Requirements
1. 36 credits toward the Portuguese major.
2. Eight courses, with a grade of C or above in each course, to be
chosen from among options a, b, c, or d listed below. No more than two
courses may be used to fulfill both the Portuguese major and the global
studies certificate. The student`s entire program must be approved by a
departmental adviser.
a. The Hispanic
World. Students must choose a balance of courses between Spanish
America and Spain within each of the following groups:
Group 1
(Economics, History, Political Science): Four courses to be drawn from
Africana studies, economics, history, Latin American studies, political
science, Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean studies, sociology,
or other related departments or programs (including courses taken
abroad).
Group 2 (Studies on Culture): Four courses to be
drawn from Africana studies, anthropology, archaeology, art history,
Latin American studies, Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean studies,
Spanish and Portuguese, or other related departments or programs
(including courses taken abroad).
b. The
Luso-Brazilian World. Students must choose a balance of courses
between Brazil and Portugal within each of the groups mentioned in
Option A above.
c. Latin America. Students
must choose a balance of courses between Spanish American countries and
non-Spanish-speaking countries within each of the groups mentioned in
option a above.
d. Iberian
Peninsula. Students must choose a balance of courses between Spain
and Portugal within each of the groups mentioned in option a above.
3. In addition to the eight courses required above, an exit seminar
involving a research project (fifteen to twenty pages) on a topic of
international or global scope. The seminar also requires participation
in extracurricular global programs events. The seminar must be taken
during the senior year or year of graduation.
4. An
international experience of one year during the junior year in an
appropriate country or countries approved by a departmental adviser. A
one-term option or summer option will be considered under extraordinary
circumstances.
Additional information is available at the program`s web site.
