Portuguese Undergraduate Program

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers a minor in Portuguese. In addition, Portuguese studies at College Park offer several courses that can enhance students majoring in other disciplines: History (European, African and South American), Latin American Studies, Women Studies, Anthropology, Cultural Geography, Business, and many others areas that have links with the Portuguese-speaking world.

Students who have an advance knowledge of Spanish (300 level and above) could take advantage of the course “Portuguese for Spanish Speakers", offered every Spring semester. Other offerings include: “History of the Portuguese Language,” “Luso-phone Africa” “Brazilian Cinema,” ”Women as Authors and Characters in Brazilian Literature” and “Environmental Issues of the Amazon Ecosystem,” an interdisciplinary course in English, focusing on literary texts, Indigenous oral narratives and on social, political and economic factors of the Amazon Basin.

Learning the Portuguese language and literature as well as the richness of the culture will increase the possibilities of obtaining competitive jobs for future professionals in fields related to Latin America and Africa, European Studies, Comparative Literature and all the areas mentioned above.

Advising

The Undergraduate Advisor for Portuguese, Regina Igel, is available in 2215B Jiménez Hall to answer all questions related to Portuguese language, literature and culture.
Tel: (301) 405-6457. Fax (301) 314-9752 E-mail: ri@umd.edu

Last updated July 1, 2005