Major: Bachelor of Arts

Elective courses to meet the 60 unit major minimum can be taken within the following parameters.

• Coursework within the department. Additional ITALIAN courses taught by Italian faculty (may be taught in English or Italian) at the 100- or 200-level.

• Language coursework. Up to three language courses in Italian at or above ITALLANG 21, such as ITALLANG22 and 23 or ITALIAN 21A and 22A for a maximum of 12 units may apply to the major.

• Coursework in other departments relevant to the degree, on Italian topics, with the approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. 

• Bing Overseas Study Program. Courses taken at the Bing Overseas Studies in Florence program with prior approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. 

• Education as Self-Fashioning courses taught at least partially by a French and Italian Department faculty member. Students may count a maximum of ten units. 

• Structured Liberal Education. Students may count ten units of SLE coursework towards their major elective totals.

• Digital Humanities Course. Student work must reflect Italian interests. Prior approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Maximum of five units.

• Independent Study. No more than 12 units of coursework for the major should be taken as independent study courses.

*Italian & Philosophy subplan elective details are listed within the subplan section.

Students must take ITALIAN 189 for 5 units in order to receive WIM credit.

In their senior year, students must enroll in a three-unit Independent Study to prepare a final project that reflects their coursework in the major. In consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Studies, students choose a project from a menu of options. Options include but are not limited to a creative project or short essay. Students will present this project to the faculty of the department before graduation.

In their senior year, students must enroll in a three-unit Independent Study to prepare a final project that reflects their coursework in the major. In consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Studies, students choose a project from a menu of options. Options include but are not limited to a creative project or short essay. Students will present this project to the faculty of the department before graduation.

• The Italian and Philosophy subplan requires 66 units. Students interested in this option should review the Philosophy and Literature website opens in a new tab. 

• Up to ten units of courses taken in the Philosophy department may be taken ‘CR/NC’ or ‘S/NC’; the remainder must be taken for a letter grade.

• Substitutions and transfer credits are generally not permitted for the PHIL 170 series class or the PHIL 180 series class and are never allowed for PHIL 80, ITALIAN 181, or the capstone seminar.

• Once a student has completed the SLE sequence (all three quarters), they may count up to 10 units towards this major. The SLE units can replace one history of philosophy course and one upper-division Italian course.

Complete AT LEAST 10 units of ITALIAN coursework in either Italian or English.

This course should be taken as early as possible in the student's career, normally in the sophomore year.

Complete AT LEAST 2 courses from the PHIL100-139 course set.

Two additional elective courses of particular relevance to studying philosophy and literature. Students must consult with the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) in Italian.