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Learning Goal 1 for Students: Achieve mastery in reading and analyzing critically and creatively literary, cultural, and cinematic texts of the Italian tradition.

Assessment of student achievement of Goal 1:

* Grades in graduate courses
* Comprehensive examination assessing the depth and breadth of knowledge - Assessment of exam by committee of graduate faculty members
* Review by faculty of student progress with close advising and mentoring

Role of the program in helping students to achieve Goal 1:

* Close advising to ensure that students are being prepared in a coherent and academically
* rigorous fashion
* Effective monitoring of student progress
* Evaluation of teaching effectiveness of instructors in graduate courses - If effectiveness is below expectation, work with instructor to improve
* effectiveness
* Periodic review of curricular offerings, degree requirements and assessment tools

* Italian Women Writers
* Language and Nation in Italian Thought
* Italian Literature of the Fourteenth Century
* Representing War, From the Unification to World War II
* Humanist Literature of the Quattrocento
* Landscape and Architecture in Italian Cinema: Antonioni, Pasolini, and Rosi

* All undergraduate and graduate academic transcripts; * Three letters of recommendation from persons familiar with the applicant's work; * A statement of purpose, indicating the applicants current academic interests and long-term goals; * For students with American degrees, GRE scores; * For international students, TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) scores; * A writing sample, 1,500-2,000 words in length, demonstrating the applicants critical abilities English Language Requirements TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test: 79

Want to improve your English level for admission?

Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

  • ✔️ Flexible study schedule
  • ✔️ Experienced teachers
  • ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

Enroll in the course

The Department considers all qualified graduate students for various forms of financial support, including the Transliteratures Fellowship ($20,000/year and tuition coverage). Four-year Excellence Fellowship packages, typically include two years of Teaching Assistantship. Three- or four-year Teaching Assistantship offers are available on a competitive basis.

This package consists of a stipend, tuition coverage, and a fee waiver. Very good health benefits are also available. Students may also have the opportunity to be appointed as PTLs (part-time lecturers) and as instructors in the Departments undergraduate summer programs at Rutgers and in our Summer Program in Urbino, Italy.

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