Italian Studies
The Italian Studies program is designed to provide students with an understanding of the vast and varied impact Italian culture has made on the world. While emphasizing the need for students to speak fluent Italian, a variety of Italian courses and extra-curricular activities work to develop cultural fluency, or an appreciation and understanding of culture and its expression. Studying the Italian language necessarily entails analyzing Italian music, art, philosophy, history, cinema and politics. The Italian studies program provides students with the opportunity to master a language that has contributed significantly to Western literature while taking into consideration the multi-faceted nature of linguistic and cultural fluency. Click here for information on available courses.
Through the use of Georgia State University’s two study abroad programs in Italy the student in Italian Studies receive a preparation in Italian language and culture preparing for advanced studies in Italian, the humanities in general or for entry into the workforce in fields requiring proficiency and/or knowledge of Europe and its culture. The Summer Study Abroad in Perugia is designed specifically to smooth the transition from Intermediate to an advanced level of Italian proficiency, while the Venice Echange (Ca Foscari) allows Georgia State University students to take courses at the Università di Venezia Ca’ Foscari or the affiliated Venice International University.
In addition, Georgia State University’s Italian club, i giovani colti works to promote access to Italian culture to Georgia State students. In addition to organizing movie showings, outings to Atlanta’s many fine Italian restaurants and trips to the Atlanta Opera and the High Museum and conversation tables at the student center, the giovani colti attempt to inform the Georgia State University student body of other Italian activities in and around Atlanta.
For additional information about the Italian program at Georgia State University, please contact
Dr. Richard E. Keatley
Department of Modern and Classical Languages
Georgia State University
PO Box 3970
Atlanta, GA 30302-3970
Phone: 404.413.5980
Fax: 404.413.5982
rekeatley@gsu.edu