Designed for Italian majors or minors enrolled in any Italian UD course taught in English (marked with X). Students will read materials in Italian, meet with the instructor to discuss them and complete assignments in Italian in order to improve their linguistic and cultural fluency.

Prerequisites: Instructor approval and concurrent enrollment in any Italian UD course taught in English (marked with an X).

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Letter

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

Upper division only

Level Limit

Letters and science

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FOGU C
Claudio Fogu
3.5
59 reviews
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Winter 2026 . Fogu C
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120 . Fogu C 3 Months Ago

Ngl I love this man DOWN. he doesn't share lecture slides but he records all of lectures and posts them. He is super understanding and very caring. We had one in person bluebook midterm and one take at home essay final. He graded everything very fairly! He's such a sweetie

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120 . Fogu C 4 Months Ago

One of the strangest classes I have ever taken. When asked about assignment criteria or rubric he often replied "I don't know yet" and "we'll see." Its difficult to do well on assignments without clear expectations. Lectures dragged on without a clear direction and the slides were not shared.

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ITAL124X . Fogu C 7 Months Ago

Professor Fogu is a good guy. Puts a lot of effort into his lectures, and will go very far into depth about questions asked. The tests were hard, but by no means unreasonable.

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ITAL180X . Fogu C 1 Year, 4 Months Ago

Took Pass/No Pass. Professor Fogu is really cool and passionate. Go to office hours! Lectures can be hard to understand bc he uses very complex language, only clarifies if you talk to him one on one. Quizzes every week on the movies (3Qs) and a midterm essay and a final (which is quite hard) shows sequences from any movies and u write about them.

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ITAL124X . Fogu C 1 Year, 9 Months Ago

his slideshow are not helpful at all. they are super confusing, unorganized, and way too simple for the amount of material he gave us. you really have to stay on top of the readings and teach yourself a lot of the material. he is kinda all over the place and made a lot of mistakes on canvas. he's nice but just makes things confusing

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ITAL20X . Fogu C 2 Years Ago

Rambles in lecture; the wording is incredibly nuanced and complex. He expects you to have the complex material understood like the back of your hand. Material is interesting but that fact was defeated by his harsh grading. Made me dread the class and every assignment. I'd suggest avoiding this class if you can.

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