在宾夕法尼亚州立大学学习意大利语，向学生介绍西方文明的兴起，意大利文学名著，意大利电影，语言，意大利裔美国人文化以及翻译理论和实践。意大利语通过三门主要途径与第二门专业和辅修课程轻松结合，为我们的学生提供了各种丰富的机会，包括：实习，伽马卡帕阿尔法文家荣誉学会，同伴辅导机会，意大利学生会，意大利校友辅导， Tavola Italiana和多种留学选择。意大利语为各种职业道路打开了大门，包括：国际商务，外交与政府关系，艺术，教育，翻译，新闻和出版。
Italian is the voice of one of the formative cultural traditions of the Western world. The study of Italy and its language offers a rigorous, interdisciplinary exploration of the continuing vitality of modern Italian and Italian American culture through literature, cinema, translation studies, the arts, Roman thought, fashion, tourism, Mediterranean cuisine, and much more. Italian, in its humanistic breadth and depth, offers students access to a wide variety of professional pathways through an emphasis on global communicative understanding and cultural sensitivity. Learning a foreign language also improves oral and written skills in English interactions. The Italian B.S. encourages students to develop skills in Italian (speaking, reading, writing) in preparation for careers in professional areas where fluency in Italian is particularly relevant and useful.