Course Schedule

PORT 305A – Portuguese for Spanish Speakers

Cross Listed

Accelerated beginning Portuguese for speakers of Spanish. Taught by communicative approach and contrastive analysis.

PORT 325A – Intermediate Grammar and Conversation

For intermediate students to enhance their linguistic abilities, to develop control of oral communication at a more advanced level, and to prepare for the transition from language learning to studies in literature, culture and linguistics.

PORT 363 – #Black Lives Matter Across The Americas: Race & Racism in Latin America

Cross Listed

How are race and racism perceived and experienced in countries in Latin America particularly such as Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia where a mixed-race ideology and the myth of racial equality have traditionally been at the core of national identity? This class critically analyzes notions of race and anti-racist activism to examine the ideologies and circumstances of the political structure, race-targeted public policies, and black activism in contemporary Latin America.

SPAN 102 – Second Semester Spanish

Oral approach.

SPAN 201 – Third Semester Spanish

Continuation of Spanish 101 and 102 or by placement exam. As the first semester of the second year Spanish, this course focuses on a short review of the materials studied in the first year courses. It expands on those points with a more in-depth study of the Spanish language and culture. Content-based approach integrates grammar and culture in a functional use through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The course further develops grammatical accuracy in the use of the simple tenses: present, future, and conditional and of particular importance is the perfection of the use of the past tense: preterit and imperfect. Compound tenses such as the present perfect, past perfect are also developed in this course. Students gain the ability during this course to deal with more complex and abstract situations in the foreign language. Language use encouraged by way of communicative activities rather than a sequence of linguistics units. Audio, video, and computer materials incorporated.

PORT 280 – Brazilian Identity: Class, Race, and Citizenship

Cross Listed · Gen Ed: Tier 2 Individuals and Societies · Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Social Scientist

This course takes representations and experiences of citizenship in modern Brazil as the springboard for the study of cross-cultural membership in society. How are understandings and experiences of citizenship bound up with the definition and institutionalization of race/ethnicity, class, and gender? This broad question will be examined in specific areas in Brazil such as public health, urban and rural development, environment, education, law, politics, and pop culture. The course covers theoretical readings and case studies from different geographical areas. Instructional materials are interdisciplinary, drawing mainly on the fields of History, Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science, and Geography.

PORT 305A – Introduction to Portuguese for Spanish Speakers

Cross Listed

Accelerated beginning Portuguese for speakers of Spanish. Taught by communicative approach and contrastive analysis.

PORT 325A – Intermediate Portuguese

For intermediate students to enhance their linguistic abilities, to develop control of oral communication at a more advanced level, and to prepare for the transition from language learning to studies in literature, culture and linguistics.

PORT 350 – Brazilian Voices in Literature and Culture

The course is designed to introduce major themes, styles, and genres in Brazilian literature. Through readings, visual art, and music, students will gain a deeper understanding of the various experiences and perspectives that shape Brazil. Students will explore the various discourses that negotiate the definitions of Brazilian identity within different historical contexts.

PORT 403 – Contemporary Luso-Brazilian and Lusophone African Literatures: an Introduction

Through an interdisciplinary approach, the students will be in contact with the contemporary literature produced in Brazil, Portugal and Lusophone Africa.

PORT 503 – Contemporary Luso-Brazilian and Lusophone African Literatures: an Introduction

Through an interdisciplinary approach, the students will be in contact with the contemporary literature produced in Brazil, Portugal and Lusophone Africa. Graduate-level requirements include a final paper.