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Undergraduate
Programmes
See this page for a general introduction to our
degree programmes:
See the Prospectus
for a shorter introduction.
Click here for more detailed information about
The following three links are mainly for current students:
First Year (Part I)
In your first year (the Part 1 course) you can study up to three subjects,
and at the end of the first year, provided you have qualified in the relevant
Part 1 exams, you can decide which of these subjects (on its own or in
combination with one of the others) you want to take as your final degree
choice. Many students of Italian have not studied the subject at school, but
decide to continue with it to degree-level after 'trying it out' at Part 1.
There are two pathways for students taking Italian at Part 1: one for
students with an advanced knowledge of Italian, the other for beginners.
Roughly 75% of the department's students have not studied Italian before
coming to Reading, so you will not be at a disadvantage if you are a beginner in
the language. Both pathways give a lot of attention to the Italian language as
well as focusing on aspects of twentieth-century Italian culture, history and
society: advanced students take two 20-credit modules, one on language and the
other on culture, while beginners take one 40-credit module which covers both
areas. The beginners' module also has a specially-designed component intended to
help you gain confidence in reading texts in the original language.
In addition, an optional module is available to all students, taught in
translation, on Italian medieval and Renaissance culture.
Click for an on-line version of our
FIRST YEAR STUDENT HANDBOOK.
In this year, you will take one module of language designed
to improve skills in both written and spoken Italian. This helps to prepare you
for the year spent abroad.
Those doing a single honours programme choose up to five
additional modules, from the options available. Students doing Italian as part
of a combined honours programme will take a further two modules selected from
the list of Part 2 modules. In the case of Italian with Film Studies, the two
cinema modules are compulsory.
This year is structured similarly to Year 2, with all
students doing one module of language and a further two modules (for combined
honours) or up to five modules (for single honours) selected from the list of
Year 4 modules. For students doing Italian with Film Studies, the two cinema
modules are compulsory.
Your practical language classes will normally account for
about three contact hours per week and will be broken down into the following
areas:
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Grammar
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Translation
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Free and guided writing in Italian (essays, summaries
etc)
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Oral work
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Aural work
Groups will be small - on average about 10-12 students -
to allow for your individual needs to be easily met. Native-language speakers do
almost all the language teaching. If you are studying Management or the IMBA
degree, you take a special module in business Italian in the fourth year.
You can take Italian Studies either as a single subject for
a Single Honours degree or as one of two or more subjects in a Combined Honours
degree. Our programmes of study are designed with maximum flexibility in mind,
allowing you to choose from a wide variety of options to suit your particular
academic interests. In both single honours and certain combined degrees some
modules are regarded as of fundamental importance and are therefore compulsory.
You can combine Italian with any of the following
subjects:
Archaeology
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History
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Classical Studies
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History of Art
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Economics
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International Management and Business Administration (IMBA)
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English Literature
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Film and Drama
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International Relations
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Film Studies
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Management Studies
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French
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Philosophy
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German
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Politics
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In these combined programmes Italian is evenly balanced
with the other subject area. The only exceptions are the BA Italian with Film
Studies programme, taught entirely in the Department of Italian Studies with
Film Studies constituting about a third of the programme, and the BA in
International Management and Business Administration (IMBA) degree, in which you
will be based in Management Studies and take language as the Italian component.
Italian modules can also be taken as part of the European Studies programme.
In all these combinations, Italian language
is studied throughout the first, second and fourth years, with the third year
spent wholly or partly in Italy.
There is also a three-year degree in History with Italian, in
which Italian makes up one third of the total and there is no year abroad.
Students attend on average three language classes a week and do written work
for these on a regular basis. Language work is done in small groups, and
additional instruction in the language laboratory is provided as appropriate.
Other teaching is by lectures, seminars, and tutorials, and active
participation by students is always encouraged. Regular written work is
required.
Most modules, including some language modules, are assessed partly on
examinations and partly on coursework. The proportion deriving from coursework
varies but may be up to 50%.
See the Prospectus
for a shorter introduction.
Click here for more detailed information about
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February 07, 2008
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