European Studies Junior Freshman
European Studies Degree
EUROPEAN STUDIES JUNIOR FRESHMAN (FIRST YEAR) COURSE OUTLINE 2006/07Welcome to the Department of Italian!
The Department Secretary, Mary Keating, is at Room 4087 in the Arts Building (Tel. 8962062). Secretarial hours are displayed on the office door. The European Studies co-ordinator is Roberto Bertoni, Room 4040, Arts Building.
The academic staff are: Cormac O Cuilleanain (Head of Department): Room 4088; Giuliana Adamo: Room 4080; Roberto Bertoni: Room 4040; Gabriella Grassi: Room 4081; Caterina Viola: Room 4078; Emeritus Fellow Prof. Corinna Salvadori Lonergan (contact through Department Office). Considerable amounts of European Studies teachng are provided by Elena Mullins: Room 4078.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The European Studies co-ordinator for Italian, Roberto Bertoni, is available at specific times which you will find on the door of Room 4040.
Make sure that we can contact you quickly, by giving the Department secretary your home address and Dublin address. Inform her promptly of any changes of address, tutor or Moderatorship subject.
You will also need to inform the Department secretary of any absence from class, and if such absences are for a week or more, you are required to submit a medical certificate. Timetables and other important announcements appear on the Italian Department notice board and/or on the European Studies notice board; be sure to check both regularly. Sometimes changes have to be announced at very short notice.
THE EUROPEAN STUDIES JUNIOR FRESHMAN COURSE
Through your course in Italian in the Junior Freshman year you should be able to express yourself orally and in writing, simply but accurately, and understand reading passages and listening tapes at an appropriate language level. Your Junior Freshman courses have two main aims: i. general language competence (aimed at acquiring language skills of a general nature); and ii. specific language competence (reading, writing, oral and listening aimed at acquiring language skills on topics related to fields of a social nature and close to the discipline interests of students of European Studies). The language courses are intensive and require a systematic daily work schedule to be successful. Do not miss class preparation, written work and revision. Remember to talk to your lecturers immediately if you have problems. A description of the Junior Freshman courses is given in the Student Handbook, which can be downloaded from the menu on the left-hand side of this page.