Italian Studies, B.A.

Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts

Italy offers one of the richest cultural heritages of the Western civilization with the biggest number of UNESCO heritage/artistic sites in the world (2024) and has produced some of the most remarkable geniuses of art, design, music, literature, science, and cinema as well as founded the first University in Europe. The major in Italian Studies affords access to this extraordinarily rich cultural tradition as well
as to one of Europe’s most vital contemporary societies. The language/culture courses and offerings on key topics in Italian Studies enable students to examine, reflect and comment on the broaden diversity of intellectual and artistic life in Italy and its impact on the Western culture, from the ancient to the contemporary times. The program also provides the necessary preparation for graduate studies, to interact within a multicultural and foreign societies and therefore to be prepared for the 21st century professional environment in which diversity and global elements are frequent.

Study Abroad in Italy
The program offers the opportunity to have an educational and cultural experience by studying abroad in Italy (or in the Italian spoken area of Switzerland), where the students can also do an internship, and have the chance to specialize in a field of their choice (e.g., fine arts, culinary arts, design, fashion, history, international business, entrepreneurship, music, cinema, literature, environmental science).

Short Study Trips to Italy (8-10 days) are also offered for LEC students. For more information, contact Dr. Basile at pbasile@lec.edu.

This is an interdisciplinary program focusing on the study of the Italian language, culture, culinary arts, literature, visual & audiovisual arts, its manifestations in history and its usage in the present cultural and social context. Expand your world with a major in Italian Studies! This major will not only enable you to improve your communication skills and learn a new language, but it will also equip you with insight into another culture and that culture’s rich history, arts, literature, cuisine, business, and teach you to think critically and to be more empathetic. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to travel to Italy!