Your US experience differs from my non-US one, at least regarding how courses are named. Even when they focused on, or dealt exclusively with, our corner of the

Your US experience differs from my non-US one, at least regarding how courses are named. Even when they focused on, or dealt exclusively with, our corner of the world, they were called just "History" or "Geography". Though I didn't mean to imply the rest of the world wasn't covered in them, but it was covered in far less detail. As ksaj noted, in other countries, Music Theory also has a local focus. The only difference is those countries don't feel a need to represent the whole world, or guilt when they don't. And trattoria just means something like "small restaurant", so it would again need an "Italian" prefix to distinguish it from other kinds. But since it's in Italy, and with an Italian name, they don't feel the need to do that. And while restaurants (often) aren't limited to typical Italian food, their menus would often earn them the label of "Italian restaurant" outside of Italy.