ITAL - Italian Studies Major

The Italian Studies Program at Trinity College offers innovative courses in Italian and English about the language, culture, and civilization of Italy. Students who take courses in Italian benefit from small and intimate classes that emphasize both interactive and individualized approaches to language education.

Students of Italian will enhance their academic experience at Trinity by acquiring skills that will not only be useful after college, but that will be part of the lifelong process of cultural discovery. Courses in Italian language, literature, culture, and film are offered by an enthusiastic faculty that encourages intellectual challenge, critical thinking, and social interaction in a cultural context.
Students who major and minor in Italian Studies go on to work in different professions, government, and business where they apply their critical thinking and intellectual aptitudes honed at Trinity.

Students learn Italian at Trinity in a variety of events outside the classroom: the Italian table, visits to museums, dinners with faculty, Italian movie festivals, and events organized by the Cesare Barbieri Endowment for Italian Culture. As part of their course work, students are strongly encouraged to study abroad at Trinity’s Rome Campus where courses count toward the major and minor.