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French and Italian Studies
Italian Studies
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The Field

The major in Italian Studies provides opportunities to study the field of Italian culture from several interdisciplinary perspectives and across several centuries. Students gain knowledge of Italian language and literature together with aspects of Italy’s art, culture, cinema, architecture and design, economy, geography, history, institutions, politics, and thought; Italian-American studies are a component. The program offers both scholarly and career orientations.