This information is part of the Colgate University catalog, 2025-26.
Minor Requirements
A minor in Italian is a program of study in Italian language, literature, and culture. It consists of a minimum of six courses. At least five of these courses must be entirely in Italian at the 200, 300, and 400 level, from the list below. One must be ITAL 361 and one must be ITAL 491. No more than one elective course not taught in Italian may be counted.
Required Courses
Italian Courses
Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of ITLA in the course offerings.
Three or four ITAL courses from list below:
- ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian
- ITAL 202 - Intermediate Italian: Language and Literature
- ITAL 353 - Introduction to the Study of Italian Literature: Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature
- ITAL 354 - Modern Italian Culture
- ITAL 359 - From the Page to the Screen (and Vice-Versa)
Electives
Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of ITEL in the course offerings.
If only three courses taken from list above, students may use one course from the list below to complete the requirements:
- ALST 284/HIST 284 - Decolonization in Africa
- ARTH 207 - Roman Art
- ARTH 216 - Nature's Mirror: Renaissance Arts 1400-1550
- ARTH 226 - Nature's Order: Baroque Arts 1550-1750
- ARTH 280 - Visual Culture of Fascism
- CLAS 235 - Archaeology of Italy
- CLAS 237 - Roman History I: The Roman Republic
- CLAS 253 - Excavating Ancient Greeks and Romans in Southern Italy
- CORE C138 - Black Italy
- CORE S106 - Saving the Appearances: Galileo, the Church, and the Scientific Endeavor
- FMST 224 - Introduction to Italian Cinema
- FMST 334 - Film Festivals and Exhibitions
- HIST 102 - Europe in Crisis Since 1815
- HIST 202 - Europe in the Middle Ages, c. 300 - 1500
- HIST 331 - Medieval Italy, c. 1000 - 1500
- JWST 204 - Jewish Fiction since Holocaust
- LATN 121 - Elementary Latin I
- LATN 122 - Elementary Latin II
- LATN 123 - Intensive Elementary Latin
- LATN 195 - Elementary-Level Latin Language Abroad
- LATN 201 - Intermediate Latin I
Romance Languages and Literatures Department
For more information about the department, including Faculty, transfer credit, awards, etc., please visit the Romance Languages and Literatures department catalog page.