Program Overview

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Romance Languages Major, B.A.–Portuguese

The program in Portuguese combines the study of the language, culture, and literatures of Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa. Emphasis is placed on the language as it is currently spoken and its historical development. Students study the literatures of the Lusophone world in terms of their historical development and analyze specific texts from different genres and literary periods.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program in Romance languages, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in the target language in a variety of personal, professional, and academic settings.
• Demonstrate knowledge of major concepts, methods, and reasonings employed in the language major of their choice.
• Demonstrate knowledge of empirical facts (both through historical breadth and more specialized exploration) about the target cultures.

Upon completion of the program in Romance languages, students will have gained:

• Advanced communication abilities in one of the Romance languages
• Interpersonal and intercultural awareness and competencies (adaptability, resilience, team working and connecting expertise across differences)
• Problem-solving skills
• Critical and analytical thinking skills
• Active learning skills fostering creativity, originality, and innovation
• Ability to gain access to top graduate programs or to apply acquired knowledge and skills in relevant careers

Requirements

In addition to the program requirements, students must:

• earn a minimum final cumulative GPA of 2.000
• complete a minimum of 45 academic credit hours earned from UNC–Chapel Hill courses
• take at least half of their major core requirements (courses and credit hours) at UNC–Chapel Hill
• earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the major core requirements.

Course List

The following courses are part of the core requirements:

• PORT 296: Course Correspondent Project in Portuguese
• PORT 310: Advanced Communication in Portuguese: Media & Entertainment
• PORT 316: Brazilian Performance: Capoeira, Resilience and Resistance through Movement, Music and Dance 1
• PORT 323: Advanced Communication in Portuguese: History, Nature, and Society
• PORT 370: Modern Brazil through Literature and Film in Translation 1
• PORT 375: Portuguese and Brazilian Fiction in Translation 1
• PORT 382: Women Writers: Brazil and Beyond 1
• PORT 385: Verbal Art, Identities, and Nation in Portuguese-Speaking Africa 1
• PORT 387: Brazilian Religious Movements through Film and Literature 1
• PORT 388: Portuguese, Brazilian, and African Identity in Film 1
• PORT 396: Independent Study in Portuguese
• PORT 398: Undergraduate Seminar in Portuguese
• PORT 408: LAC Recitation 2
• PORT 420: Portuguese Language and Culture for the Professions
• PORT 501: Survey of Portuguese Literature I
• PORT 526: History of the Portuguese Language
• PORT 535: Brazilian Drama
• PORT 540: Cultural Topics from the Lusophone World
• PORT 691H: Honors Thesis

Sample Plan of Study

Sample plans can be used as a guide to identify the courses required to complete the major and other requirements needed for degree completion within the expected eight semesters. The actual degree plan may differ depending on the course of study selected (second major, minor, etc.). Students should meet with their academic advisor to create a degree plan that is specific and unique to their interests.

First Year

• IDST 101: College Thriving
• ENGL 105: English Composition and Rhetoric
• First-Year Seminar or First-Year Launch
• IDST 111L: Data Literacy Lab
• PORT 101: Elementary Portuguese I
• PORT 102: Elementary Portuguese II

Sophomore Year

• PORT 203: Intermediate Portuguese I
• PORT 204: Intermediate Portuguese II

Junior Year

• PORT ---: Portuguese major course #1
• PORT ---: Portuguese major course #2
• PORT ---: Portuguese major course #3
• PORT ---: Portuguese major course #4

Senior Year

• PORT ---: Portuguese major course #5
• PORT ---: Portuguese major course #6
• PORT ---: Portuguese major course #7
• PORT ---: Portuguese major course #8

Special Opportunities in Romance Studies

Undergraduate Research

The Department of Romance Studies offers a gateway for research in the humanities, including the various fields that make up Romance studies. Research activities include the honors thesis, summer research fellowships, or engaging in mentoring projects with professors which lead to opportunities to present papers at conferences or for publication in the University's undergraduate research journal.

Honors

The departmental honors program is open to any qualified major with a cumulative grade point average of 3.3 or higher and 3.5 or higher in their major courses. Eligible honors candidates will formulate a topic and select an appropriate faculty member to supervise the writing of an honors thesis.

Collaborative Online International Learning

The department works in partnership with the COIL program and offers select courses that involve shared learning between students in a course at UNC–Chapel Hill and peer students at a global partner university.

Out-of-Class Language Experience

The department offers credit-bearing internship opportunities through ROML 293 and service-learning opportunities through ROML 194. Both courses satisfy the High-Impact General Education requirement and the experiential education requirement.

Study Abroad

The Study Abroad Office sponsors many year-long, semester-long, and summer programs appropriate for students of the Romance languages and has special arrangements with the Department of Romance Studies for the UNC in Montpellier, UNC in Seville, and Florence programs.

Undergraduate Awards

The department awards several prizes to outstanding students in Portuguese, including the Camões Prize.

Department Programs

Majors

• Romance Languages Major, B.A.–French and Francophone Studies
• Romance Languages Major, B.A.–Italian
• Romance Languages Major, B.A.–Portuguese
• Romance Languages Major, B.A.–Hispanic Studies
• Romance Languages Major, B.A.–Hispanic Linguistics

Minors

• French Minor
• Italian Minor
• Portuguese Minor
• Hispanic Studies Minor
• Spanish Minor for the Professions
• Translation and Interpreting Minor

Graduate Programs

• M.A. in Romance Languages and Literatures
• Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures

Courses

• Catalan (CATA)
• French (FREN)
• Italian (ITAL)
• Portuguese (PORT)
• Romance Languages (ROML)
• Spanish (SPAN)