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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


General Education Designations

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(PORT) Portuguese (811)

  
  • PORT 111 - Elementary Portuguese

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to Portuguese. Language laboratory required.

    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
  
  • PORT 112 - Elementary Portuguese

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to Portuguese. Language laboratory required.

    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 111 with grade of C or better.
  
  • PORT 123 - Intensive Elementary Portuguese

    6 Credit Hours
    Introduction to Portuguese.

    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    Comment(s): This course is equivalent to 111 and 112.
  
  • PORT 211 - Intermediate Portuguese

    3 Credit Hours
    Stresses reading, writing, listening, and speaking of Portuguese to prepare for upper-division courses in the language. Language laboratory required.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 112 or 123 with grade of C or better.
  
  • PORT 212 - Intermediate Portuguese

    3 Credit Hours
    Stresses reading, writing, listening, and speaking of Portuguese to prepare for upper-division courses in the language. Language laboratory required.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 211.
  
  • PORT 223 - Intensive Intermediate Portuguese

    6 Credit Hours
    Stresses reading, writing, listening, and speaking of Portuguese to prepare for upper-division courses in the language.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 112 or 123 with grade of C or better.
    Comment(s): This course is equivalent to 211 and 212.
  
  • PORT 301 - Cultural Readings in Portuguese

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on key areas of the language, literature, and other cultural aspects of the Portuguese-speaking world. Taught in Portuguese. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Latin American and Caribbean Studies 301.)
    Recommended Background: 212 or 223 or 400.
  
  • PORT 303 - Highlights of Brazilian Civilization

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of Brazilian civilization with special attention to geographical features, historical events and popular culture. Topics may vary. Taught in Portuguese. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Latin American and Caribbean Studies 303.)
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    Recommended Background: 212 or 223 or 400.
  
  • PORT 309 - Intermediate Conversation and Composition

    3 Credit Hours
    Designed to improve proficiency in oral and written communication in Portuguese.

    Recommended Background: 212 or 223 or 400.
  
  • PORT 315 - Aspects of Luso-Brazilian Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected writers, trends, and artistic movements set against a broad background of cultural, socio-political and historical developments. Taught in English. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Latin American and Caribbean Studies 315.)
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Open to non-majors. Portuguese majors and minors will read texts and write papers in Portuguese.
  
  • PORT 326 - Brazilian Cinema

    3 Credit Hours
    A study of Brazilian cinema in light of political, cultural, and social contexts. Films and documentaries are shown in Portuguese with English subtitles. Topics may vary. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Cinema Studies 326; Latin American and Caribbean Studies 326.)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Open to non-majors. Majors will read texts and write papers in Portuguese.
  
  • PORT 400 - Portuguese for Speakers of Another Romance Language

    3 Credit Hours
    Accelerated class for beginning students of Portuguese with a strong background in another Romance language. Introduction to grammar, reading, and culture of Portugal and Brazil.

    Recommended Background: 3 hours at the 300 level in another Romance language.
  
  • PORT 409 - Advanced Conversation and Composition

    3 Credit Hours
    Informal and structured conversation on contemporary topics (business, politics, economics, religion, culture) and formal writing practice at an advanced level.

    Recommended Background: 3 hours at the 300 level in Portuguese.
  
  • PORT 430 - Contemporary Brazilian Studies

    3 Credit Hours
    Current Brazilian cultural, political and racial issues placed in a historical perspective with a comparative emphasis. Topics may vary. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Latin American and Caribbean Studies 430.)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Comment(s): Open to non-majors. Majors will write papers in Portuguese.
  
  • PORT 432 - Topics in the Literature and Culture of the Portuguese-speaking World

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of the socio-political environment, literary works, and other important cultural practices of the Portuguese-speaking world. Topics may vary. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Latin American and Caribbean Studies 432.)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Recommended Background: At least one course at the 300-level taught in Portuguese.
  
  • PORT 490 - Internship

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Career-related experiences in the United States or abroad.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Language and world business (Portuguese) concentration.
  
  • PORT 491 - Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • PORT 493 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.