Courses
Offered: Fall of every year, spring of every year
Credits: 5
PRT 150 is an intensive course. It begins with basic vocabulary and structures, advancing at an accelerated pace. Classroom activities will emphasize speaking, written production, basic structures, and vocabulary. This course is offered in a hybrid modality and has an online component. Students will achieve a low-intermediate level of proficiency by the end of the semester. The class is conducted entirely in Portuguese.
Offered: Fall of every year, spring of every year
Credits: 5
Prerequisites: PRT 150 or instructor’s approval
PRT 250 is a continuation of PRT 150. Students will expand on their communication skills with more complex vocabulary and structures in Portuguese. Classroom activities will emphasize speaking, written production, structures, and vocabulary. This course is offered in a hybrid modality and has an online component. After the completion of PRT 250 students are expected to have achieved a mid to high-intermediate level of proficiency. They may be ready to enroll in advanced classes (PRT 320 or 340) as a logical continuation of their language and cultural learning in Portuguese. The class is conducted entirely in Portuguese.
Offered: Fall of every year, spring of every year
Credits: 1 to 4 (repeatable for a maximum of 4 cr)
Prerequisites: Instructor’s approval
Special projects arranged by an individual student and a faculty member in areas supplementing regular course offerings.
Offered: Fall of every year
Credits: 3 (repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits)
Prerequisites: PRT 250 or instructor’s approval
PRT 320 is designed to introduce students to aspects of Luso-Brazilian culture and literature in a small-class seminar format. Classroom discussions will focus on themes related to selected cultural material. Movies and documentaries will be used to stimulate discussion and debate. Advanced grammatical structures will be studied within a cultural context. Class will focus on learning how to express opinions, make comparisons, hypothesize and writing by integrating more complex structures and sophisticated vocabulary. This course is offered in a hybrid modality.
Offered: Spring of every year
Credits: 3 (repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits)
Prerequisites: PRT 320 or instructor’s approval
PRT 340 is designed to advance students’ knowledge of various aspects of Luso-Brazilian culture and literature. The course is taught in a small-class, seminar format with classroom readings, discussions and analysis of the themes presented through the cultural material. Short stories, poems, short plays, chronicles, movies, and documentaries may be used to stimulate discussion and debate. Advanced grammatical structures will be studied within a cultural context. Class will focus on learning how to express opinions, make comparisons, and express hypotheses orally and in writing by integrating more complex structures and sophisticated vocabulary. This course is offered in a hybrid modality.
Offered: Fall of every year
Credits: 3 (repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits)
Prerequisites: PRT 340 or instructor’s approval
Topics vary; however, PRT 350 focuses primarily on literary works, with emphasis on academic writing. Students will refine their language skills overall, with special emphasis on accuracy, coherence, and cohesiveness in writing. The course will help students explore literary texts in depth and express opinions, make comparisons, and express hypotheses orally and in writing. Students are expected to express their own critical thinking about the subjects covered in the literature. They will master concepts, structures, and technical vocabulary related to literary theory and criticism. This course is offered in a hybrid modality.
Offered: Summer semesters as determined by the Department Chair
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Instructor’s approval
Offered: Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits: 1 to 4 (repeatable for a maximum of 4 cr)
Prerequisites: Instructor’s approval
Special projects arranged by an individual student and a faculty member in areas supplementing regular course offerings.