Intensive introductory course sequence on the fundamentals of speaking, reading, writing, and comprehending Italian, with an emphasis on structural similarities between Italian and Spanish. This 2-course sequence covers the first full year of Italian.

Prerequisites: Italian 16A with a grade of P or a grade of C or higher; or ITA1 and ITA2 with one year of college Spanish or 3 years of high school Spanish; or be native or heritage speaker of Spanish.

5

Units

Optional

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
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PADULA V
Valentina Padula
4.6
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Winter 2024 . Padula V
ILP 4205
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14:00 PM - 14:50 PM
Spring 2024 . Padula V
NH 1109
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13:00 PM - 13:50 PM
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ITAL20X . Padula V 2 Months Ago

This class was really heavy on the readings but the quizzes were fairly easy, attendance was taken in class and she asks for a lot of participation.

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ITAL20X . Padula V 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

I LOVE THIS PROF. She is so cute and Italian mother-like. Class is super chill and material is interesting. We read one short book throughout and had 2 short & easy reaction papers. Midterm and final were multiple choice tests, pretty easy if you attended lecture. Could make a pizza from scratch for extra credit!

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ITAL20X . Padula V 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

Loved this class! She's such a good lecturer I genuinely wanted to come to class. Goes at a good pace while adding in fun anecdotes. She gives extra credit, 2 easily graded papers, 2 exams, 4 quizzes, if you go to lecture you don't have to do any of the readings to do well on the exams. My first Italian class and would 100% recommend.

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ITALIAN20X . Padula V 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

I was so excited for a class on Italian culture, but she made it hard to get anything done! I had health issues all quarter and when I asked for an extension on the first paper, she gave me 15 extra hours total, including sleeping. Since I couldn't do the paper (25% of my grade), it guaranteed I would fail the class unless I aced everything.

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ITAL20X . Padula V 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

Literally the best professor I have had at UCSB, one could even argue that she is the GOAT of all the professors and faculty members within the school.

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ITAL20X . Padula V 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

Prof. is amazing. She told amazing stories & I genuinely enjoyed the book we were assigned to read. I liked the films and the extra credit (pizza making) assignment was so much fun to do. Well organized class and 100% my fav class I took this quarter. Tests medium hard, but nothing crazy or unexpected. I def recommend.

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