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Portuguese Studies Minor

Spanish & Portuguese Studies
College of Liberal Arts
  • Program Type: Undergraduate minor related to major
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2013
  • Required credits in this minor: 16
The Portuguese studies minor focuses on literary, cultural, and linguistic studies from Portugal, Brazil, and Lusophone Africa. Students begin with language skills courses. These are followed by analysis skills courses in Hispanic literature, culture, and linguistics. The department encourages minors to study abroad in a Portuguese-speaking area.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Minor Requirements
Students are required to complete 4 semester(s) of Portuguese. with a grade of C-, or better, or S, or demonstrate proficiency in the language(s) as defined by the department or college.
The four required semesters of a second language do not factor into the overall length of credits in the minor. Students must declare the minor at least one full term before completing minor requirements and are encouraged to declare it as early as possible (preferably during preparatory coursework). Contact the department office for declaration procedures. The department administers two allowable degree combinations: Spanish Studies B.A. and Portuguese Studies minor, or Spanish Studies minor and Portuguese Studies minor. No other departmental degree combinations are allowed.
Minor Courses
PORT 3003 - Portuguese Conversation and Composition (4.0 cr)
Take 4 or more course(s) totaling 12 or more credit(s) from the following:
· PORT 3xxx
· PORT 4xxx
· PORT 5xxx
 
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PORT 3003 - Portuguese Conversation and Composition
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Port 3003/4003
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
The goals of this course are twofold. The first goal is to improve your abilities in the four areas of language (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) to the point that you can communicate advanced ideas in written and spoken Portuguese. The second goal is for you to possess a foundational understanding of cultural texts (plays, short stories, poems, films, and essays) from the 1950s onward that will help generate your enthusiasm for Portuguese and help you understand how the arts are entwined in resistance to injustice throughout the communities where Portuguese, among other languages, is spoken. As a course that bridges the language courses and the content courses, PORT3003 includes both advanced grammar and critical analysis to prepare you for content courses, such as PORT 3501w, and the longer writing assignments that you will have in such courses. The course will be taught in Portuguese, and the reading, writing, and speaking will be done in Portuguese. Assessments include, but are not necessarily limited to, writing assignments, oral presentations, and written exams. prereq: 1104 or 3001 or Port LPE