Minor in Language and Area Studies: Italian/Europe

You may now declare the minor in Language and Area Studies: Italian/Europe! See Dr. Gail Riley (griley@american.edu) in Asbury 336 for more info. See also CAS Academic Advising or download the Declare Minor form.

Course Requirements

Please see AU Registrar for current offerings.

• A total of 24 credit hours
• Twelve credit hours in the Department of Language and Foreign Studies at the 200 level or above, including 6 credit hours at the 300 level
• Twelve credit hours selected from an approved list of courses in area studies — see below

Get the Course Checklist (pdf).

Italian Courses

• ITAL 218 Intermediate I 
• ITAL 219 Intermediate II
• ITAL 318 Conversation and Composition I
• ITAL 319 Conversation and Composition II

Area Studies Courses

Courses include those from anthropology (ANTH-xxx), economics (ECON-xxx), history (HIST-xxx), international studies (SIS-xxx), literature (LIT-xxx), or sociology (SOCY-xxx).

One 3-credit course must be at the 300 level or above from SIS; one 3-credit course must be from history.

Course offerings include:

• ANTH 339 Culture Area Analysis
• ARTH 101 European Art: Renaissance to the Present
• ARTH 205 Art of the Renaissance
• ARTH 303 Medieval Art
• ARTH 513 Italian Painting: Early Renaissance
• ARTH 514 Italian Painting: High Renaissance
• ARTH 515 Italian Painting: Late Renaissance
• ECON 318 Economic History
• ECON 351 Comparative Economic Systems
• GOVT 432 Political Institutions and Processes in Selected Countries
• HIST 110 Renaissance and Revolution: Europe, 1400-1815
• HIST 203 The Ancient World: Rome
• HIST 204 Medieval Europe
• HIST 239 Topics in European History
• HIST 312 Studies in European History
• LIT 334 Topics in Renaissance Literature
• LIT 360 Topics in Medieval Literature
• PERF 205 Masterpieces of Music
• PERF 215 Opera on Stage and Film
• PERF 322 History of Music I: From Antiquity to 1750
• PERF 365 Theatre History I: From the Greeks to the Renaissance
• PHIL 311 Modern European Movements
• SIS 331 Overview of the European Union
• SIS 355 The Relations of West European Nations
• SIS 557 Foreign Policy Formulation in West European States