2022/23 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Italian B (No longer recruiting)
| Programme code: | BA-IT/B | UCAS code: | R305 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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: 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, Cultures and Societies:
Languages, Cultures and Societies
Programme specification:
The programme will provide the opportunity to develop a high standard of Italian language in listening, speaking, reading and writing, taught ab initio. 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 credits.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| ITAL1025 | Exploring Italy: Introduction to Italian Culture and Society (Beginners) | 20 credits | ||
| ITAL1030 | Beginners Italian (A1 of the CEFR) | 20 credits | ||
| ITAL1032 | Lower Intermediate Italian (A2+ of the CEFR) | 20 credits | ||
| ITAL1034 | Art and Literature in Medieval and Renaissance Italy: An Introduction | 10 credits | ||
| ITAL1040 | Italy from Fascism to the Present | 10 credits |
Optional modules:
Elective 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 module:
| ITAL2016 | Italian Language B | 20 credits |
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 | ||
| ITAL2025 | Linguistic Variety in Modern Italy | 20 credits | ||
| ITAL2500 | Modern Italian Identities Across Cultures | 20 credits | ||
| MODL2001 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | ||
| MODL2015 | Black Europe | 20 credits | ||
| MODL2202 | Screening Italy: Neorealist cinema to Netflix | 20 credits |
Elective 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 |
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 module:
| ITAL3010 | Italian Language 3 | 20 credits |
Optional modules:
Candidates are required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.
| MODL3300 | Final Year Project: Dissertation | 40 credits | ||
| MODL3340 | Final Year Project: Extended Translation | 40 credits | ||
| MODL3350 | Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast) | 40 credits |
Candidates will be required to study a minimum of 40 credits from the following optional modules:
| ITAL3310 | 'Giocare al Romanzo': Italo Calvino and the Novel, from Neorealism to Postmodern | 20 credits | ||
| ITAL3330 | Tangles, Traps and Labyrinths in the Italian Novel: Gadda and Calvino | 20 credits | ||
| ITAL3370 | Dark Italy: Italian Crime Fiction | 20 credits | ||
| ITAL3400 | Made in Italy. Italian for Business | 20 credits | ||
| MODL3600 | Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption | 20 credits | ||
| MODL3610 | Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents | 20 credits | ||
| MODL3620 | Decolonial Approaches | 20 credits | ||
| MODL3630 | Social Movements across Cultures | 20 credits | ||
| MODL3650 | Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present | 20 credits |
Not all modules will be available every year.
Elective modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules or take further optional ITAL/MODL modules.
Candidates may not choose FLTU Italian modules.
Last updated: 29/04/2022 15:50:06
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