Language Program

Portuguese Course Description

604
Accelerated First-Year Portuguese. Designed primarily for language majors and students who demonstrate exceptional language ability or scholarship. Six lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Portuguese 604, 406 and 407, 508. Prerequisite: Consent of the lower-division coordinator for Portuguese.

406 (TCCN: PORT 1411)
First-Year Portuguese I. Four class hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Portuguese 604, 406 and 407, 508.

407 (TCCN: PORT 1412)
First-Year Portuguese II. Four class hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Portuguese 604, 406 and 407, 508. Prerequisite: Portuguese 406 with a grade of at least C.

508
Alternate First-Year Portuguese for Spanish Students. Designed to provide qualified Spanish students a rapid introduction to the Portuguese language; emphasis on grammar, vocabulary, and translation in the context of Brazilian culture. Five lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Portuguese 604, 406 and 407, 508. Prerequisite: Spanish 312L with a grade of at least B.

612
Accelerated Second-Year Portuguese: Oral Expression, Reading, and Composition. Covers the same material as Portuguese 312K and 312L, but in one semester. Six lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Portuguese 612, 312K and 312L, 516. Prerequisite: Portuguese 604 or 508 with a grade of at least B, or Portuguese 407 with a grade of A; and consent of the lower-division coordinator for Portuguese.

312K (TCCN: PORT 2311)
Second-Year Portuguese I: Oral Expression, Reading, and Composition. Only one of the following may be counted: Portuguese 612, 312K and 312L, 516. Prerequisite: Portuguese 604, 407, or 508 with a grade of at least C.

312L (TCCN: PORT 2312)
Second-Year Portuguese II: Oral Expression, Reading, and Composition. Only one of the following may be counted: Portuguese 612, 312K and 312L, 516. Prerequisite: Portuguese 312K with a grade of at least C.

516
Alternate Second-Year Portuguese for Spanish Speakers. For qualified Spanish-speaking students, continued practice in the Portuguese language; emphasis on oral expression, vocabulary expansion, writing, and review of grammar in the context of cultural and literary readings. Five class hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Portuguese 612, 312K and 312L, 516. Prerequisite: Portuguese 508 with a grade of at least B.

318
Conversation and Composition. Intensive practice in oral expression, based on cultural readings, with some writing. Prerequisite: Portuguese 312L. With consent of the lower-division coordinator for Portuguese, Portuguese 312L may be taken concurrently.

119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S Topics in Portuguese
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Center for Global Educational Opportunities. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.