德语和浪漫史语言文学系提供单独计划的课程，以意大利语授课。没有最终的硕士学位课程，约翰·霍普金斯大学的意大利语研究生课程是为完成博士学位而设计的。意大利博士学位课程强调三个互补领域的工作：文学史，严密的文本分析和解释理论。在意大利，博士学位的批判性和历史性领域通常属于以下规范时期之一（中世纪，文艺复兴时期，巴洛克时期，19世纪和20世纪）和体裁（诗歌，小说，戏剧，对话，社会艺术）。但是，意大利博士学位学生可以安排涉及其他语言，文学和人文学科的专业。
The Italian PhD program at Johns Hopkins University emphasizes work in three complementary areas: literary history, close textual analysis, and theory of interpretation, with a focus on the study of evolving cultures of literacyfrom manuscripts and the material history of the book to performance, lm, and emerging digital cultures. Specializations involving other languages, literatures, and humanistic disciplines can also be arranged by our PhD students.<br>Teacher training and teaching practice are an essential part of the Italian graduate program. Supervised teaching is required of degree candidates, in every year but the first and the fourth. Opportunities outside of language instruction for teaching include teaching the undergraduate survey Italian Journeys, intersession and summer courses of the student's own design (including credit courses), and the Dean's Teaching Fellowship.