2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Italian

Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Languages, Cultures and Societies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/sbs/sbs-languages-cultures-and-societies-23.pdf?sfvrsn=3c71a881_10

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/2024 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme:

BA Italian(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Our Italian course will give you an in-depth knowledge of both Italy’s language and culture, helping you better understand a leading economy steeped in cultural heritage. We welcome both beginners and advanced learners.
You will take core modules to build up your language skills and start a journey into Italian culture and society. Optional modules allow you to explore Italian history and culture, via material such as opera, pop music, film, art, literature, fashion, and advertising.
Other topics covered in optional modules include Dante and the Renaissance, the mafia, migration, ethnic and gender identities, and language varieties. Your third year will see you travel to Italy itself, letting you further develop your knowledge.
Finally, you will take more advanced language and optional modules that cover feminism, food, design, and Italian for business. A Final Year Project will allow you to work on a topic of your choice, with one of our expert tutors guiding your efforts.
Our Italian tutors at Leeds are all specialists in their fields and dedicated teachers. You will be supported and receive guidance throughout your degree.
At Leeds, we put emphasis on language learning and understanding today’s Italy in all its regional, social, gender, and ethnic diversity. You will explore Italian culture and society by engaging with authentic material such as books and the visual arts, films and TV series, photography, music, social media and websites, advertising, fashion, design, and much more.
By doing so, you will understand how Italy as a nation has been changing and how Italian communities living in Italy and abroad express diverse cultural, ethnic, regional, social, and gender identities.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Students are required to take the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students with prior knowledge of Italian will be required to study the following module:

Students with no prior knowledge of Italian will be required to study the following modules:

Students will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Students with prior knowledge of Italian will be required to study 40 of discovery modules.

Students with no prior knowledge of Italian will be required to study 20 credits of discovery modules.

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students who took ITAL1030 and ITAL1032 in Year 1 will be required to study the following module:

Students who took ITAL1010 in Year 1 will be required to study the following module:

All students will be required to take 80 credits from the following optional modules:

Students may also choose to study the below module, as long as they are not already enrolled onto Linguists into Schools.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject, pursue additional modules in the two named subjects or take the above FOAH module.

Students are required to study 20 credits of Discovery modules.

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Students will spend this year of their programme in Italy.

Students are required to study the following compulsory module. Please note that the appropriate level 2 language modules must be passed in order to progress to the Year Abroad.

Discovery modules:

Year4 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

At Level 3, students must study 120 credits. All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project (FYP) module.     
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:

All students will be required to study the following compulsory module:

Optional modules:

All students will be required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project (FYP) modules:

Students are required to take a minimum of 40 from the following list of optional modules.

Discovery modules:

All students are required to take 20 credits of discovery modules. Finalists may only take Level 1 modules that are listed as Discovery Skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.

Students are required to take 20 credits of Discovery modules.

Last updated: 03/05/2024 16:54:34

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