Portuguese Course Descriptions
PORT 1101 - Beginning Portuguese - Listening, speaking, reading, writing. Cultures of Portugal, Brazil, or Portuguese-speaking Africa. Workbook assignments, paired/small group activities. (5.0 cr; fall)
PORT 1102 - Beginning Portuguese - Reading, writing, speaking, listening. Cultures of Portugal, Brazil, or Portuguese-speaking Africa. Workbook assignments, paired/small group activities. (5.0 cr; Prereq-1101 or #; spring)
PORT 1103 - Intermediate Portuguese - Emphasizes speaking, comprehension. Reading/writing skills based on Portuguese-language materials. Cultures of Portugal, Brazil, or Lusophone Africa. (5.0 cr; Prereq-1102 or #; fall)
PORT 1104 - Intermediate Portuguese - Emphasizes speaking, comprehension. Reading/writing skills based on Portuguese-language materials. Cultures of Portugal, Brazil, or Lusophone Africa. Grammar review. Compositions, short presentations. (5.0 cr; Prereq-1103 or #; spring)
PORT 3001 - Portuguese for Spanish Speakers - Listening, reading, speaking, writing. Uses communicative approach. (4.0 cr; Prereq-[SPAN 3015, [LPE or PORT LPE]] or [speaker of other Romance language, #]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
PORT 3003 - Portuguese Conversation and Composition - Development of oral/written skills. Cultural information from Portuguese-speaking world. (4.0 cr; Prereq-1104, 3001, Port LPE; fall, spring, every year)
PORT 3501W - Foundations of Portuguese Literature and Culture (WI) - Significant expressions of Portuguese culture, from Middle Ages, Age of “Discoveries,” and 19th century to late empire in 20th century and post-empire in 21st century. Literature, history, visual/sound culture, architecture. (3.0 cr; =[PORT 3501V]; Prereq-3003)
PORT 3502W - Foundations of Brazilian Literature and Culture (WI) - Significant expressions of Brazilian culture, from colonial period to present. Emphasizes 20th/21st centuries. Literature, history, visual/sound culture, architecture. (3.0 cr; =[LAS 3502W, PORT 3502V]; Prereq-3003 or equiv)
PORT 3503W - Literatures and Cultures of Lusophone Africa (WI) - Introduction to Lusophone Africa (Angola, Cape-Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome/Principe). Literature, cultural/literary criticism, history, anthropology, media (film, art, music). (3.0 cr; =[PORT 3503V]; Prereq-3003, #; fall, offered when feasible)
PORT 3603 - Portuguese-Speaking Cultures and Literatures in Translation (IP, LIT) - Introduction to Portuguese-speaking world using literature, history, anthropology, and film. Sociopolitical, cultural, and historical developments of one or more Portuguese-speaking countries. (3.0 cr)
PORT 3800 - Film Studies in Portuguese - Films from Portuguese-speaking world in their historical, (geo)political, and socio-economic contexts. Films from Brazil, Portugal, or Lusophone Africa analyzed under interdisciplinary framework, noting aspects related to cinematography/rhethorics. (3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; =[PORT 3800H]; Prereq-3003 or [dept or #]; A-F or Aud)
PORT 3910 - Topics in Lusophone Literatures and Cultures - Issues studied through literature, visual, sound, and media culture from one or more Portuguese-speaking countries. Topics may include gender/sexuality, postcolonialism/globalization, and transatlantic studies. (3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; =[PORT 3910H]; offered when feasible)
PORT 5520 - Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies - Study of origins and development of modern Portuguese nation (late 15th to 20th century) using literature, cultural and literary criticism, history, sociology) and various media (film, art, music, Internet). Main cultural problematics pertaining to Portugal as well as fundamental literary texts. (3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr])
PORT 5530 - Brazilian Literary and Cultural Studies - Study of origins and development of modern Brazilian nation (late 16th to 20th century) using literature, cultural and literary criticism, history, sociology) and various media (film, art, music, Internet). Main cultural problematics pertaining to Brazil as well as fundamental literary texts. (3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; offered when feasible)
PORT 5540 - Literatures and Cultures of Lusophone Africa - Origins/development of Lusophone Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Cape-Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé, Príncipe). Literature, cultural/literary criticism, history, sociology, media (film, art, music). (3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-#; offered when feasible)
PORT 5910 - Topics in Lusophone Cultures and Literatures - Cultural manifestations in Portuguese-speaking world (Portugal, Brazil, Lusophone Africa). Literature, history, film, intellectual thought, critical theory, popular culture. Topics may include writers (e.g. Machado de Assis) groups of writers (e.g. Lusophone women writers), or problematics such as (post-)colonialism or Luso-Brazilian modernities. (3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr])
PORT 8920 - Seminar: Lusophone Literatures and Cultures - Problems pertaining to Portuguese, Brazilian, and/or Lusophone African cultures and literatures. Topics specified in the Class Schedule. (3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr])