Italian Joint Honours, BA (Hons)

An exciting programme of study designed to ensure rapid progress in the Italian language and in-depth knowledge of the societies and cultures in which it is spoken. In year three you can spend time working or studying in Italy. Why choose this course?

Italian can be taken from beginner, GCSE or A-level. You will study the Italian language, country and culture through a range of lively options. This includes modules that examine:

• film
• literature
• art
• society
• politics.

You will achieve a high level of communicative skill, and an in-depth understanding of the Italian culture and society. To further increase your career options you can take a final year module to help you develop translation and interpreting skills.

Take a year abroad

The year abroad option will allow you to increase your foreign language fluency and understanding of other cultures. You will come away with an experience that will give you a real advantage when competing for the best jobs.
In Year Three you can spend time working or studying in Italy. Our partner universities are found in Cagliari, Cassino, Perugia, Urbino and Verona.

Joint Honours Degree combinations and UCAS codes

Italian is taken in combination with one or two of the following subjects as part of the BA Joint Honours programme. The numbers in brackets is the UCAS code for a Joint Honours degree in Italian alongside the listed subject:

• Chinese (Mandarin) (RT31)
• English (RQ33)
• European Studies (RL32)
• Film and TV(PR33)
• French (RR13)
• German (RR23)
• Global Studies (LR93)
• History (RV31)
• International Relations (RL3F)
• Linguistics (RQ31)
• Media (RP33)
• Philosophy (RV35)
• Spanish (RR43)
• TESOL (RX31).

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What will I study?

Italian must be combined with another subject to create your degree programme.

Find out more about our degree combinations including Italian:

• BA (Hons) Film and TV and Italian (PR33)
• BA (Hons) French and Italian (RR13)
• BA (Hons) German and Italian (RR23)
• BA (Hons) Global Studies and Italian (LR93)
• BA (Hons) Italian and English (RQ33)
• BA (Hons) Italian and European Studies (RL32)
• BA (Hons) Italian and History (RL32)
• BA (Hons) Italian and International Relations (RL3F)
• BA (Hons) Italian and Linguistics (RQ31)
• BA (Hons) Italian and Mandarin Chinese (RT31)
• BA (Hons) Italian and Media (RP33)
• BA (Hons) Italian and Philosophy (RV35)
• BA (Hons) Spanish and Italian (RR43)
• BA (Hons) Italian and TESOL (RX31)

Extra opportunities

Our flexible curriculum has been designed to create some amazing opportunities for students in the School of Arts and Humanities. Your second year of study is divided into two semesters that enable students to take part in optional:

• International exchange (plus optional Year Abroad during Year Three)
• Work placements
• Learn or improve language skills

Gain valuable work experience that will impress employers, learn another language, experience other cultures and travel the globe - all as part of your degree. Our international exchange partners include universities in:

• Australia
• Europe
• USA
• Canada
• Thailand.

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Please note that course specifications may be subject to change

Language learning support
Access our excellent language resource centres which have Internet access; audio-visual facilities; computer-aided language learning software; satellite programmes direct from Europe and China; and course-related books, materials and periodicals. This ensures that you will have a broad range of options to help increase your language learning understanding.

Books and library resources
In our library you will have access to an extensive and diverse range of books including those on your reading list. The library also stocks Italian periodicals. Clifton campus has its own Blackwell's Bookshop which stocks relevant academic texts plus a wide range of bestselling novels.

IT resources
Our IT resource rooms and PC clusters are distributed across Clifton campus, with PCs providing access to Microsoft Office, email, web browsing, networked file storage and high-speed online printing services (with a free printing allowance for each student). Resource rooms are available 24 hours a day.