09 - 10 Undergraduate Catalog | Portuguese (Port) Courses

PORT 101 : First-Year Portuguese. (4:5:1) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:	Pronunciation, conversation, reading, and fundamentals of grammar. Specific attention to Portuguese as the language of Brazil.
NOTE:	Native speakers of Portuguese must enroll in Port 321.

PORT 102 : First-Year Portuguese. (4:5:1) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:	Pronunciation, conversation, reading, and fundamentals of grammar. Specific attention to Portuguese as the language of Brazil.
NOTE:	Native speakers of Portuguese must enroll in Port 321.

PORT 199R : Academic Internship. (.5-3:0:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	department chair's and cooperative education coordinator's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	On-the-job experience evaluated by supervisor and posted on student's transcript.

PORT 201 : Third-Semester Portuguese. (4:5:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 102 or three units of high school Portuguese.
DESCRIPTION:	Second-year grammar, reading, writing, and conversation.
NOTE:	Native speakers of Portuguese must take Port 321.

PORT 202 : Fourth-Semester Portuguese: Reading and Comprehension. (4:5.0:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 201.
DESCRIPTION:	Fourth-semester class introducing grammar and culture through study of literature.
NOTE:	Not for returned missionaries. Culmination of GE Mathematics/Foreign Language requirement. Native speakers of Portuguese must take Port 321.

PORT 211R : First-Semester Conversation. (2:2:1) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 102 or equivalent.
RECOMMENDED:	Concurrent enrollment in Port 201.

PORT 212 : Second-Semester Conversation. (2:2:1) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:

Port 211 or equivalent.

PORT 311R : Third-Year Conversation. (2:2:1) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 211 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Tools course to help students improve oral proficiency
NOTE:	Will not count for major or minor.

PORT 315 : Intermediate Portuguese Grammar, Reading, and Culture. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:	Introduction of culture, literature, and grammatical concerns through reading short stories, novels, and drama in Portuguese.
NOTE:	First class for returned Portuguese-speaking missionaries. Fulfills GE Foreign Language requirement. Will count for minor but not for major. Native speakers should take Port 321.

PORT 321 : Third-Year Portuguese Grammar and Composition. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:

Port 202 or 315, plus 16 hours of Portuguese or the equivalent.

PORT 322 : Third-Year Portuguese Grammar and Composition. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:

Port 202 or 315, plus 16 hours of Portuguese or the equivalent.

PORT 326 : Portuguese Phonetics and Pronunciation. (3:3:3) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 321 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Underlying concepts of Portuguese speech production and applications to pronunciation.

PORT 329 : Survey of Luso-Brazilian Linguistics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 321 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to linguistics of Portuguese: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, history of the Portuguese language, philology, dialectology, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics.

PORT 339 : Introduction to Portuguese and Brazilian Literature. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 321 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Readings in modern literature; formal literary analysis.

PORT 345 : Portuguese Civilization. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 321 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Culture, history, art, music, and traditions of Portugal.

PORT 355 : Brazilian Civilization. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 321 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Culture, history, art, music, and traditions of Brazil.

PORT 395R : Contemporary Culture. (.5-3:0:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 201 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Contemporary Portuguese or Brazilian culture: the people and their customs and institutions.
NOTE:	For Study Abroad programs only.

PORT 399R : Academic Internship: Portuguese Language Field Experience. (.5-6:0:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Program coordinator's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	On-the-job experience.

PORT 439R : Luso-Brazilian Theatre Production. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:	Theory and practice of dramatic performance. Includes participation in play to be performed during semester.
NOTE:	No more than 3 hours of 439R credit may count toward any degree.

PORT 441 : Survey of Portuguese Literature. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 339 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Literary periods, genres, and great writers of Portugal.

PORT 442 : Cameos. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:

Port 441 or equivalent.

PORT 449R : Special Topics in Portuguese Literature. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 441, 451, or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Specific topics in Portuguese (Peninsular) literature. Course content will vary each semester to offer optimum exposure to all areas of Portuguese literature.

PORT 451 : Survey of Brazilian Literature. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 339 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Literary periods, genres, and great writers of Brazil.

PORT 452 : Machado de Assis. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:

Port 451 or equivalent.

PORT 453 : Twentieth-Century Brazilian Literature. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:

Port 441, 451, or equivalent.

PORT 459R : Special Topics in Brazilian Literature. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 441, 451, or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Specific topics in Portuguese (Brazilian) literature. Course content will vary each semester to offer optimum exposure to all areas of Brazilian literature.

PORT 461R : African Literature in Portuguese. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 339 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Modern authors from the five African nations whose official language is Portuguese: Angola, Cabo Verde, Guine Bissau, Mozambique, and the two-island republic Sao Tome and Pricipe. Authors include Jose Craveirinha, Mia Couto, Noemia de Sousa, Jose Tenreiro, Castro Soromenho, Luandino Vieira, Pepetala, and Baltasar Lopes, among others.

PORT 462R : Literature of the Lusophone World. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 339 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Authors from the eight nations whose official language is Portuguese, plus former colonies and present regions of important Portuguese influence. These include Luso-American and Azorean writers, as well as authors from East Timor (formerly Indonesia), Goa (India), and Macau (China).

PORT 480R : Directed Research in Portuguese. (.5-3:ARR:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Written proposal subject to department approval.
DESCRIPTION:	Under faculty member's direction, designing and conducting research project covering material not normally presented in regular course work. Research paper required.
NOTE:	Total Port 480R credit toward bachelor's degree not to exceed 3 hours.

PORT 490 : Senior Seminar in Portuguese. (.5-3:0:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Senior standing.
DESCRIPTION:	Bibliography, research, and writing of senior thesis.
NOTE:	Recommended for students planning graduate studies in Portuguese.

PORT 491 : Senior Proficiency Evaluation. (0:1:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:	Tool course to meet oral proficiency requirement for all majors.
NOTE:	No major or minor credit.

PORT 520 : Advanced Portuguese Grammar. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Applying contemporary grammatical concepts to problems in Portuguese grammar.

PORT 521 : Romance Philology. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Comparative study of evolution of Latin into modern romance languages.

PORT 522 : History of the Portuguese Language. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Linguistic sources that contributed to formation of Portuguese.

PORT 529R : Special Topics in Portuguese Linguistics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 321.
DESCRIPTION:	Topics from semantics to dialectology to sociolinguistics.

PORT 599R : Academic Internship: Portuguese Internship. (1-3:0:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Port 321 and instructor's consent.
NOTE:	For supervised internship credit on BYU Study Abroad programs only.

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