The Italian Basic Language Program has been awarded a grant by the Italian Ministry of Culture for the second year in a row.
Administered by the Italian Cultural Services in the United States, the grant is supporting the program’s course offerings of eight-week online summer courses in Italian 101 and 102 (Elementary Italian I and II) in 2025. These courses satisfy general educational requirements in a language other than English.
The program at Illinois is one of the oldest Italian programs in the U.S. and one of few that offers courses from the undergraduate to the doctoral level. The program focuses on providing transferable skills, comparative awareness, and analytical abilities to students interested in exploring thousands of years of Italian experience in Mediterranean, European, and global contexts.