Transfers ToCSUDescriptionIntegrates cultural, literary, and historical texts from Italy to develop interpretive, analytical, and communicative competencies. Students engage with diverse Italian cultural works, including short stories, essays, film, music, and news media, to examine how language shapes and expresses ideas about art, identity, and society in Italy. Italian 102 continues the development of language proficiency initiated in Italian 101, defining grammar and vocabulary as tools for cultural inquiry and as means to express ideas, interpret authentic materials, and engage with Italy's evolving cultural identity. 