2017/18 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Italian A
Programme code: | BA-IT/A | UCAS code: | R310 |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Chiara La Sala | Contact address: | M.C.LaSala@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 485
Entry requirements:
For entry requirements for this course please visit www.leeds.ac.uk/coursefinder
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Languages and Related Studies
Programme specification:
The programme will: provide the opportunity to develop a high standard of Italian language in listening, speaking, reading and writing for those with a knowledge of Italian to A-level, AS-level or equivalent standard. It also offers the student expertise in Italian culture in a broad sense, including not only a core of language and of literary texts (medieval, Renaissance, nineteenth-century and modern) but also a choice of topics such as Italian history and society, art, cinema, politics and the mass media.
This expertise is carefully tailored to be both accessible and challenging at every level, giving undergraduates a larger selection of options as they become familiar with the subject area. Final-year students are offered one of the largest ranges of options in Italian departments in the country.
The programme uses a wide variety of innovative teaching methods, including the integration of IT into learning, in order to enable students to enjoy and profit from their study, as well as prepare for the world of work.
Students will learn how to exercise and train their critical intelligence, their ability to organize and deploy facts and opinions and their communication skills in both oral and written form. The ability to study independently and develop interpersonal skills, such as team working, is fostered at every level.
In addition, students gain the opportunity to strengthen and consolidate these skills and to attain a high degree of intercultural competence during the year spent in Italy, often on a Socrates placement. Our graduates go on to pursue a wide range of careers or further study, well equipped for lifelong learning.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 1 students must study 120-125 credits.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
ITAL1010 | Italian Language A | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL1034 | Art and Literature in Medieval and Renaissance Italy: An Introduction | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ITAL1040 | Italy from Fascism to the Present | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ITAL1085 | Skills and Issues in Italian Studies | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ITAL1150 | Italian Cinema: An Introduction | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
MODL1050 | Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1060 | Language: Structure and Sound | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL1070 | World Histories | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1090 | Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
MODL1100 | Politics, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1150 | Worlds of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1401 | Discourse, Culture and Identity | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
As part of your induction to academic work, and in order to provide you with additional support in key areas of your programme, students are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to undertake the following 5-credit Study Skills module. This module resides above the required 120 credits students take in Level 1 and as such it is not compulsory, but it draws together key guidance that augments provision elsewhere.
MODL1500 | LCS Academic Essentials | 5 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
- Candidates will be required to study 40 credits of discovery modules.
- Candidates may not choose FLTU Italian modules.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 2 students must study 120 credits.
In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
ITAL2015 | Italian Language A | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study between 80 and 100 credits from the following optional modules:
ITAL2023 | Introduction to Dante's Comedy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2025 | Linguistic Variety in Modern Italy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2090 | Power, Pain and Beauty: Introduction to the Art and Literature of the Italian Renaissance | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2095 | The Italian Renaissance: Ideals and Realities | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL2200 | Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2300 | Italy: Regions, Identities and Nation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2400 | Tall Tales: An Introduction to the Italian Short Story | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
MODL2001 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
- Not all modules will be available every year.
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules. Candidates may not choose FLTU Italian modules.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Candidates will spend the third year of the programme in Italy.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to follow the following compulsory module:
ITAL9001 | Year Abroad in Italy | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Finalists may only take level 1 modules which are listed as discovery skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.
In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
ITAL3010 | Italian Language 3 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates are required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.
MODL3300 | Final Year Project: Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3310 | Final Year Project: Extended Essay | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3320 | Final Year Project: Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3340 | Final Year Project: Extended Translation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3350 | Final Year Project: Digital Documentary | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study at least 60 credits from the following optional modules:
ITAL3025 | Italian Terrorisms/Italian Film | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3033 | The Making of the Italian Language: From Dante to the Present | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3110 | Italian Cinemas/Italian Histories | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3153 | Primo Levi: From Testimony to Fiction | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3233 | Minority Languages and Dialects in Italy from Fascism to the Present | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3253 | Language and Identity in Twentieth-Century Italian Novels | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3310 | 'Giocare al Romanzo': Italo Calvino and the Novel, from Neorealism to Postmodern | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ITAL3340 | Bad Christmas Films: The Italian Cinepanettone | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3350 | Specialised Uses of Italian | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3370 | Dark Italy: Italian Crime Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ITAL3375 | A Year With 366 Days: A Journey Through Petrarch's Canzoniere | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ITAL3400 | Made in Italy. Italian for Business | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ITAL3450 | Family Novels: Life Stories, Gender and Social Change in Modern Italy | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 |
- Not all modules will be available every year.
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules. Candidates may not choose FLTU Italian modules.
Last updated: 22/09/2017
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