IT 325Italy's Inspiration for Your Life

3 credits · Italian · Penn State

In this highly interdisciplinary course taught in Italian, students take cues from a selection of Italy's great examples of literature, art, music, science and innovation, design and artisanal goods, political change, etc., to explore their own intellectual and creative potential through participation in class activities, group trips, oral presentations, notebooks in the style of Leonardo da Vinci, and a final project in which students learn a new hobby or skill directly in Italian. Among the class content modules is one on Il movimento Slow Food and the ethics of sustainability within Italian culture today. The course will amplify students' Italian vocabulary in multiple disciplinary areas and will provide the opportunity to work on the expression of advanced conditional and subjunctive modes to express hopes, fears, and ambitions.