Course:

ITAL 106  Intensive Italian

Professor:

Karen Raizen  

CRN:

15533

Schedule/Location:

Mon Tue Wed Thurs    9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Olin Languages Center 115

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit  

Credits: 8

 

Class cap: 22

This course enables students with little or no previous knowledge of Italian to complete three semesters of college Italian in five months: 8 credits at Bard and 4 credits in Italy in June, where the students will continue daily intensive study of the Italian language and culture while living with Italian families. At Bard, students attend eight hours of class per week, plus two hours with the Italian tutor. The course methodology is based on a communicative approach, which includes grammar drills, guided compositions, oral practice, role-plays, readings and analysis of authentic material.

 

Course:

ITAL 202  Intermediate Italian II: Italy in Dialogue

Professor:

Franco Baldasso  

CRN:

15547

Schedule/Location:

 Tue Wed Thurs    11:50 AM – 12:50 PM Reem Kayden Center 200

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 22

This course intends to reinforce students' skills in grammar, composition, and spoken proficiency, through advanced grammar review, conversation practice, reading/analysis of short texts, writing simple compositions, as well as the use of magazine articles, videos, and songs. The focus of the semester will be on conversation and cultural communication, and will explore the richness and variety of Italy's many cultures in its literal and figurative possibilities. Prerequisites: Italian 201 (or the equivalent).

 

 

Course:

HIST 184  Inventing Modernity: Commune, Renaissance, and Reformation in Western Europe, 1291-1806

Professor:

Gregory Moynahan  

CRN:

15603

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    8:30 AM – 9:50 AM Olin 205

Distributional Area:

HA Historical Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 22

Crosslists: French Studies; German  Studies; Italian Studies

 

Course:

LIT 241  Sex, Lies and the Renaissance

Professor:

Joseph Luzzi  

CRN:

15713

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Olin 204

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 22

Crosslists: Art History; Historical Studies; Italian Studies

 

Course:

LIT 3205  Love and Death in Dante

Professor:

Joseph Luzzi  

CRN:

15732

Schedule/Location:

Mon       12:30 PM – 2:50 PM Olin 308

Distributional Area:

LA Literary Analysis in English  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 15

Crosslists: Italian Studies

 

Course:

LIT 3356  Modernism and Fascism: Cultural Heritage and Memory

Professor:

Franco Baldasso  

CRN:

15724

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      3:10 PM – 5:30 PM Olin 303

Distributional Area:

LA Literary Analysis in English D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 15

Crosslists: Human Rights; Italian Studies