Minor in Portuguese Teaching
(18–40 hours)

This minor is designed to prepare students to teach in public schools. A teaching minor may only be received by students graduating with a teaching major. In order to graduate with this minor, students are required to complete Utah State Office of Education licensing requirements. To view these requirements go to http://education.byu.edu/ess/licensing.html or contact Education Student Services, 120 MCKB, (801) 422-3426.

Program Requirements

1. Grades below C- in professional education courses or content courses will not be accepted in the teaching major or teaching minor. Teacher candidates must have a cumulative 2.85 GPA in teaching major and teaching minor courses to qualify for student teaching.
2. Complete the following prerequisite courses or equivalent experience):
   PORT 101 : First-Year Portuguese. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   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.
   
   
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   PORT 102 : First-Year Portuguese. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   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.
   
   
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   PORT 201 : Third-Semester Portuguese. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   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.
   
   
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   PORT 202 : Fourth-Semester Portuguese: Reading and Comprehension. (4:5.0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   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.
   
   
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3. Complete the following:
   SPAN 377 : Spanish Teaching Methods 1. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SPAN 377 : Spanish Teaching Methods 1. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	SPAN 321 & SPAN 326 & SC ED 276R; Span 345 or 355.
   DESCRIPTION:	History of language teaching methods; standards-based unit and lesson planning; strategies for teaching speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary.
   
   
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   SPAN 378 : Spanish Teaching Methods 2. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SPAN 378 : Spanish Teaching Methods 2. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	SPAN 377
   DESCRIPTION:	Strategies for teaching culture; use of instructional media and technology; assessment of learner performance; foreign language program models; planning for continuing professional development.
   
   
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   Note 1: Span 377 and 378 may count toward both a Spanish Teaching major and a Portuguese Teaching minor.
   
   Note 2: Span 377 will be waived for students majoring in teaching another language who have had 377 in that language.
4. Complete the following:
   PORT 321 : Third-Year Portuguese Grammar and Composition. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   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.
   
   
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   PORT 322 : Third-Year Portuguese Grammar and Composition. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   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.
   
   
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   PORT 339 : Introduction to Portuguese and Brazilian Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   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.
   
   
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5. Complete one course from the following:
   PORT 326 : Portuguese Phonetics and Pronunciation. (3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   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.
   
   
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   PORT 329 : Survey of Luso-Brazilian Linguistics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   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.
   
   
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6. Complete one course from the following:
   PORT 345 : Portuguese Civilization. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   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.
   
   
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   PORT 355 : Brazilian Civilization. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PORT 355 : Brazilian Civilization. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	Port 321 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Culture, history, art, music, and traditions of Brazil.
   
   
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7. Complete one course from the following:
   PORT 441 : Survey of Portuguese Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PORT 441 : Survey of Portuguese Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
   PREREQUISITE:	Port 339 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Literary periods, genres, and great writers of Portugal.
   
   
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   PORT 451 : Survey of Brazilian Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   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.
   
   
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8. Complete the following:
   PORT 491 : Senior Proficiency Evaluation. (0:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   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.
   
   
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   Note: The Senior Proficiency Evaluation is taken in connection with Port 491. Before applying to student teach in the major, achieve a minimum OPI rating of Advanced-Low to obtain Utah state licensure and to graduate.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

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