07/29/2026
Why study Italian?
"Italian is the language of art, music, fashion, design, international commerce, finance, economics and technology. The culture of inventors, scientists, mathematicians, musicians, explorers, poets, playwrights, and world-renowned athletes. Let Italian be your passport to the world and global citizenship, and your window into diverse perspectives, career paths, and passions.
Through a rich variety of courses, activities outside the classroom, and programs for study abroad, you can attain advanced language skills and intercultural competencies that will render your career profile unique. Whatever profession you choose, the ability to engage, interact, and appreciate the people, products, practices, and perspectives of other cultures will set you apart because it will endow you with the rich combination of both analytical and creative skills that employers avidly seek.
An Italian major enables you to establish linguistic fluency, important for jobs in many fields in our global economy. In addition to language skills, students who major in Italian gain many other skills that are important in today’s job market, including communication, negotiation, flexibility, adaptability, and multicultural understanding."
This wonderful description of the benefits of studying Italian was adopted from Indiana University’s Department of French and Italian's webpage: https://loom.ly/TfnAOU0
