Italian (BA)

About this programme

The major in Italian at Cornell trains students in both the language and the cultural context of Italy. Students gain proficiency in speaking, writing, listening and reading in Italian and learn about Italian culture and literature across different historical periods, different media, and different regions. Students learn to perform close readings, providing the relevant historical contexts for the most significant Italian cultural artifacts across the country's eight-hundred-year history. Finally, students develop the ability to form critical judgments on Italian cultural works, while having learned to appreciate and evaluate cultural and literary expressions according to the varying modes of perceiving, experiencing, and understanding related to Italian culture.