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Master of Arts (Honours) Italian


MA (Hons) Italian: First Year
Code Module name Credits
(( Introduction to Italian Language 20 AND
Italian Language (Elementary) 20 ) OR
( Italian Language Intermediate 1 10 AND
Italian Language Intermediate 2 10 AND
Italian Geographies 10 AND
Italian Histories 10 )) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


MA (Hons) Italian: Second Year
Code Module name Credits
Second Level Italian 20 AND
Second Level Italian (Advanced) 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • An average grade of 7 in all Italian modules taken

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


MA (Hons) Italian: Third Year
Code Module name Credits
Italian Language 1 15 AND
Italian Language 2 15 AND
View list 90 credits from Module List: IT3003 - IT3099, IT4006 - IT4089, ML3201
IT3012 Fourteenth Century Literature 15
The Language and Literature of Renaissance Italy 15
IT3022 Romanticising the Nation: Culture and Identity in the Ottocento 15
Italian Detective Fiction 15
Venice 15
IT3037 Contemporary Italian Woman Writers 15
IT3038 Primo Levi 15
IT3039 Emigrant Nation 15
IT4010 Early Italian Lyric Poetry 15
Dante Alighieri 15
IT4013 Modern Italy through Cinema 15
Female Literary Representations in the Italian Renaissance 15
IT4016 Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry 15
IT4022 Fascist Italy 15
IT4024 Authority and Subversion in Renaissance Italy 15
Contemporary Cultures of Migration 15
IT4026 Fascism and Film 15
IT4028 The Twentieth-century Italian Novel 15
Black Italians 15
IT4030 Italian Cinema and Society, 1945-1975 15
IT4031 Leaving the Factory: Labour and its Others in Modern and Contemporary Italy 15
Travellers and Tourists in Italian Culture 15
IT4033 Elena Ferrante 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

A minimum of 210 credits must be taken in the Single Honours degree subject.

'Dip Across': Single Honours students in the School of Modern Languages may take up to 30 Honours level credits in another subject for which they are eligible for Honours entry.

This requires the permission of the Head(s) of School or their nominated deputy.


MA (Hons) Italian: Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
Communication Skills 1 15 AND
Communication Skills 2 15 AND
View list 90 credits from Module List: IT3003 - IT3099, IT3103, IT4005 - IT4099, ML3201, ID4002
IT3012 Fourteenth Century Literature 15
The Language and Literature of Renaissance Italy 15
IT3022 Romanticising the Nation: Culture and Identity in the Ottocento 15
Italian Detective Fiction 15
Venice 15
IT3037 Contemporary Italian Woman Writers 15
IT3038 Primo Levi 15
IT3039 Emigrant Nation 15
IT4010 Early Italian Lyric Poetry 15
Dante Alighieri 15
IT4013 Modern Italy through Cinema 15
Female Literary Representations in the Italian Renaissance 15
IT4016 Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry 15
IT4022 Fascist Italy 15
IT4024 Authority and Subversion in Renaissance Italy 15
Contemporary Cultures of Migration 15
IT4026 Fascism and Film 15
IT4028 The Twentieth-century Italian Novel 15
Black Italians 15
IT4030 Italian Cinema and Society, 1945-1975 15
IT4031 Leaving the Factory: Labour and its Others in Modern and Contemporary Italy 15
Travellers and Tourists in Italian Culture 15
IT4033 Elena Ferrante 15
IT4097 20-Credit Dissertation in Italian 20
Dissertation on an Italian Topic 15
Long Dissertation on an Italian Topic 30
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

A minimum of 210 credits must be taken in the Single Honours degree subject.

'Dip Across': Single Honours students in the School of Modern Languages may take up to 30 Honours level credits in another subject for which they are eligible for Honours entry.

This requires the permission of the Head(s) of School or their nominated deputy.


Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91¹û¶³ÊÓÆµ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).