2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Italian (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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 from September 2024. For students who entered the programme before September 2024, you can find the details of your programme:

BA Italian

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]

We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for years 2 and 4 are not yet available. Before you enter years 2 and 4 details of modules for those years will be provided.

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

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

Students who started with no prior knowledge of Italian will be required to study the following module:

Students will be required to study 40 credits from the following optional modules:

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

Discovery modules:

Students will be required to study 40 credits of discovery modules.

Year3 - View timetable

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

We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 4 are not yet available. Before you enter year 4 full details of modules for that year will be provided.

Compulsory modules:

All students will be required to study the following compulsory module

Year4 - View timetable

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

We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 4 are not yet available. Before you enter year 4 full details of modules for that year will be provided.

Compulsory modules:

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

Optional modules:

Students will be required to study 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Students will be required to study a minimum of 20 and may take up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Students may take up to 20 credits of the following optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Students may study 20 credits of discovery modules

Last updated: 03/05/2024 16:57:15

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