{"id":669,"date":"2023-03-23T23:34:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/fren-ital\/?page_id=669"},"modified":"2025-11-05T13:25:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:25:44","slug":"ba-in-italian-with-honors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/fren-ital\/ba-in-italian-with-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"BA in Italian with Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Consider graduating in Italian with Honors!\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The B.A. in Italian with Honors is available to students who have an overall G.P.A. of <strong>3.0<\/strong> and a G.P.A. of at least <strong>3.5<\/strong> in courses counted for Italian major credit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To fulfill the requirements of the Honors Program, students must:<\/strong><br \/>\n1) complete <strong>three (3) 400-level courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2) write an<strong> Honors Thesis<\/strong> of <strong>25-30 pages<\/strong> (6,250-7,500 words), in Italian, in conjunction with a 400-level course on a subject agreed upon with the course instructor.<\/p>\n<p>The thesis is different from a regular course paper, primarily in that it is expected to go through several drafts. 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