  We report on theoretical courses by Fermi and Majorana, giving evidence of
the first appearance and further development of Quantum Mechanics teaching in
Italy. On the basis of original documents, we make a comparison between Fermi's
and Majorana's approaches. A detailed analysis is carried out of Fermi's course
on Theoretical Physics attended by Majorana in 1927-28. Three (previously
unknown) programs on advanced Physics courses submitted by Majorana to the
University of Rome between 1933 and 1936 and the course he held in Naples in
1938 complete our analysis: Fermi's phenomenological approach resounded in
Majorana, who however combined it with a deeper theoretical approach, closer to
the modern way of presenting Quantum Mechanics.
