Portuguese (PORTUG)

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Courses

PORTUG 11 Elementary Portuguese 5 Units

Beginner's course. Not open to students who have taken Portuguese 101 or equivalent, nor native speakers.

PORTUG 12 Elementary Portuguese 5 Units

Continuation of Portuguese 11. Not open to students who have taken Portuguese 101 or equivalent, nor to native speakers. Completion of this course qualifies students for Portuguese 8, 25, or 102.

PORTUG 24 Freshman Seminar 1 Unit

The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Freshman Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.

PORTUG 101 Portuguese for Advanced Students 5 Units

An intensive course for students with no previous study of the language. The emphasis is on reading, speaking, and understanding. After completion of this course, a student will be prepared to do further upper-division work.

PORTUG 101A Portuguese for Advanced Students 3 Units

An intensive course for students with no previous study of the language. This offering may be taken independently for reading knowledge. In conjunction with 101B, it constitutes an intensive introduction to Portuguese, and prepares the student for further upper division course work.

PORTUG 101B Portuguese for Advanced Students: Workshop 2 Units

Emphasis on understanding, speaking and writing Portuguese. Taken in conjunction with Portuguese 101A, the course provides an intensive introduction to the language.

PORTUG 102 Readings in Portuguese 3 Units

The continuation of Portuguese 101A-101B, this course focuses on a variety of texts with special emphasis on 20th-century Brazil. Discussion in Portuguese; reinforcement and development of language skills.

PORTUG 103 Advanced Grammar and Composition 3 Units

Advanced work in Portuguese grammatical structures. Practice in writing.

PORTUG 104 Introduction to Brazilian Literature 3 Units

A survey of Brazilian literature from the beginnings through the 20th century, with attention to the relationships between literature and society.

PORTUG 107B Survey of Portuguese Literature 3 Units

A survey of Portuguese literature from the beginnings through the 17th century.

PORTUG 112 Portuguese Civilization 3 Units

This course offers a historical-cultural perspective on Portugal since its formation to the present. It looks at key themes in the development of a specifically Portuguese identity, and examines the concept of "Portuguese-ness" in terms of the foundation of not only European, but also African, Asian, and American Portuguese-speaking societies. Course materials include works of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.

PORTUG 113 Brazilian Civilization 3 Units

The course presents an overview of major themes in Brazilian cultural expression with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries.

PORTUG 128 Twentieth-Century Brazilian Literature 3 Units

An examination of the most important 20th-century writers from the 1920s through the present. Emphasis on the shifting definition of "brasileiridade" and on new directions in contemporary poetry and fiction.

PORTUG 135 Studies in Luso-Brazilian Literature 3 Units

Study of literature and cultural texts representative of classical literary genres: narrative prose, plays and poetry.

PORTUG N135 African Roots of Brazil: Afro-Brazilian Culture and Identity 6 Units

Offers a critical view of African contribution and presence in Brazil, with a homestay in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Focuses on race relations in Bahia and the formation of Afro-Brazilian identity and its cultural expression. Provides tools for critical assessment of social and cultural relations. Investigates concepts of cultural adaptation, and emergence of Afro-Brazilian culture. Topics include enslavement, group identity formation; spiritual and religious traditions; early resistance movements; women's roles; contemporary political movements.

PORTUG C170 Portugal: Language and Culture 6 Units

This summer course provides the opportunity to begin and/or continue the study of Portuguese language and enhances awareness of Portuguese culture through direct contact with Portuguese educational and cultural institutions. Additionally, it examines historical, cultural, economic and political links between Portugal, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas, particularly South America.

PORTUG H195 Portuguese Honors Course 3 Units

Directed study centering on the preparation/completion of an honors thesis (see Honors Program, Option B, above).

PORTUG 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 3 Units

PORTUG 275 Critical and Stylistic Studies of a Single Author or Period 4 Units

PORTUG 298 Special Study for Graduate Students 3 - 8 Units

Individual conferences on special programs of study or research in a restricted field not covered by available courses or seminars.

PORTUG 299 Special Advanced Study 3 - 8 Units

PORTUG 375 Teaching Portuguese at Berkeley 3 Units

This course provides participants with an understanding of the teaching methods used in Portuguese 101A at UCB, a forum for discussing teaching-related questions and problems, practical experience in creating and adapting materials for instruction, and experience in analyzing one’s own and other’s teaching. It is a hands on practicum that links the theory of the Portuguese language program to its in-class practice. At the end of the course, students will be prepared with strategies for effective teaching and classroom management. Students will be able to create communicative and task based activities. They will be able to develop effective exams and assessments, and be familiar with the use of classroom technology for language teaching.

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