UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
Search by subject area and course number. Refer to this list of subject areas and their corresponding department.
Tip: A search for the subject area, for example, querying just "HIST" (without quotes), will return all courses of the queried subject area. Searching using subject area and number, such as "HIST 17" (without quotes), would return all courses in the series; in this example that would include HIST 17A, 17AH, 17B, etc.
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| ITAL 1 - Elementary Italian |
| (4) STAFF |
| Introduction to the most basic elements of Italian grammar. Articles, adjectives, gender. Verbs in the present tense. |
| ITAL 2 - Elementary Italian |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 1 or equivalent. |
| Logical continuation of Italian 1. Direct and indirect pronouns. Verbs in the past tense and the imperfect. Emphasis on the correct writing and speaking of Italian. |
| ITAL 3 - Elementary Italian |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 2 or equivalent. |
| Continuation of Italian 2. Verbs in the future, conditional. Introduction to subjunctive. Further emphasis on the correct writing and speaking of Italian. |
| ITAL 4 - Intermediate Italian |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 3. |
| Intended to develop the linguistic skills of students who have completed the first year. Review of basic grammar structures with emphasis on exceptions, enrichment of vocabulary, reading comprehension, and discussion of modern short stories. In Italian. |
| ITAL 5 - Intermediate Italian |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 4. |
| Increases the students' reading, writing, and speaking skills. Review more complex grammar structures through written exercises, enrichment of vocabulary, reading comprehension and discussion of contemporary short stories. In Italian. |
| ITAL 6 - Intermediate Italian |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 5. |
| Further develops the students' reading, writing, and speaking skills. Intensive review of the most advanced grammar structures: subjunctive, passive voice, indirect discourse. Reading and discussion of contemporary short stories. In Italian. |
| ITAL 8A - Italian Conversation |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 1. Concurrent enrollment in Italian 2 or 3. |
| Improves comprehension and conversational skills through the discussion of contemporary issues selected by the instructor. |
| ITAL 8B - Italian Conversation |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 3. Concurrent enrollment in Italian 4 or 5. |
| Improves comprehension and conversational skills through the discussion of contemporary issues selected by the instructor. |
| ITAL 20X - Introduction to Italian Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| A sweeping inquiry into Italian culture, from its origins to its current trends. Exploration of the media, sports, gastronomy, art, music, politics, language, regional and ethnic identity, sexuality, the family, and urban life. Taught in English. |
| ITAL 20XH - Introduction to Italian Culture, Honors |
| (1) Fogu |
| Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Italian 20X; honors students only; consent of instructor. |
| Eligible students are invited to enroll in the honors seminar, which is generally taught by the course instructor. |
| ITAL 21Y - Great Italian Writers |
| (4) STAFF |
| An overview of the finest Italian literature available in translation, ranging from lyrics of the Dolce Stil Novo poets to modernist writing by Anna Banti, hard-boiled detective fiction by Gadda, and postmodern stories by Calvino. Taught in English. |
| ITAL 26 - Advanced Grammar and Composition |
| (4) Ellis |
| Prerequisites: Italian 6 or equivalent. |
| Serves as introduction to upper-division courses; designed to develop students' comprehension and writing skills through readings of contemporary Italian literature. Focuses on expansion of vocabulary and review of advanced Italian language structures. Prerequisite to UD courses taught in Italian. |
| ITAL 30Z - Italy in Film |
| (4) STAFF |
| An introduction to the great directors of the Italian cinema including Rossellini, de Sica, Fellini, Visconti, Antonioni, Pasolini, Rosi, and Pontecorvo. Overview of the chief social and aesthetic issues of postwar Europe. Taught in English (films subtitled). |
| ITAL 99 - Independent Study |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Completion of Italian 3 or equivalent with a grade of B or better. |
| Individual research project, supervised by a faculty member. |
| ITAL 99RA - Independent Research |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 3 or equivalent with a grade of a minimum grade of B. |
| Individual research project supervised by a faculty member. |
| ITAL 101 - Advanced Reading and Composition: Modern Italy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Interdisciplinary introduction to modern Italian culture, art, and society from unification (1870) to the present, through readings, oral presentations, and composition. Advanced grammar topics are coordinated with cultural themes, such as nationalism, war, religion and politics. |
| ITAL 102 - Advanced Reading and Composition: Medieval and Renaissance Italy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Interdisciplinary introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Italian culture, art, and society, through readings, oral presentations, and composition. Advanced grammar topics are coordinated with cultural themes, such as courtly love, the development of Italian city-states, humanism, the role of women, art and artists. |
| ITAL 108 - Business Italian |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Study of both the language and practice of business in contemporary Italy. Particular attention paid to new terminology and to usages that differ fromeveryday Italian language and comportment. |
| ITAL 109 - Advanced Italian Conversation |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 5. Concurrent enrollment in Italian 6 or upper-division standing. |
| Discussion of contemporary issues selected by the instructor. Emphasis on idiomatic speech and vocabulary building. |
| ITAL 111 - Italian Short Fiction |
| (4) Snyder |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Italian 101 or 102. |
| A study of the briefest forms of Italian narrative fiction ranging from the exemplum to the TV script, the short story, and the novella. |
| ITAL 111X - Italian Short Fiction in Translation |
| (4) Snyder |
| A study of the briefest forms of Italian narrative fiction ranging from the exemplum to the TV script, the short story and the novella. |
| ITAL 112 - Italian Narrative Fiction |
| (4) Snyder |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Italian 101 or 102. |
| A study of the longer forms of Italian narrative fiction, particularly the prose romance and the novel. |
| ITAL 112X - Italian Narrative Fiction in Translation |
| (4) Snyder |
| A study of the longer forms of Italian narrative fiction, particularly the prose romance and the novel. |
| ITAL 113 - Italian Poetry |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26 or equivalent. |
| Italian 101 or 102. |
| A study of the various practices of Italian poetry ranging from the epic to the lyric to the avant-garde text. |
| ITAL 113X - Italian Poetry in Translation |
| (4) STAFF |
| A study of the various practices of Italian poetry ranging from the epic tothe lyric to the avant-garde text. |
| ITAL 114X - Dante's "Divine Comedy." |
| (4) Snyder |
| Dante's masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, remains among the most astonishing works of world literature. This course follows the pilgram's progress through Inferno, Pergatorio and Paradiso in search of "love that moves the sun and the other stars." In English. |
| ITAL 119 - The Art of Translation |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Italian 101 or 102. |
| An intensive workshop exploring the theory and practice of translation. Students work at translating literary texts from Italian to English and vice versa. |
| ITAL 121 - The Art of Italian Drama (Page to Stage) |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Intensive study of a single text for the Italian theater leading to its staging in the original language with students as actors. |
| ITAL 123X - Italian Opera |
| (4) STAFF |
| Studies Italian operas, from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Students learn to appreciate these musical masterpieces as literary works as well, through analyzing plots, studying the librettos, and listening to the music. In English. |
| ITAL 124 - Italian Theater |
| (4) Snyder |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Italian 101 or 102. |
| A study of the most important Italian theatrical texts and practices from the Renaissance comedy and the "commedia dell'arte" to contemporary works for the stage. |
| ITAL 124X - Italian Theatre |
| (4) Snyder |
| A study of the most important Italian theatrical texts and practices from the Renaissance comedy and the commedia dell'arte to contemporary works for the stage. |
| ITAL 125 - Italian Contemporary Writing |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Italian 101 or 102. |
| A study of current practices of writing in Italy ranging from autobiography to cultural journalism to new avant-garde fictions. |
| ITAL 125X - Italian Contemporary Writing in Translation |
| (4) STAFF |
| A study of current practices of writing in Italy ranging from autobiographyto cultural journalism to new avante-garde fictions. In English. |
| ITAL 126 - Literature in Italian |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Italian 101 or 102. |
| The literatures of Italy do not constitute a single canon but include many overlooked regional, migrant,and postcolonial texts all written in various forms of Italian. Consult the department for specific topics. |
| ITAL 126A - Literature in Italian |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Italian 101 or 102. |
| The literatures of Italy do not constitute a single canon but include many overlooked regional, migrant, and postcolonial texts all written in various forms of Italian. Consult the department for specific topics. |
| ITAL 126AA - Literature in Italian |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Italian 101 or 102. |
| The literatures of Italy do not constitute a single canon but include many overlooked regional, migrant, and postcolonial texts all written in various forms of Italian. Consult the department for specific topics. |
| ITAL 126AB - Literature in Italian |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Italian 101 or 102. |
| The literatures of Italy do not constitute a single canon but include many overlooked regional, migrant, and postcolonial texts all written in various forms of Italian. Consult the department for specific topics. |
| ITAL 126BB - Literature in Italian |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Italian 101 or 102. |
| The literatures of Italy do not constitute a single canon but include many overlooked regional, migrant, and postcolonial texts all written in various forms of Italian. Consult the department for specific topics. |
| ITAL 138 - Cultural Representations in Italy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Italian 101 or 102. |
| An interdisciplinary study of the ways in which representational practices (texts, images, sounds) have affected Italian culture over the ages. Topics include the body, power and politics, science and new media, and revolution. |
| ITAL 138AA - Cultural Representations in Italy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Italian 101 or 102. |
| A study of the ways in which representational practices (texts, images, sounds) have affected Italian culture over the ages. Focus on such topics as the body, power, desire, and revolution. |
| ITAL 138X - Cultural Representations in Italy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. Note: Italian 138X is the "in translation (in English)" version of this super course. |
| An interdisciplinary study of the ways in which representational practices (texts, images, sounds) have affected Italian culture over the ages. Topics include the body, power and politics, science and new media, and revolution. In English. |
| ITAL 138XX - Cultural Representations in Italy |
| (4) Staff |
| An interdisciplinary study of the ways in which representational practices (texts, images, sounds) have affected Italian culture over the ages. Topics include the body, power and politics, science and new media, and revolution. |
| ITAL 142 - Women in Italy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 26. |
| Italian 101 or 102. |
| An intensive study of writing by and about women from the early modern and modern eras. |
| ITAL 142X - Women in Italy |
| (4) STAFF |
| An intensive study of writing by and about women from the early modern and modern eras. In English. |
| ITAL 143X - The Practices of the Everyday |
| (4) STAFF |
| The organization of the subject's everyday experience in literary works on manners, fashions, love, work, and the family. In English. |
| ITAL 144 - Gender and Sexuality in Italian Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Note: ITAL 144XX is the "in translation (in English) version of this super course. |
| Studies in the production of gender and the functions of sexuality in Italian culture including plays, films, painting, and literary texts. |
| ITAL 144X - Gender and Sexuality in Italian Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Note: ITAL 144XX is the "in translation (in English) version of this super course. |
| Studies in the production of gender and the functions of sexuality in Italian culture including plays, films, painting, and literary texts. |
| ITAL 146X - The Jews in Italy |
| (4) STAFF |
| The development of Jewish culture in Italy as reflected in historical documents and literary texts. In English. |
| ITAL 147X - Migrations To and From Italy |
| (4) STAFF |
| A study of dispersed and diasporic writing on migration including such topics as Italian-American literature, and fiction from the new waves of immigrants into Italy from Africa and Eastern Europe. In English. |
| ITAL 148X - Cities of Italy |
| (4) Snyder |
| A close-up look at the great texts, histories, and cultures of Italian cities such as Rome, Venice, Florence, Ferrara, and Naples. In English. |
| ITAL 149X - Regions of Italy |
| (4) STAFF |
| A study of the distinctive regional cultures of Italy ranging from the southern Tyrol to Sicily, and their cultural practices and products. In English. |
| ITAL 153X - Writing Italy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Italy as portrayed by writers ranging from Montaigne to Goethe, Stendhal to Butor, Berger to Ondaatje, in novels, travel narratives, and diaries. Study of the textual construction of Italy as a figure for the European "other". Taught in English. |
| ITAL 160 - Senior Seminar |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Italian 101 or 102. |
| Seminar for Italian majors wishing to participate in intensive study of a major work of Italian culture (filmic, literary, or artistic) of the past or present. See department for further information. |
| ITAL 161 - The European Union |
| (4) Padula |
| Introduction to the history and organization of the European Union (the institutions, policies, goals, and successes of the E.U.). Focus on the ongoing process of economical, political, social, and cultural integration in Europe since the Second World War. In English. |
| ITAL 162 - Comparative Cultures: France and Italy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Interdisciplinary comparative study of selected cultural and social issues in France and Italy from the early medival period to the present day. In English. AX. From Decadence to Modernism. |
| ITAL 163X - Early Modern Epic |
| (4) Welge |
| Class investigates myths of national foundation and the literary representation of colonial/imperial enterprises, and problems of narrative and political authority. Problems of cultural continuity and difference are explored through readings in Virgil, Dante, Camoens, Tasso, Rabelais, and Cervantes. |
| ITAL 178B - Italian Cinema |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Contemporary italian cinema from neorealism to the present, in light of the thems of Mafia, camorra, 'ndrangheta. |
| ITAL 179X - Fiction and Film in Italy |
| (4) STAFF |
| An analysis of the relationship between narrative fiction and film in modern Italy ranging from the great works of Antonioni, Visconti, and Rossellini to recent versions of "literary classics" shot for television. In English. |
| ITAL 180Z - Italian Cinema |
| (4) Fogu |
| A survey of the major trends and directors in Italian cinema since World War II. Directors to be studied include: Rossellini, De Sica, Visconti, Fellini, Antonioni, and Rosi. |
| ITAL 189A - Italy in the Mediterranean: History, Arts, and Culture |
| (5) Fogu |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing |
| Mediterranean perspective of the history, culture, and arts of Italy, and in particular of the greater Gulf of Naples area, from antiquity to the present. Lectures will be combined with on site field trips. |
| ITAL 189B - Italy in the Mediterranean: History, Arts, and Culture-Field |
| (1) Fogu |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing |
| Field trip component of Italian 189A. Course can only be taken in conjunction with Italian 189A. |
| ITAL 199 - Independent Studies in Italian |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Italian. |
| Individual investigations in literary fields. |
| ITAL 199RA - Independent Research Assistance |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Italian;consent of instructor. |
| Independent research, under the supervision of a consenting faculty member. |
| ITAL 500 - Teaching Assistant Practicum |
| (4) staff |
| Supervised teaching of lower-division Italian courses. Includes orientation workshop, weekly meetings with supervisor, preparation and correction of examinations, preparations of discussion sections, class observations. |
| ITAL 596 - Directed Reading and Research |
| (1-6) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. |
| Individual tutorial. |