Brock University Undergraduate Calendar

COURSES

Aboriginal Studies (ABST)

Accounting (ACTG)

Adult Education (ADED)

Administration (ADMI)

Applied Language Studies (APLS)

Astronomy (ASTR)

Biochemistry (BCHM)

Biology (BIOL)

Biotechnology (BTEC)

Canadian Studies (CANA)

Chemistry (CHEM)

Community Health Sciences (CHSC)

Child and Youth Studies (CHYS)

Classics (CLAS)

Communications (COMM)

Computer Science (COSC)

Dramatic Arts (DART)

Economics (ECON)

Education (all courses) (EDUC)

English Language and Literature (ENGL)

Entrepreneurship Studies (ENTR)

Environment (ENVI)

Earth Sciences (ERSC)

Film Studies (FILM)

Finance (FNCE)

French (FREN)

Great Books/Liberal Studies (GBLS)

Geography (GEOG)

German (GERM)

Greek (GREE)

History (HIST)

International Studies (INTL)

Italian (ITAL)

Information Technology Information Systems (ITIS)

Japanese (JAPA)

Labour Studies (LABR)

Latin (LATI)

Applied Language Studies (LING)

Mandarin Chinese (MAND)

Mathematics (MATH)

Management (MGMT)

Marketing (MKTG)

Modern Languages, Literatures and Culture (MLLC)

Music (MUSI)

Neuroscience (NEUR)

Nursing (NUSC)

Organizational Behaviour (OBHR)

Oenology and Viticulture (OEVI)

Operations Management (OPER)

Popular Culture (PCUL)

Physical Education and Kinesiology (PEKN)

Philosophy (PHIL)

Physics (PHYS)

Political Science (POLI)

Portuguese (PORT)

Psychology (PSYC)

Recreation and Leisure Studies (RECL)

Russian (RUSS)

Sociology (SOCI)

Spanish (SPAN)

Sport Management (SPMA)

Studies in Arts and Cultures (STAC)

Tourism Studies (TOUR)

Visual Arts (VISA)

Women's Studies (WISE)

Writing (WRIT)

Italian Courses

ITAL 1F00

Introductory Italian I

Beginner's course for students with no background in Italian. Acquisition of reading and oral skills, basic grammar; conversation and composition.

Lectures, 3 hours per week; language lab, 1 hour per week.

ITAL 1F01

Introductory Italian II

Beginner's course for students of Italian background who have not formally studied the language. Acquisition of reading and oral skills, basic grammar; composition and conversation.

Lectures, 3 hours per week; language lab, 1 hour per week.

ITAL 1F90

Intermediate Italian

Review of basic grammar; composition and oral practice: Discussions based on cultural topics, cities and the art of Italy.

Lectures, seminar, 4 hours per week.

Prerequisite: one of ITAL 1F00, 1F01, two or more years of high school Italian or permission of the instructor.

ITAL 1P95

Italian Culture and Civilization

Artistic heritage of Italy and the intellectual, political and social forces that have shaped the mentality and way of life of the Italians. Selected texts and multi-media material.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Note: given in English.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in ITAL 1F95.

ITAL 2F00

Language, Literature and Culture

Grammar review; oral and written practice. Introduction to the study of film, literary texts and principles of criticism.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite: ITAL 1F90 or permission of the instructor.

ITAL 2F99

Reading the Italian City

(also offered as VISA 2F99)

Exploring key monuments, churches, museums and urban sites culminating with the Venice Biennale. Concept of the city as expressed through art, literature and architecture from Mediaeval to Post-modern times. Historical and geographical influences and factors in shaping the city, its culture and traditions, from fine arts to culinary arts and oenology. Cities may include Rome, Orvieto, Assisi, Siena, Florence and Venice.

Prerequisite: two ITAL or VISA credits or permission of the Department.

Note: Offered in Italy. Given in English. Italian majors will receive language instruction and will complete assignments in Italian. Registrants are expected to pay their own expenses.

ITAL 2P40

Early to High Renaissance Art and Architecture

(also offered as VISA 2P40)

Major monuments, buildings and art works of the period from several critical perspectives including the humanist influence on the arts in Florence and Rome, the issue of patronage and the question of the artists' cultural status.

Lectures, seminar 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite: ITAL 1F90, VISA 1F98 or permission of the instructor.

Note: given in English.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in ITAL 2P10.

ITAL 2P80

Italian Cinema

(also offered as FILM 2P80)

Major film directors and cultural trends in Italian cinema. Films studied include those by De Sica, Rossellini, Fellini, Antonioni, Bertolucci, Wertmüller, Amelio and Moretti.

Lectures, 3 hours per week, plus film lab.

Note: given in English. Knowledge of Italian not necessary.

ITAL 2P85

Italians in Canada and Italy-Canada Relations

History of Italian immigration in Canada with focus on Ontario. Italian-Canadian literature including such writers as Nino Ricci and Mary Di Michele. Cultural and economic relations between Italy and Canada.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Note: given in English.

ITAL 2P90

Translation and Language Practice

Translation of selected material from magazine articles, essays and various texts. Focus on interference between English and Italian. Introduction to business correspondence.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite: ITAL 1F90 or permission of the instructor.

ITAL 2P95

Modern Culture and Civilization

Historical changes and key issues in 19th- and 20th-century Italy focussing on Italian unification, Fascism and modern Italy. Arts and literature representative of the period.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite: ITAL 1F90 or permission of the instructor.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in ITAL 2P11.

ITAL 3F93

Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio

Major works of three of Italy's greatest writers. Selections from Dante Alighieri's La Divina Commedia, Francesco Petrarca's Il Canzoniere and Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite: ITAL 2F00 or permission of the instructor.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in ITAL 3F96 or 3P93.

ITAL 3M20-3M24

Special Topics in Italian

Special topic in an area not represented by other courses.

ITAL 3P94

The Modern Novel

Representative novels from leading modern and contemporary writers such as Pirandello,Tabucchi, Duranti, Calvino, Sciascia, Banti, Ginsburg.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite: ITAL 2F00 or permission of the instructor.

ITAL 3P96

Visual and Poetic Imagery

Patterns of imagery in modern poetic and prose texts as well as in modern Italian art. Tendency toward visual representation in texts, lyricism and narrative in visual art. Poetry, prose; metaphysical painting, futurism, abstract and concrete art.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite: ITAL 2F00.

ITAL 3P97

Italian for Teachers

Approaches to the teaching of Italian as a second language. Teaching methods, educational materials and multi-media resources.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisites: ITAL 2F00 and one ITAL credit numbered 2(alpha)00 or above or permission of the instructor.

Note: offered under the auspices of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Dante Alighieri Society, Niagara Region. Lectures by guest speakers.

ITAL 3P99

Advanced Grammar and Composition

Principles of syntactical analysis and elements of style; study of figurative language and compositions on literary and non-literary topics.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite: ITAL 2F00 or permission of the instructor.

ITAL 4P04

Translation: Applications

Lexical, morphological, syntactic and semantic interrelationships between source text and target text; application of translation methodologies to a variety of texts.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite: ITAL 2F00 or permission of the instructor.

ITAL 4P97

Strategies in the Teaching of Language, Literature, and Culture

Recent theories and developments in the teaching of language and culture, including literary texts, music, artistic works and monuments.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: permission of the instructor.

Prerequisite: 3.0 ITAL credits or teaching experience.

Note: offered under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy, through the Dante Aligheri Society, Niagara Region.