Communicative approach. Recommended for students with no previous experience with Portuguese or any other Romance Language.
Course Descriptions
Units: 4
Usually Offered: Fall,Spring
Units: 4
Usually Offered: Fall,Spring
Communicative approach, emphasis on all language skills.
Units: 1.00 - 4.00
Usually Offered: Fall,Spring
To be arranged on an individual basis. See the Department of Spanish and Portuguese for more information.
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Fall, Spring
Business Portuguese is a course for students with previous knowledge of Spanish, who are interested in developing their oral and written skills to participate in Business contexts in Portuguese-speaking countries, especially Brazil. The course makes use of various technological resources to inform individual projects as well as collaborative tasks through synchronous and asynchronous interaction with peers. The course prepares the students to take action in different business-related situations and how to deal with cultural and linguistic differences through the development of intercultural competence. Also, the students will deepen their understanding of Brazilian geography and culture, and will apply contextualized Portuguese structures to develop a collaborative final project on a business topic.
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Accelerated beginning Portuguese for speakers of Spanish. Taught by communicative approach and contrastive analysiS.
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Fall,Spring
For intermediate students to enhance their linguistic abilities, and develop control of oral communication at advanced level by developing native-like discourse strategies. Prerequisite(s): PORT 200, 305, or permission from the department.
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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.
Units: 3
Introductory course in literary reading and analysis based on texts from contemporary Luso-Brazilian literature.
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Fall
An accelerated course which emphasizes all language skills. Prerequisites: Native fluency in Spanish or 3 years of college level courses in Spanish or permission from the department.
Units: 6
Offered only in Fortaleza, Brazil. Recommended: one year of Portuguese or the equivalent. Prerequisite(s): PORT 102, 305, or permission from the department.
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Fall,Spring
Overview of literary periods and introduction to the major literary figures of Portugal, Brazil and the Luso-African countries (Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Porto Principe) from the beginning of their literature to 1900.
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Spring
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.
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Fall,Spring
This is a composition course for students who control the basic structure of the language and need to develop control of written communication at an advanced level.
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Fall,Spring
Broad survey of Brazilian culture. Thematic examination of some of the major cultural developments. Topics include: Brazilian music, Afro-Brazilian culture, the role of women in Brazilian society, Brazilian popular culture.
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Fall
Description of the sounds of Portuguese and its main phonological rules. Contrastive analysis between Portuguese, English, and Spanish phonetic systems, aiming at improving the non-native speaker pronunciation. Discussion of dialectal variation
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Fall
Presentation of the masterpieces of Brazilian literature and the great films based upon them, with emphasis on the contrast between cinema techniques and literary production
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Fall,Spring
This course explores the field of linguistics as it applies to the Portuguese language. The main goal is to investigate the Portuguese language structure (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics) and aspects of the interaction between language and society in the Portuguese-speaking world.
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Fall,Spring
This course may be repeated for credit when topics vary. Topics cover theater, poetry, novel, short stories, etc.
Units: 1.00 - 3.00
Usually Offered: Fall, Spring
A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Fall, Spring
This interdisciplinary course will examine popular culture as an approach to understanding 19th and 20th century Latin America.
Units: 4
Usually Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer 1 and 2
For the student with no previous experience in Spanish
Units: 4
Usually Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer 1 and 2
This course is a continuation of Spanish 101, for students with one year of previous study of Spanish or by placement exam
Units: 4
Usually Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer 1 and 2
For students who have receptive skills in Spanish, but who encounter difficulty speaking. It focuses on developing fluent conversation and listening skills in a positive and culturally rich environment. It also covers basic grammar structures.
Units: 4
Usually Offered: Fall, Spring
Students interested in pursuing a degree in a health-related field, in their professions and during preparation for these professions, often come in contact with Spanish-speaking persons in their professional settings. Multicultural interactions in healthcare contexts have the potential of leading to miscommunication, with possible serious and even life-threatening consequences. This course is designed for students interested in building a foundation of basic oral proficiency in Spanish. It focuses on medical and healthcare terminology in Spanish, Hispanic cultures, and grammatical structures that will help pre-health undergraduates and health professionals better interact with patients who speak little English. The course will include everyday situations in which students will be requested to greet patients and family, establish rapport, conduct a clinical interview, and give recommendations on medications.
Units: 3
Usually Offered: Fall, Spring
This course introduces students to the nationally, linguistically, geographically, culturally, and ethnically diverse Latina/o experience in the United States through exploring Latina/o stories. Students will analyze a wide variety of cultural texts including short stories, poems, novels, films, and television in order to examine the transnational heritages embedded within the broad category encompassed by the term "Latina/o" and discuss how this heritage impacts Latina/o culture specifically and the United States in general today. These texts explore a wide-range of themes, from race relations to migrant identities to gender norms, in a variety of contexts including family, education, politics, and popular culture.