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Sample Course Cycle
for Portuguese Major

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This is for demonstration purposes only. Always check catalogues, course schedules, web information, and, especially, with the faculty program advisors.

POR 3010 Introduction to Portuguese and Brazil is an accelerated beginning sequence with substantial cultural components. While not for the major/minor, it is a good gateway course. It is offered at least twice a year, including Summer A.

POR 3242 Oral and Written Practice (offered once a year)

POR 3243 Composition and Conversation (offered once a year) Summer B in Rio de Janeiro: equivalents to the above or POR 4956 Advanced Study-Abroad Language Course; as well as POR 3502 Brazilian Culture (equivalent to Luso Brazilian Civilization)

In addition to these course availabilities, the Portuguese section offers the following series:

FIRST YEAR

Fall

POW 3130 Introduction to Brazilian Literature 1 (1500-1900)
POW 4420 Advanced Composition and Syntax

Spring

PRT 3930 Readings in Luso-Brazilian Culture and Literature in Translation: Brazil in Song
POW 4930 Rotating Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature: Science Fiction


SECOND YEAR

Fall

POW 3131 Introduction to Brazilian Literature 2 (1900-present)
POW 4450 The Modernist Movement in Brazilian Literature

Spring

PRT 3930 Readings in Luso-Brazilian Culture and Literature in Translation: Beyond Modern
POW 4382 Brazilian Drama


THIRD YEAR

Fall

POW 3100 Introduction to Literature in Portuguese (from Portugal, Brazil and Africa)
POW 4380 Contemporary Brazilian Poetry

Spring

POR 3500 Luso-Brazilian Civilization
POW 4454 Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Literature


FOURTH YEAR

Fall

PRT 2490 Brazilian Literature in Translation (majors/minors may take by special arrangement)
POW 4700 Machado de Assis

Spring

POW 4480 Contemporary Brazilian Narrative
PRT 3930 Readings in Luso-Brazilian Culture and Literature in Translation: Culture of Dictatorship

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