Hazel (Medstead, Hampshire)
In St Andrews you can combine your study of Italian with subjects such as Art History, English, or History, as well as other languages, giving you the knowledge and skills to work in an international context. Or you can combine Italian with more directly business- oriented subjects such as Economics or Management, providing you with a sound basis for work in international commerce.
The majority of our graduates begin their study of Italian here with no prior experience of the language. Students with a Scottish Higher, A-Level, or other suitable pre-university qualification in Italian, follow a separate first year course tailored to their particular needs and experience. In the second year our beginners join those students who entered with a qualification in Italian in the combined Second-level modules. Language teaching at all levels in Italian takes place in relatively small groups.
Summary of Course Content
First Level (1st year) At First level Italian has two pathways: one for complete beginners, one for students with some prior qualification such as a Scottish Higher or A-Level. The module for beginners is an intensive language-learning experience. The post-Higher/A-Level programme consists of a language module, consolidating and developing students’ existing knowledge, and separate literature modules on subjects such as Italian short stories, Renaissance books of manners, and Italian literature during fascism.
Second Level (usually 2nd year) Our second year course brings both first year pathways together, devoting three hours per week to the advanced study of the language and two hours per week to literature. You will read Dante’s Inferno, Machiavelli’s Il principe, as well as twentieth- century literature by authors such as Leonardo Sciascia, Ignazio Silone, and the Nobel prizewinners Eugenio Montale and Luigi Pirandello.You may also study some of the literature courses available on the first year post-Higher/A-Level programme described above.
Honours (3rd and 4th years) At Honours level you continue your language study throughout the two Honours years, improving your language skills with an emphasis on the production of a high level of written and spoken Italian. In addition to the compulsory language modules, Italian Language I & II and Communications Skills I & II, you make up your Honours programme by choosing from a range of specialised modules on a variety of topics. Our optional Honours modules currently include courses on literature from the thirteenth to the twenty- first century, covering major classics such as Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Manzoni, Verga, as well as more topic specific modules such as:
“It didn’t take long for Italian to stand out as a subject that I wanted to take to Honours level. The teaching is of a consistently high standard, and staff invest so much energy in both the course and the students that it is completely deserving of its status as one of the best departments of Italian in the UK. Both the language and literature strands of the course – as well as extra-curricular programmes – are outstanding in terms of structure and content, and the opportunity to employ newly- developed language skills on a year abroad is invaluable.”
• The Linguistic History of the Italian Language • Dante Alighieri • Modern Italy through Cinema •
Italian Contemporary Narrative and Poetry
• 20th Century Italian Canonical and Anti-Canonical Poetry • Female Literary Representations in the Italian Renaissance • •
Italian Detective Fiction Literary Tranvestism in Italian Literature
• Authority and Subversion in Renaissance Italy • Translation Methodology
Teaching Although there are normally around 100 students enrolled for the first year beginners class, individual students can expect to be in tutorial groups of around 18 students. The post-Higher/ A-Level class is normally a group of about 15 students. Second year language groups average 8-10, and Honours language groups are in the 10-15 range. Teaching is carried out in a variety of modes: formal lectures, seminars, tutorials and practical oral classes, and is supported at all levels by a variety of computer and web-based aids and activities, some specifically developed by the Italian Department here. In September 2008 the School opened a new Multimedia Centre with the latest digital technology to enhance the learning and practice of oral and aural skills.
Study Abroad If you take Italian as part of the five-year (With Integrated Year Abroad) degree you will spend your third year in Italy, as a language assistant in a secondary school, or on an approved work placement. If you take a four-year degree you may spend a semester of your third year studying at an Italian university under the Erasmus scheme. At the present time we have exchange links with the universities of Padua and Verona. For more information on European or North American Exchanges, see pages 20-21.
Careers Recent graduates in Italian are now working in a variety of jobs both in the UK and in Italy. Some are working in companies where their role makes full use of their language skills. Some are working as teachers of modern languages in the UK, or of English abroad. Some graduates have taken further training or conversion courses to prepare for careers in translating and interpreting based on their degree at St Andrews, or careers in law or commerce to which their Italian degree adds an extra dimension. Some are utilising their analytical and language skills in civil service positions in the Foreign Office and GCHQ whilst others are working in international Art Houses.
Please see page 42 for details of the University’s Careers Centre. More information:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/careers/wiki/ School_of_Modern_Languages
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