Consider graduating in Italian with Honors!
The B.A. in Italian with Honors is available to students who have an overall G.P.A. of 3.0 and a G.P.A. of at least 3.5 in courses counted for Italian major credit.
To fulfill the requirements of the Honors Program, students must:
1) complete three (3) 400-level courses
2) write an Honors Thesis of 25-30 pages (6,250-7,500 words), in Italian, in conjunction with a 400-level course on a subject agreed upon with the course instructor.
The thesis is different from a regular course paper, primarily in that it is expected to go through several drafts. Students will have up to two semesters to complete the thesis.
The Honors Thesis will be read by the course instructor and by Dr. Gian Maria Annovi, director of the Honors Program in Italian. For further information, please contact Professor Annovi.
Meet our Honors Students
Avi Mann (Spring 2025)
Title: East Come the Clowns: Societal Reflections in the Cinematic Circuses of Federico Fellini and Raj Kapoor
Advisor: Professor G. M. Annovi
Alexander Iacono (Spring 2024)
Title: Gli occhi del cuore: una prospettiva queer nella poesia di Michelangelo
Advisor: Professor Margaret Rosenthal
Aurora Cody (Spring 2023)
Title: L’ascesa politica di Giorgia Meloni tra post-fascismo e femonazionalismo.
Advisor: Professor G. M. Annovi
Sam Wagner (Spring 2017)
Title: Città impossibili: Italo Calvino e il sogno del design radicale italiano.
Advisor: Professor G. M. Annovi
Sara Jacobsons (Spring 2017)
Title: Come dio comanda: paternità e società tra romanzo e cinema.
Advisor: Professor G. M. Annovi
Michael Ramsey (Spring 2016)
Title: Due Eclissi: soggettività e rappresentazione nel cinema di Michelangelo Antonioni (1962 – 1966)
Advisor: Professor G. M. Annovi
