Spring 2027

First Semester Italian

First Semester Italian covers oral practice, conversation, grammar, reading, vocabulary, and the study of Italian cultures.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Past student reviews · Matteo Billeri, Patrizia De Luca

The workload included online homework, writing assignments, and daily work. One student found the material easy if they studied, while another noted it was manageable with consistent daily effort.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Recognize and practice fundamental grammatical structures.

  • Develop a basic Italian vocabulary.

  • Talk and write about themselves, their city, their family, their studies, and their activities in Italian.

  • Read about and investigate aspects of Italian culture (geography, regional differences).

  • Compare and contrast Italian culture with their own culture(s).

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Prerequisites

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ITALIAN 101 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

FRANCESCO SATTA is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

IRENE HATZOPOULOS is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JESS DUBIE is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LAUREN SUROVI is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MATTEO BILLERI is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PATRIZIA DE LUCA is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TIZIANA SERAFINI is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Spring 2015, Fall 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 260
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 260

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Francesco Satta, Jess Dubie

Students described the course as engaging and effective, with instructors like Francesco Satta speaking Italian heavily and Jess Dubie keeping lectures simple and focused.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.89 GPA, 97.9% A/AB (n=48 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 92.5% A/AB (n=106 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.69 GPA, 86.1% A/AB (n=36 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Matteo Billeri, Patrizia De Luca

The workload included online homework, writing assignments, and daily work. One student found the material easy if they studied, while another noted it was manageable with consistent daily effort.

Past student reviews · Irene Hatzopoulos

Reviewers highlighted that instructors were approachable and fair graders. Irene Hatzopoulos was noted for responding quickly to emails and creating a welcoming environment for language practice.

Topics

  • Italian grammar, reading, vocabulary, and oral conversation.
  • Italian culture, including geography and regional differences.

Skills

  • Fundamental Italian grammar, oral conversation, reading, and vocabulary development.
  • Speaking and writing about personal topics, cities, families, studies, and activities in Italian.
  • Investigating Italian geography and regional differences, and comparing Italian culture with one's own.

Grades

Historical instructor

Spring 2027 · Projected

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Approximate 80% prediction interval

About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.18 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
ITALIAN 101 · Spring 2027

First Semester Italian

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
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Full model traces

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Model & dataset provenance 
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