Course Details

This interdisciplinary, multimedia course provides a comprehensive view of Italian civilization from its origins in Classical Antiquity to the present, and includes an overview of the history of architecture and art from the Greco-Roman period and the Renaissance to the modern period as well as the study of Italian political, social, religious and cultural development through examination of key literary and other texts.

Outcomes: Students will develop a critical consciousness of the importance of a multidisciplinary panoramic overview of Italy's rich past as they explore the Italy of today.