20 credit hours (5 courses) distributed in the following manner:

1. Portuguese 300 Luso-Brazilian Worlds: Texts and Contexts

2. One of the following courses: either Portuguese 301 Early Lusophone Literature and Culture; or Portuguese 302 Modern Lusophone Literature and Culture

3. Portuguese 412 (varies by topic each semester and may be taken more than once)

4. Two additional elective courses (to be selected from offerings in Portuguese, Latin American Studies or Spanish, with the bulk of course reading and writing done in Portuguese in consultation with the course professor and the director of the Portuguese program).

Additional stipulations for the minor in Portuguese:

i. Declaring a minor. You must consult with the director of the Portuguese Program before declaring a minor. She will assign an advisor to you, with whom you must meet each term before registering for courses.

ii. Portuguese 300, 301 and 302 may be used to fulfill the area V.B. (Historical Perspectives on Western Cultures) General Education requirement.

iii. Taking courses abroad. Students in the minor may receive credit for up to 8 credit hours (2 courses) taken in an approved study program abroad. This number does not include Emory Portuguese courses taught abroad during summer or semester programs. Minors must take Portuguese 412 at least once at Emory, regardless of their study abroad credits approved.

iv. Getting approval for study-abroad courses. If you plan to take some of your Portuguese minor courses on a study abroad program, you must get pre-approval from the Director of the Portuguese Program for these courses the semester prior to departure. Then, upon your return, you must bring all written papers and syllabi back to her for final approval. No exceptions will be made to this procedure.

v. Spanish or LACS may satisfy the electives for the Portuguese minor, as long as the following conditions are met: 1) the student will work on a author/topic pertaining to Portuguese, Brazilian or Lusophone African cultures, 2) all reading and writing must be done in Portuguese.

vi. Advanced students in Portuguese are encouraged to write an honors thesis in their senior year. Honors students register for Portuguese 495A in the fall semester and Portuguese 495B in the spring semester.

Course Descriptions

PORTUGUESE 101: Elementary Portuguese I

CONTENT: Portuguese 101 is a beginning-level integrated skills language course. This courses helps students develop a basic ability to communicate in Portuguese. Class time is dedicated to interactive activities that allow students to acquire skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Through music, videos, and readings of authentic materials, students are also introduced to many aspects of Brazilian culture as well as of other countries where Portuguese is spoken. Class meets four times per week and is conducted in Portuguese in order to maximize exposure to the language. Lab activities are also incorporated in order to develop students' listening skills and pronunciation.

TEXTS: Brasil! Língua e Culturala Textbook and Writing and Language Laboratory Manual. Tom Lathrop & Eduardo M. Dias. LinguaText, Ltd. 3rd ed.

PARTICULARS: Evaluations are based on participation, homework and Language Laboratory work, quizzes, exams, formal compositions, informal writings, brief oral presentations.

PORTUGUESE 102: Elementary Portuguese II

CONTENT: Portuguese 102 is the second semester of a beginning-level integrated skills language course. This course helps students to continue developing a basic ability to communicate in Portuguese. Class time is dedicated to interactive activities which allow students to acquire skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Through activities and readings, students are also introduced to many aspects of everyday Brazilian culture. Aspects of the culture of other Portuguese speaking countries are also incorporated in the course. Class meets four times per week and is conducted in Portuguese in order to maximize exposure to the language. Language lab activities are also incorporated in order to develop students' listening skills and pronunciation.

TEXT: Brasil! Língua e Cultura (Textbook & Writing and Language Laboratory Manual)

PARTICULARS: Evaluation will be based on participation, homework, language laboratory work, quizzes, exams, and compositions.

PORTUGUESE 110: Beginning Portuguese for Spanish Speakers

CONTENT: Portuguese 110 is a beginning-level integrated skills language course designed for native speakers of Spanish or English speakers with fluency in Spanish. The course concentrates primarily on aspects of the Portuguese language that are most difficult for Spanish speakers, such as pronunciation, vocabulary, idioms and grammatical structures particular to Portuguese. Class time is dedicated to interactive activities which allow students to acquire skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Through music, films, and readings, students are also introduced to many aspects of Brazilian culture as well as of other countries where Portuguese is spoken.

TEXT: Brasil! Língua e Cultura (Textbook & Writing and Language Laboratory Manual)

PARTICULARS : Evaluation will be based on participation, homework, language laboratory work, quizzes, exams, and brief compositions and oral presentations.

PREREQUISITES: Prior knowledge of Spanish.

PORTUGUESE 201: Intermediate Portuguese I
Santos-Olmsted Max: 15

CONTENT: This course develops students' communicative abilities in Portuguese as well as their understanding of the cultural context in which the language is used. Students learn to communicate through activities in speaking, listening, reading and writing. In addition to reviewing some important topics they have learned previously, students also learn new vocabulary and grammar points at the same time that they study the cultures and societies of Portuguese-speaking countries in more depth. Classroom activities are highly interactive and focus on speaking and listening. Reading about Lusophone cultures is emphasized, as are informal writing (to develop fluency) and brief compositions (to develop accuracy). Language Lab activities are also used to improve listening skilsl and pronunciation.

TEXTS: Avenida Brasil - Livro-texto 2, Avenida Brasil - Livro de Exercícios 2, Avenida Brasil - Glossário Inglês 2. São Paulo: Editora Pedagógica e Universitária. Using Portuguese: A Guide to Contemporary Usage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

PARTICULARS: Evaluations are based on participation, homework and Language Laboratory work, quizzes, exams, formal compositions, informal writing assignments, and oral presentations.

PREREQUISITES: Portuguese 102, 110, or equivalent (including courses taken in study abroad programs).

PORTUGUESE 202: Intermediate Portuguese II

CONTENT: This course develops students' communicative abilities in Portuguese as well as understanding of the cultural context in which the language is used. Students learn to communicate through activities in speaking, listening, reading and writing; review and learning of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation; and study of Lusophone cultures and societies. Classroom activities are highly interactive and focus on speaking and listening. Reading about Lusophone cultures is emphasized, as are informal writing (to develop fluency) and brief compositions (to develop accuracy).

TEXTS: Avenida Brasil - Livro de Exercícios 2, Portuguese Verbs & Essentials of Grammar, and a course reader.

PARTICULARS: Evaluations are based on participation, homework and Language Laboratory work, exams, formal compositions, informal writing assignments, and oral presentations.

PREREQUISITES: Portuguese 201, 110, or equivalent (including courses taken in study abroad programs).

PORTUGUESE 212: Advanced Practice in Portuguese
(Fulfills GER Language Requirement)

CONTENT: This course aims at developing reading and writing skills in Portuguese while at the same time examining important elements of Brazilian and Portuguese cultures. It will consist of a detailed analysis of rhetorical strategies, and Portuguese grammar and vocabulary, through the discussion of texts on society, race, gender, the economy, traditions, and other current issues, as well as some literary texts (short stories). Brazilian movies are also an important part of the material to be explored. Finally, students are also introduced to the use of translation as a tool for understanding differences between Portuguese, English, and Spanish, and for developing a greater accuracy in Portuguese.

TEXTS: Using Portuguese. A Guide to Contemporary Usage, Cambridge University Press; Portuguese Concise Dictionary, Harper Collins. Materials from newspapers, the Internet, songs and "crônicas" will be available as a course packet off of Blackboard.

PARTICULARS: Evaluation will be based on preparation and participation, compositions and homework, 3 tests and a final exam.

PORTUGUESE 300: Luso-Brazilian Worlds: Texts and Contexts. Cultures of Portuguese-Speaking Countries Through Film
(Fulfills GER Area V.B)

CONTENT: The primary objective of this course is to provide students with the historical, geographic and aesthetic background relevant to the study of culture (cultural literacy) of Portuguese-speaking countries. This will be done mostly through film. It also stresses techniques of textual criticism and knowledge of research materials available about Lusophone topics. Finally, we will examine films and texts with a focus on the tropical and highly sexualized character of Brazilian culture as it has been perceived from both abroad and within Brazil. How did it come about, how different is it in countries such as Angola and Portugal? In each case, what are the implications socially, politically? Issues of historical representation, nationality and nation building, thus, will be at the forefront of the analysis of films and texts to be discussed.

REQUIRED TEXTS: Alencar, José de. Iracema. São Paulo: Ática, 2002. Johnson, Randal. Brazilian Cinema. Columbia UP, 1988. Skidmore, Thomas. Five Centuries of Change.

Additional texts will be available on Blackboard.

FILMS INCLUDE: Black Orpheus, Orfeu, Bananas is my Business, Xica da Silva, Quilombo, How Tasty was my Little Frenchman, Tieta do Agreste, Dona Flor and her Two Husbands, The Kiss of the Spider Woman, Eu, Tu, Eles, Central do Brasil, Domésticas, Os Olhos Azuis de Yonta, Um Adeus Português.

PARTICULARS: Evaluation will be based on participation, weekly short response papers, oral presentations, active participation and discussion, and 2 exams. Required for the minor. Class will be conducted in Portuguese or in English.