100-Level Courses
PORT 101 : First-Year Portuguese.
(4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| 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)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| 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 internship coordinator's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | On-the-job experience evaluated by supervisor and posted on student's transcript. |
200-Level Courses
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)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| 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. This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information. |
300-Level Courses
PORT 311R : Third-Year Conversation.
(2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| 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)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Introduction of culture, literature, and grammatical concerns through reading short stories, novels, and drama in Portuguese. |
| NOTE: | 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)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | PORT 202; or PORT 315; Plus 16 credit hours of Portuguese or the equivalent. |
| NOTE: | First class for returned Portuguese-speaking missionaries. Fulfills GE Foreign Language requirement. |
PORT 322 : Third-Year Portuguese Grammar and Composition.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Port 321 or 16 credit hours of Portuguese or the equivalent. |
PORT 323R : Portuguese for the Professions.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | PORT 321 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Introduction to professional terminology, documentation, and correspondence. |
PORT 326 : Portuguese Phonetics and Pronunciation.
(3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| 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)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| 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)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand |
| 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)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Port 321 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Culture, history, art, music, and traditions of Portugal. |
PORT 395R : Contemporary Culture.
(.5-3:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Port 201 or equivalent |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Contemporary Portuguese or Brazilian culture: the people and their customs and institutions. |
| NOTE: | For Study Abroad programs only. |
400-Level Courses
PORT 414 : Introduction to Translation for Second Majors.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On DemandFall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | PORT 321 & PORT 329 & PORT 339 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Readings, individual research projects, and group translation activities. How the translation profession works. Developing the ability to translate general financial and legal texts. Learning to read texts critically. |
PORT 439R : Luso-Brazilian Theatre Production.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| 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 449R : Special Topics in Portuguese Literature.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Port 441 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)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Port 339 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Literary periods, genres, and great writers of Brazil. |
PORT 459R : Special Topics in Brazilian Literature.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Port 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)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter On Demand |
| 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 Principe. 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)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall On Demand; Winter On Demand |
| 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)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| 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)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Senior standing. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Bibliography, research, and writing of senior thesis. |
| NOTE: | Recommended for students planning graduate studies in Portuguese. |
PORT 493 : Capstone Project for Second Major.
(1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Departmental advisor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | A culminating experience for the second-major option. Compiling a portfolio, preparing publishable material(s) and/or completing other projects pertinent to the primary major as it relates to Portuguese. |
| NOTE: | Course should be taken no later than the fall or winter semester prior to graduation. |
500-Level Graduate Courses (available to advanced undergraduates)
PORT 520 : Advanced Portuguese Grammar.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Port 326 or 329, or instructor's approval. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Applying contemporary grammatical concepts to problems in Portuguese grammar. |
PORT 521 : Romance Philology.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Port 326 or 329, or instructor's approval. |
| 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)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall On Demand; Winter On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Port 326 or 329, or instructor's approval. |
| 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)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall On Demand; Winter On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Port 326 or 329, or instructor's approval. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Topics from semantics to dialectology to sociolinguistics. |
PORT 599R : Academic Internship: Portuguese Internship.
(1-3:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Port 321 or equivalent; instructor's consent. |
| NOTE: | For supervised internship credit on BYU Study Abroad programs only. |