Mastery and Proficiency Exams in Italian

Mastery and Proficiency Exams in Italian are available to graduate students who are required to demonstrate a foreign language proficiency or mastery to satisfy certain degree requirements. PhD students in the History Department: please see requirements below.

The Italian proficiency exam consists of a translation from Italian into English. Use of a dictionary and verb chart are permitted. Students are allowed 120 minutes to complete the translation.

There are no sample exams available, however students should expect a passage written in current, non-technical and non-jargony Italian. Students should not expect to receive a passage directly related to their field of study or the topic of their dissertation.

Spring 2008 Dates
February 6, 2008
April 23, 2008

M&P EXAM REGISTRATION
Students wishing to take one of these exams must send an email to Molly Angevine at mja4f@virginia.edu no later than one week prior to the exam date. The following information must be included in the registration email:

• Student name
• The last four digits of student ID (ss#)
• Department
• Exam & Date (i.e., Spanish Mastery Exam 02/6/2008 or Italian Proficiency Exam 02/6/2008)

The exam can be picked up on exam date between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. in Wilson Hall, room 115 and must be returned to the department office by 4 pm that day. Students are on their honor to complete the exam within the specified time limit. The department does not provide examples or practice exams. The exam fee is $17 per exam and must be paid when the exam is picked up. A check or money order made payable to the University of Virginia is accepted. All materials including the exam handout must be returned on the day the exam no later than 4 pm.

Mastery Exams in Italian for PhD Students in History

This is a two hour exam, with the use of a dictionary allowed. The exam consists of:

• two passages in Italian to be translated into English.
• a passage to be read for comprehension, with five short questions about the content of the passage, to be answered in English.
• a short paragraph on an everyday subject to be written in Italian .