Portuguese

This is an independent research course with research arranged between the student and faculty member. The specific research topics vary each term and are described on a special project form for each student. A substantial paper is required. The number of units varies with the student’s project, contact hours, and method of assessment, as defined on the student’s special study project form.

This A1 level Portuguese course involves understanding texts and very simple communication situations to be able to communicate in Portuguese based on real, daily life situations. Through interactive sessions, students acquire specific vocabulary relevant to the topics under study while grasping the foundational structures of the Portuguese language.

This course provides an overview of contemporary literature in Portuguese-speaking African countries. It explores poetry and prose in colonial and post-colonial contexts, writing and orality, ancestry, tradition, modernity, appropriation of the colonizer's language, local variants, and cultural resistance movements.

This course focuses on the development of Portuguese language basic structures, as well as oral and written practice based on selected texts and Brazilian popular music songs. Consistent with intensive Portuguese courses at UC campuses, this course is upper division.

This advanced language course emphasizes the finer points of Portuguese grammar and syntax. The course devotes equal time to the practice of written and spoken Portuguese. In order to improve skill and style, students examine both essays and literary texts.

Reading and analysis of key literary texts written in Portuguese. The course begins with an examination of literary canon and the classics and the birth of Portuguese literature through the 15th century, including poetry, prose, and dramatic texts. It then looks at the origins of contemporaneity, the literature that came out of the Renaissance (tragedy, lyrical poetry, comedy, the epic), and the works of Camões.

This course focuses on the improvement of Portuguese language skills through selected literary texts and Brazilian popular songs. It includes oral practice and development of writing practice, as well as review phonological aspects of Portuguese. Consistent with intensive Portuguese courses at UC campuses, this course is upper division.

This course focuses on the improvement of Portuguese language skills through selected literary texts and Brazilian popular songs. It includes oral practice and development of writing practice, as well as review phonological aspects of Portuguese. Consistent with intensive Portuguese courses at UC campuses, this course is upper division.

This course presents a study of the Portuguese language, examining the basic structures of oral and written colloquial Portuguese, with emphasis on basic vocabulary, grammar, writing style, and a study of some aspects of Brazilian culture. * Units reduced to correspond with UC quarter units for comparable course work.