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Portuguese, Minor

  • Requirements
  • Graduation Plan
  • Department
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Requirements

Total Program Credits: 18

Matriculation Requirements:  
  1. A minimum grade of "C" must be earned in all minor courses. *  
Discipline Core Requirements: 12 Credits 
  PORT 3050 Advanced Portuguese LH 3
  PORT 3610 Brazil through Literature and Film--1500-1900  3
  PORT 3620 Modern Brazil through Literature/Music/Film--1900-1945  3
  PORT 3630 Post-Modern Brazil through Literature/Music/Film--1945-today   3
Elective Requirements: 6 Credits 
A total of 6 credits from the following:   6
  PORT 3200 Business Portuguese (3)  
  PORT 3430 Masterpieces of Brazilian Film (3)  
  PORT 352G Brazilian Culture and Civilization GI (3)  
  PORT 490R Special Topics in Brazilian Studies (3)  
  LANG 281R Language Internship (1-8)  
or LANG 3000 Language and Culture LH (3)  
or LANG 3010 Introduction to Linguistics (3)  
or LANG 481R Language Internship (1)  
or LANG 490R Special Topics in Languages (1)  
or  LANG 4200 Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language (3)  
  or other advisor-approved course.  

 

Footnote
* Completion of Baccalaureate Degree.

Graduation Plan

This graduation plan is a sample plan and is intended to be a guide. Your specific plan may differ based on your Math and English placement and/or transfer credits applied. You are encouraged to meet with an advisor and set up an individualized graduation plan in Wolverine Track.

Semester 1 Course Title or Text Credit Hours
PORT 3050 Advanced Portuguese LH 3
  Semester total: 3
Semester 2 Course Title or Text Credit Hours
PORT 3610 Brazil through Literature and Film--1500-1900  
  Semester total: 16
Semester 3 Course Title or Text Credit Hours
PORT 3620 Modern Brazil through Literature/Music/Film--1900-1945 3
  Semester total: 3
Semester 4 Course Title or Text Credit Hours
PORT 3630 Post-Modern Brazil through Literature/Music/Film--1945-today 3
  Semester total: 3
Semester 5 Course Title or Text Credit Hours
Minor Elective 3
  Semester total: 3
Semester 6 Course Title or Text Credit Hours
Minor Elective 3
  Semester total: 3
  Degree total: 18

Department

Languages and Cultures

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Program Details

Program Learning Outcomes
  1. Students will be able to negotiate meaning through speaking, writing, reading, and listening skills at the Advanced Mid rating of the ACTFL proficiency levels.
  2. Students will be able to interpret meaning in oral and written form with no recourse to active negotiation of meaning with the writer, speaker, or producer at the Advanced Mid rating of the ACTFL proficiency levels
  3. Students will be able to create messages that can be interpreted by members of the target language with no recourse to active negotiation of meaning with the writer, speaker, or producer at the Advanced Mid rating of the ACTFL proficiency levels.
  4. Students will be able to use cultural knowledge to conform, linguistically and behaviorally, in various social and work-related settings at the Advanced Rating of the ACTFL Cultural Awareness descriptor.
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