Italian with Film Studies

Combine Italian language and culture with the study of cinema

Italian with Film Studies (75% Italian, 25% Film Studies) has a strong focus on Italian components covering language, culture, and literature but it is also intended for those with an interest in film, both Hollywood and European, and normally includes a component on Italian film. In each year, three modules are taken in Italian (one in Italian language and two other modules of a cultural and/or literary nature). The remaining modules for each year are taken from Film Studies and/or other departments within the university. Throughout your degree you will study Italian language at an appropriate level.

Your second year will be spent studying at an Italian university alongside Italian students and immersing yourself in Italian.

In the third and fourth year you can choose from a range of advanced modules in the Department and, in your final year, you can choose to research a dissertation if you wish.

More about Italian with Film Studies

Modules

Modules currently available in the Department of Italian include Italian for Beginners, Representations of Modern Italy, Cross-Cultural Approaches in Italy and Forms and Fashions in Italian Intellectual Culture.

Options vary between courses and are subject to change.

For more details about the modules on offer at this time, take a look at the Department of Italian website.

Assessment

Methods include a combination of assessed essays and written exams. Language modules have an element of continuous assessment and tests in spoken Italian, translation and essay writing.

Student Profile: Warren James, 4th year, Italian Studies with French

Warren James

'Studying at Warwick has given me the perfect university experience. Living with such a diverse group of people generated a tremendous sense of community, recognising that despite coming from different backgrounds, we all shared the same motivations. I soon began to appreciate just how much pride Warwick takes in its multicultural reputation. Having the opportunity to meet and converse with people from across the globe has enhanced my university experience both academically and personally.

A compulsory requirement of Italian degrees is to participate in a year abroad. I spent this year in Genoa, studying at the university. I can honestly say that this was the best possible way to hone my language skills, as well as being one of the best years of my life'.

UCAS Code: R3W6 BA/ItFS4

TYPICAL OFFERS

The typical offers listed below are for 2012 entry.

A level: A level AAB.

A levels in Applied Subjects and Mixed Portfolios: Candidates offering a vocational qualification considered, providing A level essential subject requirements are met.

International Baccalaureate: 36 points.

Scottish Qualifications: Advanced Higher AA + Higher ABB in three other subjects..

Cambridge Pre-U: D3 D3 M2.

Welsh Baccalaureate: See here

Overseas Qualifications: See here

Access Courses: Access to HE Diploma (QAA-recognised) including appropriate subjects with distinction grades in level 3 units. Candidates must demonstrate required language skills.

General Studies/Critical Thinking: Offers normally exclude General Studies at A or AS level. Critical Thinking only accepted at AS level.

ESSENTIAL SUBJECTS

A level/Higher level Italian not required. Candidates normally offer a foreign language at A/Advanced Higher/IB Higher level, but if this is not possible, other evidence of competence in the study of foreign languages will be considered.