# Italian (ITAL) courses

Santiago Canyon College · 2025-2026 Catalog · 6 courses

Source: https://sccollege.elumenapp.com/catalog/catalog/courses

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026.

### ITAL 101 — Elementary Italian I

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 108 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

A college-level Italian course focusing on fundamentals of pronunciation, grammar, basic vocabulary, idioms, and simple conversation and composition, including supplementary cultural readings. Italian 101 is equivalent to two years of high-school Italian.

### ITAL 102 — Elementary Italian II

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 108 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** ITAL 101 (Elementary Italian I) or two years of high school Italian
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

A college-level Italian course focusing on further training in pronunciation, more extensive vocabulary development, conversation, grammar, reading and composition. Italian 102 is equivalent to the third year of high school Italian.

### ITAL 194 — Conversation and Composition

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** ITAL 101 (Elementary Italian I) or two years high school Italian with grade of C or better
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

Reinforcement of conversational and composition skills. Implementation of language structure through conversation, reading and composition. Discussions of Italian culture.

### ITAL 195 — Advanced Conversational Italian

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** ITAL 102 (Elementary Italian II)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

Further development of conversational skills. Review of language structures as well as reinforcement of new vocabulary and idioms through conversation, reading, and composition. Discussions of Italian culture.

### ITAL 201 — Intermediate Italian I

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 108 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** ITAL 102 (Elementary Italian II) or three years of high school Italian
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

A college-level Italian class focusing on an expansive review of usage and grammar, discussions of interpretive readings, conversation, and composition.

### ITAL 202 — Intermediate Italian II

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 108 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** ITAL 201 (Intermediate Italian I) or four years of high school Italian
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

A college-level Italian class focusing on a specialized review of grammar and composition along with discussions in Italian of history and culture based on literary materials.