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Syllabi are for course approval and reference only. Students will receive up-to-date syllabi when their courses begin.

In order to be admitted to the Padova program, students are required to have completed at least two semesters of college-level Italian or the equivalent. Upon completion of the intensive language program in the first month, students below fifth-semester Italian (LI 306) enroll in a consecutive language course.

The courses meet four hours per week. A minimum enrollment of four students is necessary for a course to be ofered during the semester. All courses are taught by faculty either from the University of Padova (UNIPD) or from other Italian universities.

CIES Italian Language Courses
As part of the CIES intensive language program students enroll in one course listed below. Upon completion of the intensive language program in the first month, students below fifth-semester Italian (LI 306) enroll in a consecutive language course as one of their electives.

CAS LI 211 Third-Semester Italian
Prerequisite: two semesters of college-level Italian, or placement exam results. Intended for students with a satisfactory background in elementary Italian who require extensive review of basic structures, verbs, and related essentials. Review, emphasis on composition skills, and conversation. Reading and discussion of short articles and stories. During the intensive language period (September or February), class work is complemented by small, informal conversation groups led by students from the Università degli Studi di Padova. 4 cr.

CAS LI 212 Fourth-Semester Italian
Prerequisite: three semesters of college-level Italian, or placement exam results. Intended for students who wish to build active use of Italian in speaking, writing, and reading. Discussions in Italian on everyday themes. Development of reading and writing skills through analysis of contemporary texts and conversation. During the intensive period (September or February), class work is complemented by small, informal conversation groups led by students from the Università degli Studi di Padova. 4 cr.

We recommend that full-year students take a combination of CIES courses and one or two UNIPD courses.

Art History

CAS IT 341 History of Italian Art: From Giotto to Tiepolo
Concentrates on Italian painting from Giotto to Tiepolo and exploring various genres, from sacred to secular art. Site visits. UP faculty. 4 cr. Syllabus

CAS IT 520 Art Seminar on Masterworks of the Italian Renaissance in Tuscany
(Spring) Prerequisite: at least one previous Art History course. Course concentrates on the Italian Renaissance in Tuscany, represented also in Padova in the painter Giotto and the sculptor Donatello. Focus is on major Tuscan painters, architects, and sculptors. It is specially designed for art history and architecture students. Offered spring semester only. UP faculty. 4 cr.

CAS IT 520 Art Seminar on Masterworks of the Italian Renaissance in Venice
(Fall) Prerequisite: at least one previous Art History course. Course concentrates on the Italian Renaissance in Venice. Focus is on major Venetian painters, architects, and sculptors. It is specially designed for art history and architecture students. Offered fall semester only. UP faculty. 4cr. Syllabus


History

CAS HI 324 History of Venice
Traces the rise of Venice from its scattered settlements to the height of its imperial glory. Regular classroom lectures, as well as detailed guided visits to sites in and around the city, illuminate the history of Venice through its rich cultural heritage. Topics include the origin of the city and its government, social classes, Venice in overseas trade, and war with the Ottoman Turks. Regular class visits to important cultural and historical sites and monuments contribute to the discussion of the "myth of Venice." 4 cr. Syllabus

CAS HI 330 Modern Italian History
Provides an overview of modern Italian history from the unification to World War II. UP faculty. 4 cr. Syllabus

CAS IT 344 Topics in Italian Music History
Examines the history of music in Italy from 1600 to 1850. The course is based on listening comprehension and the discussion of various excerpts with different functions (religious, secular, and theatrical music) and the composers and institutions to which they are linked. UP faculty. 4cr Syllabus

CAS IT 343 Contemporary Italian Literature
Recommended prerequisite: coursework in literature. A seminar that covers contemporary Italian literature from the turn of the twentieth century to the 1960s. UP faculty. 4 cr.

CAS IT 401 History of the Jews in Italy
The course will be concentrated around the history of the presence of Jewish communities in Italy from its origins (II century B.C.) to the present day, with particular emphasis placed on the Fascist period and on Emancipation. During the 42 hours of the course (divided into 21 lessons) the students will approach the subject from a chronological point of view and, will explore some of the most interesting aspects of the history of the Jews in Italy. The focus of the course will be the relationship between the Jewish minority and the Christian majority in the cultural, economic, social, and religious arenas. Students will also explore particular aspects of the Jewish culture and way of life in Italy. UP faculty. 4 cr. Syllabus

CAS IT 403 History of the Italian Cinema from Neorealism to Present
The purpose of this course is to consider the history of Italian film-making from the 1940s to the 1980s from the point of view of the scripts based on Italian romances and novels (from the Decamerone by Boccaccio to Moravia , Pavese, and others). UP faculty. 4 cr. Syllabus

Literature

CAS IT 342 Medieval Italian Literature, 4 cr.

CAS IT 343 Contemporary Italian Literature
Recommended prerequisite: coursework in literature. A seminar that covers contemporary Italian literature from the turn of the twentieth century to the 1960s. UP faculty. 4 cr.

CAS IT 345 Ideas and Images of the Italian Renaissance (Interdisciplinary)
Recommended prerequisite: course work in literature. A seminar with a flexible curriculum that may be offered by faculty in history, literature, art history, classics, or history of science. UP faculty. 4 cr. Syllabus


University of Padova (UNIPD) Courses

In addition to the CIES courses, students may choose one to two, four-credit courses from UNIPD. Students who wish to take a course at UNIPD should be fairly confident in their Italian language skills.

Please note that the UNIPD course listings are not available until shortly before the beginning of the academic year in October for the fall semester, or March for the spring semester. For this reason, Boston University Padova cannot guarantee the availability of a particular course in a given semester. In any given semester, UNIPD offers more than 200 courses in the humanities and social sciences. For more information about the courses offered by UNIPD, please visit the website www.unipd.it or contact abroad@bu.edu.

Some courses that have been taken by students at UNIPD in the past are listed below.

Facoltà di Lettere:
Medieval and Renaissance Literature
Contemporary Italian Poetry
History of Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature
Early Modern European History
Foreign Languages and Literatures (German, French, Spanish)
History of Italian cinema
History of Photography
Film Studies

Facoltà di Scienze Politiche
Contemporary Italian History
European Political Organizations
European (EU) Studies
History of Journalism
History of Political Thought
History of Political Institutions
International Relations
International Law
Political and Economic Geography
Political Parties and Pressure Groups
Psychology
Sociology

We recommend that full-year students take a combination of CIES courses and one or two UNIPD courses.

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Faculty

Professor Pier Luigi Fantelli (Dott. Lett., Padua, Art History Postgraduate Diploma, Padua) is a Researcher and Adjunct Professor of Art History at the University of Ferrara. A former Cultural Manager of the Paduan City Council and executive at the ‘Soprintendenza per i beni artistici e storici’ (Venice), Professor Fantelli specializes in art history of the Veneto region, and in Padua Renaissance art. His publications include: Catalogo della Pinacoteca dell’Accademia dei Concordi di Rovigo (Vicenza 1985); Padova e Provincia (Venezia, Bassano del Grappa, 1989); Padua: The Basilica, Giotto and the Euganean Hills (Bassano del Grappa 1990); Padova (Milano 1993); Rilievi di antiche fabbriche padovane (Padova 1997).
Contact: fnp@dns.unife.it

Professor Gadi Luzzatto Voghera (Dott. Lett., Venice; PhD, History, University of San Marino) is a leading expert in Italian-Jewish history. Currently Research Fellow at the University of Venice and Adjunct Professor of Contemporary History, Dr. Luzzatto Voghera has published widely in the areas of Italian-Jewish history, history of anti-Semitism and Italian contemporary history. He directed a major research project devoted to cataloguing and classifying all the Jewish tombstones in the Veneto region and catalogued the Fondo Samuel David Luzzatto (a major Jewish archive) in Rome. His publications include: Oltre il Ghetto (Brescia 1993); L’antisemitismo: domande e risposte (Milano 1994), Antisemitismo (Milano 1997); Il prezzo dell’uguaglianza. Il dibattito sull’emancipazione degli ebrei in Italia (1781-1848) (Milano 1998).
Contact: gadi.luzzattovoghera@fastwebnet.it

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