Transfer applicants to the European Languages and Transcultural Studies with Italian major with 90 or more units must complete the following introductory courses prior to admission to UCLA: two years of Italian, and any one course on European literature, culture, film, or media.
Refer to the <a href="https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer">UCLA transfer admission guide</a> for up-to-date information regarding transfer selection for admission.

Student may apply no more than two courses or 8 units from other departments. Approval for outside courses must be petitioned with the undergraduate adviser of the department. Students may apply no more than 4 units of European Languages and Transcultural Studies 195, 197, and 199 as a substitution for one elective course. Each major course must be taken for a letter grade, and students must have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better in the major.

Required: Italian 6, or equivalent; one European Literature, Language, Culture, or Film and Media course selected from French 12, 14, 14W, 16, 41, 60, German 50B, 56, 59, Italian 42A, 42B, 42C, 46, 50A, 50B, 77, Scandinavian 40, 40W, 50, 50W, 60W; one Experimental Humanities (Digital, Environmental, Medical, and Urban) course selected from Digital: Digital Humanities 30, Environmental: English M30, Medical: Ancient Near East 14W, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 17, History 3D, Honors Collegium 1, 26, Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology 60, Study of Religion 55, Urban: German 61A.

Required:
Advanced language requirement: Italian 100.
One course selected from three of the following four areas (total of three courses):
European Literature: French 115 through 121, 136, 163, 164, 166, German 110, 112, 158, 170, 173, 174, Italian 103A, 103B, 110, 113, 114B, 120, 140, 150, Scandinavian C133A, 134, C141A, 141C, 143A, 143C, C145A, C145B, C146A, 147A, C147B, 147C, 154, C155, 156, 157, 172A, C180, or C185.
European Culture: European Languages and Transcultural Studies 112, French 121, 130, 137, 138, 139, 160, 167, 169, German 102, 109, 113 through 117, 118SL, 154, 155, 159, 175, Italian 102A, 102B, 102C, 116A, 116B, 122 through 125, 152, M158, Scandinavian C131, 133C, 134, C137, 138, 142A, C171, 172A, 173A, C174A, or 174B.
European Film and Media: French 141, 142, German 103, 104, 157, Italian 121, or Scandinavian 161 through 167.
Experimental Humanities: Comparative Literature 180, 180SL, Classics 148, Digital Humanities 101 through 151, English 118E, M118F, or Italian 124.
Required Elective Courses: Three courses Selected from Italian 102A through M158, and any two courses selected from European Languages and Transcultural Studies 100 through 180, 191, French 100 through 169, German 104 through 175, Italian 102A through M158, or Scandinavian C131 through C185.
In addition to the advanced language requirement, students are required to complete a minimum of three upper-division courses in the target language from the required and elective sequences.
During their senior year, students must also take European Language and Transcultural Studies 187 in which they complete a capstone senior thesis.

College of Letters and Science

Evidence of strong oral and writing skills

Demonstrated deep understanding of European culture and history, including in a global context, with a particular expertise in Italy

Ability to interrogate, analyze, and discuss literary and filmic production

Demonstrated proficiency in one of the areas of the experimental humanities (digital, environmental, medical, and urban)

Demonstrated advanced proficiency in Italian

General Catalog

European Languages and Transcultural Studies With Italian BA