意大利研究计划是一门具有前瞻性的现代计划，它在学院的多元文化和跨学科环境中占据着举足轻重的地位，而又没有失去自己的身份和完整性。有人认为意大利与其迄今主要是欧洲的文学，文化，语言哲学和历史背景之间的关系是横向的。本着这种精神，当我们穿越大西洋和地中海时，意大利计划一直在努力提供反映意大利作为mappa mundi一部分的课程，并鼓励和整合其他语言和学科的课程工作。意大利计划目前与罗马3大学，罗马美国大学和马切拉塔大学有谅解备忘录。
The Program in Italian Studies is a modern, forward-looking program that has found a dignified place in the multicultural and interdisciplinary environment of the college, without losing its own identity and integrity. It has been supported by the notion that the relationship between Italy and its hitherto mostly European literary, cultural, linguistic-philosophical and historical contexts is a horizontal one. In this spirit, and as we cross the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, the Italian program has striven to offer the kinds of courses that reflect Italy as part of the mappa mundi and encourages and integrates course work in other languages and disciplines.