Course Curriculum & Career Overview
Ph.D Italian Studies - The PhD program in Italian Studies provides rigorous critical training based on the canonical texts of the Italian literary tradition while strongly encouraging interdisciplinary work that allows students to acquire expertise in a secondary field of their choice. Students will also be trained in pedagogical techniques, and given ample opportunity to shape their pedagogical approach by teaching in the language program and/or in undergraduate Core courses with humanistic or social sciences content. Italian Studies is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the Italian language, literature, art, history, politics, culture and society.