Santa Reparata International School of Art Florence, Italy

Summer 2006

Italian I
Credit hours: 3--Contact hours: 45
Course # 51-1320 SR
Dept: Liberal Education
Course Description: Designed for students who have never studied the language before, this is an entry level Italian language course. The goal of the course is a basic but solid understanding of the Italian language through listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. After completing this course students will have the basic communications skills needed for day-to-day activities.

Italian II
Credit hours: 3--Contact hours: 45
Course # 51-2305 SR
Dept: Liberal Education
Course Description: This Italian Language course is intended for students who have attended at least one beginning level Italian language course. Emphasis will be on building on the grammar and vocabulary learned in the first semester.
Prerequisite: Beginning Italian

Intensive Italian I
Credit hours:6-- Contact hours: 90
Course # 51-1329 SR
Course Description: Students who have never studied the Italian language before will learn the basic communications skills needed for day-to-day activities, along with basic writing and reading skills in this course. The intensive level offers students the opportunity to focus a greater amount of time on the acquisition of the Italian language. There will be a focus on practical topics will give students the tools to interact immediately in their new environment. As students develop their language skills, new and more complex topics of conversation are introduced.Emphasis is given to the introduction of Italian culture (politics, history, art, traditions, social customs, literature, cinema, daily life, etc.) Many conversation topics are taken from local newspapers, television and Italian magazines. The goal of the course is a basic but solid understanding of the Italian language through listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.