Honors Program in Italian
Honors
Majors who plan to seek special honors in Italian may apply to the Italian Faculty Advisor for admission to the honors program during the semester in which they will complete sixty semester hours of coursework. To enter the program, a student must have completed at least sixty semester hours of coursework, including twelve hours of upper-division coursework in Italian. These twelve hours must include Italian 365, Italian 375, or Italian Civilization 360. A University grade point average of at least 3.00 and a grade point average in Italian of at least 3.50 are also required for admission.
The requirements for graduation with special honors are:
- Italian 379H, Honors Tutorial Course, with a grade of at least B.
- Completion of the Italian major, which includes 24 upper-division hours of Italian (ITL).
- Satisfactory performance on an honors examination.
- A University cumulative grade point average of at least 3.00 and a grade point average of at least 3.50 in the coursework required for the major and for honors.
- Completion in residence at the University of at least sixty semester hours of coursework counted toward the degree.
Gamma Kappa Alpha National Italian Honor Society
Italian Chapter Advisor
Amanda Bush
The Department is a member of the Gamma Kappa Alpha National Italian Honor Society. The Gamma Kappa Alpha is the only Italian honor society in the United States and Canada and has over fifty chapters in North America. The society was formed to acknowledge superior scholastic performance in the field of Italian language, literature, and culture. It encourages a greater interest in, and a deeper understanding of, Italian culture, art, and history.
The society recognizes outstanding undergraduate scholarship in the field of Italian by awarding annually the Gamma Kappa Alpha Award for Scholarship. Students majoring in Italian (or with an Italian concentration) who distinguish themselves for their outstanding performance in Italian, are eligible for induction into the honor society at the end of their undergraduate career.
