 | | Course ID: | PORT 1001. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Elementary Portuguese | Course
Description: | Conversation, fundamentals of grammar, pronunciation, reading, and writing. | | Athena Title: | ELEM PORTUGUESE | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PORT 1002 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 1002. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Elementary Portuguese | Course
Description: | A continuation of Elementary Portuguese. Teaches conversation, fundamentals of grammar, pronunciation, reading, and writing. | | Athena Title: | Elementary Portuguese | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PORT 1110 | | Prerequisite: | PORT 1001 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 1110. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Accelerated Elementary Portuguese | Course
Description: | Accelerated course introducing basic principles of the
Portuguese language to students dedicated to intensive foreign
language study. | | Athena Title: | Accelerated Elementary Port | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PORT 1002 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 2001. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Portuguese | Course
Description: | Content-based review of Portuguese grammar and systematic vocabulary and skill development. Integration of language, culture, and literature. Given in Portuguese. | | Athena Title: | Intermediate Portuguese | | Prerequisite: | PORT 1110 or PORT 1002 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 2002. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Portuguese | Course
Description: | A continuation of Intermediate Portuguese. Content-based review
of Portuguese grammar and systematic vocabulary and skill
development. Integration of language, culture, and literature. | | Athena Title: | Intermediate Portuguese | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PORT 2120 | | Prerequisite: | PORT 2001 or PORT 2600 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 2030. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Practical Portuguese Conversation | Course
Description: | Emphasis on improving oral expression and developing conversational skills through social interactions. Given in Portuguese. | | Athena Title: | Portuguese Conversation | | Prerequisite: | PORT 2001 or PORT 2120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 2120. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Accelerated Intermediate Portuguese | Course
Description: | A continuation of Accelerated Elementary Portuguese. Teaches
conversation, grammar, pronunciation, reading, and writing at
intermediate level to students dedicated to intensive foreign
language study. | | Athena Title: | Accelerated Intermediate Port | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PORT 2002 | | Prerequisite: | PORT 1110 or PORT 1002 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 2550. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Luso-Brazilian Culture in the United States | Course
Description: | In this course, students will be introduced to how the rich cultural traditions of Brazil, Portugal, and Portuguese-speaking Africa and Asia are connected to the United States through immigration and cross-cultural relationships. Taught in English. | | Athena Title: | Luso Brazil Culture in U.S. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 2600. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intensive Portuguese | Course
Description: | Emphasizes conversational skills, reading, writing, and listening
comprehension. Not to be used to satisfy the undergraduate
language requirement. This course is open only to graduate
students. | | Athena Title: | Intensive Portuguese | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 3010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Portuguese Conversation and Composition | Course
Description: | Primary emphasis is divided between conversation and composition
skills. The two phases of the course are correlated to include
the skills of reading and listening comprehension. Given in
Portuguese. Not open to native speakers. | | Athena Title: | Port Convers and Composit | | Prerequisite: | PORT 2002 or PORT 2120 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 3030. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Language, Literature, and Culture of the Portuguese-Speaking World | Course
Description: | Emphasis is placed on literary and cultural skills to promote
students' ability to read and analyze literary texts, while
concentrating on expressing themselves accurately in both oral
and written Portuguese. Given in Portuguese. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Lang Lit and Culture | | Prerequisite: | PORT 3010 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 4010/6010. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Advanced Language, Literature, and Culture of the Portuguese-Speaking World | Course
Description: | Linguistic, cultural, and literary structures in Portuguese-speaking societies. Emphasis is divided between students' abilities to express themselves fluently in oral and written Portuguese and to identify and contextualize main literary genres and movements. Given in Portuguese. | | Athena Title: | Adv Lang Lit and Culture | | Prerequisite: | PORT 3030 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT(LACS) 4040/6040. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Topics in Cinema, Culture, and Literature in the Portuguese-Speaking World | Course
Description: | Specific aspects of cinema, culture, and literature of the Portuguese-speaking world. Topics to be selected according to the needs and interests of the students. Taught in seminar fashion with extensive outside readings of primary and secondary sources. Given in English. | | Athena Title: | TOPICS IN PORT | | Nontraditional Format: | Course will be offered approximately every two years. | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 4045/6045. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Brazilian Culture and Society | Course
Description: | Overview of prominent characteristics and movements in Brazilian
culture, history, society, artistic and intellectual
development, as seen in Brazilian cinema, literature, art,
media, and historical texts. Given in Portuguese. | | Athena Title: | Brazilian Culture and Society | | Prerequisite: | PORT 3030 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 4050/6050. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Prose of the Portuguese-Speaking World | Course
Description: | Representative prose texts from Portugal, Brazil, and Lusophone Africa analyzed in their cultural, social, and political contexts. Given in Portuguese. | | Athena Title: | Prose of Port-Speaking World | | Nontraditional Format: | Course will be offered approximately every two years. | | Prerequisite: | PORT 3030 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 4060/6060. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Poetry of the Portuguese-Speaking World | Course
Description: | Representative poetic texts from Portugal, Brazil, and Lusophone Africa analyzed in their cultural, social, and political contexts. Given in Portuguese. | | Athena Title: | Poetry of Port-Speaking World | | Nontraditional Format: | Course will be offered approximately every two years. | | Prerequisite: | PORT 3030 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 4070/6070. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Theater of the Portuguese-Speaking World | Course
Description: | Representative plays from Portugal and Brazil analyzed with emphasis on drama as a literary genre, specific aspects of staging and performance, and socio-political context of theatrical production. Given in Portuguese. | | Athena Title: | Theater of Port-Speaking World | | Nontraditional Format: | Course will be offered approximately every two years. | | Prerequisite: | PORT 3030 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 4080/6080. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Studies in Culture and Literature of the Portuguese-Speaking World | Course
Description: | Studies in culture and literature of the Portuguese-speaking world. Selected topics of special interest in their cultural, social, and political context. | | Athena Title: | Culture Lit of Port-Speak Wor | | Nontraditional Format: | Course will be offered approximately every two years. | | Prerequisite: | PORT 3030 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 4150. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Business Portuguese | Course
Description: | Students will acquire a working knowledge of commercial vocabulary, business practices, and commercial culture in the Luso-Brazilian world. The primary concentration will be on Brazil's growing presence in a globalized economy. Of primary importance is creating a cross-cultural awareness. Given in Portuguese. | | Athena Title: | Business Portuguese | | Prerequisite: | PORT 3030 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 4550/6550. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of the Portuguese Language | Course
Description: | Identification of the boundaries of Portuguese and their historic-
political antecedents, study of the Portuguese language within
the context of other romance languages, trace the development of
Portuguese from Latin origins to modern, analyze texts from
different periods illustrating stages in the evolution of
Portuguese, and discuss the role of Portuguese as an international
language. | | Athena Title: | History of the Portuguese Lang | | Nontraditional Format: | Course will be offered approximately every two years. | | Prerequisite: | PORT 3030 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 4950. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Reading and/or Projects | Course
Description: | Individual study, reading, or projects under the guidance of a faculty member. | | Athena Title: | Directed Read and/or Projects | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | PORT 3030 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PORT 8010. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in Literature and Culture of the Portuguese-Speaking World | Course
Description: | An intensive, integrative, and contextualized study of a
specific topic in literature and culture of the Portuguese-
speaking world. Given in Portuguese. | | Athena Title: | Topics Lit and Cul Port Sp Wor | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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