Group A or Group B.

Italian Culture

Honours BA Italian Culture

Residency Requirement: A minimum of 30 course credits and at least ½ (50%) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Major Credits: Students will take at least 42 credits in Italian Culture including: 18 credits in mandatory core courses:

AP/IT 2751 9.0
AP/IT 4750 6.0
AP/IT 4775 6.0
24 additional credits chosen from the Italian Culture courses list

Note: At least 12 credits at 4000 level.

Students must also satisfy a 6.00 credit Italian language requirement. This may be satisfied by either completing AP/IT 1000 6.00 (or AP/IT 1001 3.0 and AP/IT 1002 3.0) or demonstrating equivalent proficiency.

Honours (Double Major) Italian Culture

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 Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with a major in Earth and Atmospheric Science or Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

Honours (Major/Minor) BA Italian Culture

The Honours Major BA Program described above may be pursued jointly with any 30 credit Honours Minor Bachelor's degree Program in the Faculties of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with a Minor in Biology, Chemistry, or Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

Honours Minor BA Italian Culture

The Honours BA Minor program described may be combined with any approved Honours BA program that offers a major/minor option in the Faculties of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Faculty of Health or Faculty of Science and 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: 18 credits in mandatory Core courses:

AP/IT 2751 9.0
AP/IT 4750 6.0
AP/IT 4775 6.0
12 additional credits chosen from the Italian Culture courses list

Note: At least 6 credits at 4000 level.

Students must also satisfy a 6 credit Italian language requirement. This may be satisfied by either completing AP/IT 1000 6.0 (or AP/IT 1001 3.0 and AP/IT 1002 3.0) or demonstrating equivalent proficiency.

Upper Level Credits: At least 6 credits at 4000 level.

iBA Italian Studies

Honours International BA (iBA Program) Italian Studies

The requirements are the same as for the Honours BA in Italian Studies (42 credits)

Core Language Requirement

12 core language credits as follows:

AP/IT 2000 6.0 or AP/IT 2030 6.
AP/IT 3000 6. or AP/IT 3030 6.0 or AP/IT 3050 6.0

Core Literature Requirement

6 core literature credits as follows:

AP/IT2200 6.0

Core Linguistics Requirement

6 core linguistics credits as follows:

AP/IT 2100 6.0

Other Courses

18 credits including 12 credits at the 4000-level as follows:

6 credits in Italian linguistics
12 credits in literature (other than AP/IT2200 6.0), and at least 6 credits from each of Group A and B

Note: At least 12 credits in the major at the 4000 level.

In addition to the courses required for their major, students in the Honours iBA Program must fulfil the following requirements:

at least 12 credits of internationally-oriented courses chosen outside the major;
at least one full term abroad as a full-time student at one of York University's exchange partners in Italy.