General information
| Study programme title | Bachelor’s degree (BA) programme in Italian Language and Literature (Joint Honours) |
| Type of study programme | University |
| Duration | 6 semesters / 3 years |
| ECTS points | 90 ECTS |
| Academic qualification | Bachelor of Arts in Italian Language and Literature (univ. bacc. philol. ital.) |
| Title and qualification code in the C.Q.F. Register | – |
| Method of completing studies | Passing all the exams and successfully completing the undergraduate dissertation. During the course on Dissertation Writing, students choose a research problem (topic) for their undergraduate dissertation, which they work on with their supervisor. |
| Possibilities of continuing education | After completing the undergraduate programme, students can continue their studies at the graduate level. For students who choose to continue their education at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka, they can enrol on the M.A. programme in Italian Language and Literature (Joint Honours) Tracks: General and Teaching, or on the M.A. programme in Translation Studies. |
| Employment possibilities | Students can work in the Croatian and European labour markets in the fields of journalism, publishing, editorial work, cultural management, cultural policy, and cultural resource management. This also includes other jobs that require the possession of appropriate knowledge in a broader range of humanities and social science disciplines, economic institutions, diplomatic and consular missions, as well as the possibility of language mediation. |
| Enrolment conditions | Further details about enrolment can be found at: Postani student |
Course list
| Year 1 | |||
| Semester I | Semester II | ||
| Italian Language 1 | 4 ECTS | Phonetics and Phonology of the Italian Language | 4 ECTS |
| Italian Literature 1 | 4 ECTS | Italian Language 2 | 4 ECTS |
| Proofreading Exercises 1 | 4 ECTS | Italian Literature 2 | 4 ECTS |
| Elective Course | 3 ECTS | Proofreading Exercises 2 | 3 ECTS |
| Year 2 | |||
| Semester III | Semester IV | ||
| Morphology of Contemporary Italian | 4 ECTS | Italian Language 4 | 4 ECTS |
| Italian Language 3 | 4 ECTS | Italian Literature 4 | 4 ECTS |
| Italian Literature 3 | 4 ECTS | Syntax of Contemporary Italian | 4 ECTS |
| Elective Course | 3 ECTS | Elective Course | 3 ECTS |
| Year 3 | |||
| Semester V | Semester VI | ||
| Philosophy of Literature | 3 ECTS | Philology and Criticism of Dante | 4 ECTS |
| Italian Language 5 | 4 ECTS | Italian Language 6 | 4 ECTS |
| Contemporary Italian Literature | 5 ECTS | Undergraduate Thesis Preparation | 3 ECTS |
| Elective Course | 3 ECTS | Elective Course | 4 ECTS |
Learning outcomes
| COMPULSORY LEARNING OUTCOME SETS | |
| Study Programme Learning Outcome Set | Individual Study Programme Learning Outcomes |
| Italian Literature | use the metalanguage of literary theory correctly |
| explain the significance of individual authors and their work in the context of Italian and world literature | |
| relate literature to other arts of the same period | |
| analyse and critically interpret literary texts | |
| identify potential issues relating to philological analysis of manuscript texts | |
| independently search literature in the field of literary studies and interpret the information obtained | |
| Linguistic Foundations of Italian | distinguish the basic units of language |
| use linguistic metalanguage correctly | |
| analyse language at all linguistic levels | |
| independently search literature in the field of Italian language studies and interpret the information obtained | |
| Contemporary Italian Language | pronounce words correctly and use appropriate word and sentence stress |
| apply grammatical structures correctly in spoken and written communication | |
| paraphrase a given text | |
| understand a range of subject areas and interpret a given text | |
| develop communication skills | |
| identify language register and style in written texts | |
| develop translation skills and translate specialised and thematic texts from Croatian into Italian and from Italian into Croatian | |
| Students are expected to achieve at least C1 proficiency in spoken and written Italian and listening and reading comprehension, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. | |
| Elective Learning Outcome Sets | |
| Study Programme Learning Outcome Set | Individual Study Programme Learning Outcomes |
| Italian History and Culture | define and interpret the main characteristics of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italian culture and society |
| explain cultural, social and political changes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italy | |