Approved Courses
The following list includes undergraduate courses that have been approved as of June 2010. Courses added after that date do not appear in this list. Courses eliminated after that date may still appear. Not every course is offered regularly. Students should consult the Schedule of Classes at www.testudo.umd.edu to ascertain which courses are actually offered during a given semester.
COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEM
| Number |
|
Eligibility |
| 000-099 |
|
Non-credit course |
| 100-199 |
|
Primarily freshman course |
| 200-299 |
|
Primarily sophomore course |
| 300-399 |
|
Junior, senior course not acceptable for credit toward graduate degrees |
| 386-387 |
|
Campus-wide internship courses; refer to information describing Experiential Learning |
| 400-499 |
|
Junior, senior course acceptable for credit toward some graduate degree |
| 500-599 |
|
Professional School course (Dentistry, Architecture, Law, Medicine) or post-baccalaureate course |
| 600-899 |
|
Course restricted to graduate students |
| 799 |
|
Master Thesis credit |
| 899 |
|
Doctoral Dissertation credit |
Use the search box below to view the approved courses.
Courses in "PORT-Portuguese"
PORT - Portuguese
PORT 104 Intensive Elementary Portuguese (4)
Prerequisite: Must have appropriate Foreign Language Placement Test
(FLPT) score.
Covers speaking, reading, writing, listening, and culture of
Portuguese-speaking world.
PORT 204 Intensive Intermediate Portuguese (4)
Prerequisite: PORT104; or Must have appropriate Foreign Language
Placement Test (FLPT) score.
Covers speaking, reading, writing, listening, and culture of
Portuguese-speaking world.
PORT 205 Intermediate Reading and Conversation (3)
Prerequisite: PORT204; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages,
Literatures, and Cultures department.
Development of spoken Portuguese at intermediate level based on written
assignments and exams on readings in a variety of genres.
PORT 223 Portuguese Culture (3)
Political, social, intellectual, and literary forces shaping culture of
contemporary Portugal from the formation of the country to the present.
Taught in English.
PORT 224 Brazilian Culture (3)
Pluralistic formation of Brazilian culture, based on European, African
and Indian contributions. Lectures, discussions, slides, video, and
film presentations. Taught in English.
PORT 228 Selected Topics in Latin American Literature and Society (3-6)
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Also offered as: SPAN228.
Credit only granted for: PORT228 or SPAN228.
Variable cultural studies topics on literature and society in
contemporary Latin America. Taught in English.
PORT 230 Brazilian Portuguese through Film (3)
Prerequisite: PORT205; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages,
Literatures, and Cultures department.
Intermediate practice of oral and written Portuguese through discussion
of Brazilian movies, along with grammar review and vocabulary exercises.
Taught in Portuguese.
PORT 231 Introduction to the Literatures of the Portuguese Language (3)
Prerequisite: PORT205; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages,
Literatures, and Cultures department.
Combines studies of Brazilian and Portuguese literatures, along with the
examination of literary trends, concepts and terms to texts and
excerpts of longer works, chosen for their cultural, historical and
stylistic interest. Taught in Portuguese.
PORT 234 Issues in Latin American Studies I (3)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week.
Also offered as: SPAN234, LASC234. Credit only granted for: PORT234, or
SPAN234, or LASC234.
Interdisciplinary study of major issues in Latin America and the
Caribbean, including Latin America's cultural mosaic, migration and
urbanization. Democratization and the role of religions. Taught in
English.
PORT 235 Issues in Latin American Studies II (3)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week.
Also offered as: SPAN235, LASC235. Credit only granted for: PORT235, or
SPAN235, or LASC235.
Major issues shaping Latin American and Caribbean societies including
the changing constructions of race, ethnicity, gender and class as well
as expressions of popular cultures and revolutionary practices. A
continuation of PORT/LASC/SPAN 234, but completion of 234 is not a
prerequisite. Taught in English.
PORT 269 Special Topics in Study Abroad II (1-6)
Repeatable to 15 credits if content differs.
Special topics course taken as part of an approved study abroad program.
PORT 311 Advanced Portuguese: Contemporary Cultural Issues (3)
Prerequisite: PORT205; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages,
Literatures, and Cultures department.
Development of speaking, reading, writing, listening skills through
study of contemporary culture of Portuguese-speaking countries.
Institutions, values, current events, cultural production.
PORT 320 Survey of Portuguese Literature (3)
Portuguese poetry, fiction and drama from the Twelfth Century to the
present. Taught in English.
PORT 321 Survey of Brazilian Literature (3)
Selected literary texts from the period of formation through Nineteenth
Century romanticism to Twentieth Century. Taught in English.
PORT 350 History of the Portuguese Language (3)
Prerequisite: PORT231; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages,
Literatures, and Cultures department.
Evolution of the Portuguese language from its formation to present days;
differences between Continental, African and Brazilian usages.
PORT 369 Special Topics in Study Abroad III (1-6)
Repeatable to 15 credits if content differs.
Special topics course taken as part of an approved study abroad program.
PORT 378 Brazilian Cinema (in Translation) (3)
Restriction: Junior standing or higher.
The study of Brazilian film from the late 1950s to the present with a
special view to the relationship between cinema and social changes.
Taught in English.
PORT 386 Experiential Learning (3-6)
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and
Cultures department; and Junior standing or higher.
PORT 399 Independent Study in Portuguese (1-3)
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and
Cultures department. Repeatable to 3 credits.
Specific readings in literature under the supervision of a faculty
member of the department.
PORT 405 Portuguese for Spanish Speakers (3)
Restriction: Must have native or acquired fluency in Spanish.
Intensive basic grammar, reading and auditory comprehension. Native or
acquired fluency in Spanish required.
PORT 408 Special Topics in Portuguese Literature (3)
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Major themes and literary developments from the late 18th century to
the present.
PORT 409 Special Topics in Brazilian Literature (3-6)
Major themes and literary development from the late eighteenth century
to the present. Specific topic to be announced each time the course
is offered.
PORT 470 Modernism in Brazilian Prose Fiction (3)
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and
Cultures department.
Prose of the Modernist movement in Brazil from 1922, including literary,
sociological and historical dimensions.
PORT 476 Africa in Brazil (3)
Restriction: Junior standing or higher.
Cultural expressions resulting from the African presence in Brazil from
the Sixteenth Century to the present, including literature, oral
traditions, religion, music, dance, and food.
PORT 478 Themes and Movements of Luso-Brazilian Literature in Translation (3)
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
A study of specific themes and movements either in Portuguese or
Brazilian literature, as announced. Designed for students for whom the
literatures would be inaccessible in Portuguese.
PORT 480 Machado de Assis (3)
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and
Cultures department.
Fiction of Machado de Assis covering his romantic and realistic periods.
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