Courses
PORTUG 24 Freshman Seminar 1 Unit
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
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.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
PORTUG 101 Intensive Portuguese for Spanish Speakers 4 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Summer 1999 10 Week Session, Summer 1998 10 Week Session
An intensive course for students who have no previous study of Portuguese designed to introduce the basics of the language. This offering prepares the student for further upper division course work in Portuguese.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Credit of 16-20 units or equivalent of Spanish language, or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
PORTUG 101A Portuguese for Advanced Students 3 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
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.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Credit of 16-20 units or equivalent of another Romance language, or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
PORTUG 101B Portuguese for Advanced Students: Workshop 2 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
Emphasis on understanding, speaking and writing Portuguese. Taken in conjunction with Portuguese 101A, the course provides an intensive introduction to the language.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Credit of 16-20 units or equivalent of another Romance language, or consent of instructor. Must be taken concomitantly with 101A. No independent registration
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of workshop per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
PORTUG 102 Readings in Portuguese 3 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
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.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 101A-101B, 12, or equivalent
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
PORTUG 103 Advanced Grammar and Composition 3 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Advanced work in Portuguese grammatical structures. Practice in writing.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1 to 4 and 102 or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
PORTUG 104 Introduction to Brazilian Literature 3 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
A survey of Brazilian literature from the beginnings through the 20th century, with attention to the relationships between literature and society.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 4 or equivalent
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
PORTUG 113 Brazilian Civilization 3 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2008
The course presents an overview of major themes in Brazilian cultural expression with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
PORTUG 128 Twentieth-Century Brazilian Literature 3 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
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.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 104 is recommended, but not required
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
PORTUG 135 Studies in Luso-Brazilian Literature 3 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Study of literature and cultural texts representative of classical literary genres: narrative prose, plays and poetry.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Twenty units or equivalent of Portuguese or another Romance language
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
PORTUG H195 Portuguese Honors Course 3 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Directed study centering on the preparation/completion of an honors thesis (see Honors Program, Option B, above).
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Twenty units or equivalent of Portuguese or another Romance language
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
PORTUG 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 3 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Senior honor status and 20 units or equivalent of Portuguese or another Romance language
Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
PORTUG 275 Critical and Stylistic Studies of a Single Author or Period 4 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
PORTUG 298 Special Study for Graduate Students 3 - 8 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Individual conferences on special programs of study or research in a restricted field not covered by available courses or seminars.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Graduate standing
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 5.5-10 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
PORTUG 299 Special Advanced Study 3 - 8 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Restricted to students writing doctoral dissertations
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 5.5-10 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Graduate
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
PORTUG 375 Teaching Portuguese at Berkeley 3 Units
Offered through: Spanish and Portuguese
Terms offered: Fall 2015
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.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Portuguese/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Instructor: Donovan