<p>Hey, I have a question. I'm a freshman and I am planning on studying abroad when I am a Junior (probably Fall semester). However while abroad my school only offers the intermediate Italian class (ITA 153), but I stupidly (with the advice of my advisor :) will have completed both introduction Italian classes this year. How bad would it be to take a year off of Italian and just take it the fall of my Junior year? I'm just kind of ****ed that my advisor told me to start my language, because there are like no freshman in my class only sophomores. Thanks!</p>
<p>Why don't you just keep practicing Italian while you're on your year off? I mean, it's a LANGUAGE that people SPEAK and WRITE and SING in... it's not calculus...</p>
<p>Actually, Willmintonwave, the program at Wake also offers Italian Literature in Italy. Not a whole lot of people tend to take it, but it is offered (or at least was last semester).</p>
<p>You do not have to go through your school to study abroad. If money is a problem check with public schools in your state to see if they offer the Italian program. If money is not a problem you can expand your search to schools outside the state but you will have to pay out of state tuition or you could go through special services like CIEE. A good website to locate programs would be <a href="http://www.studyabroad.com%5B/url%5D">www.studyabroad.com</a></p>
<p>ginnyvere: are you sure the lit class is not beyond the 215/216 level?</p>
<p>kenshi: yeah, i considered that, but our program in Venice is really awesome. Maybe I will look into BU/NYU though...</p>
<p>I see what you mean, I just looked it up in the Bulletin and it does say that 215 or 216 is a pre-req unless you've got POI. However, I am almost completely certain that none of the people that were in it last semester had taken 215/216, and I am totally certain that at least two of them hadn't. I'm not as sure if it'd count as your literature requirement, but, again, I'm nearly positive.</p>
<p>You should e-mail the head of the program (Dr. Kairoff) to check.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks ginnyvere I appreciate it :)</p>