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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on a specific topic in Portuguese-language literature and culture. It introduces students to Portuguese-language literature. Topics may include themes such as contemporary life, cinema and literature, or genres such as the novel or short story. Students will be given opportunities to use and expand their speaking, reading and writing skills. Repeatable for credit.
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Intensive work on speaking, reading, writing and grammar skills for students at the intermediate-high level. Continued emphasis on the grammatical structure of the Portuguese in conjunction with cultural aspects for the language through the study of the influential Luso-Brazilian literary texts. Project-based and organized by Grammar-in-context units with songs, videos, readings, tasks, and exercises. First course for students who learned the language through through an immersive experience, such as residence in a Portuguese-speaking country or community.
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3.00 Credits
In this course students investigate the themes of travel, navigation, and cross-cultural encounters throughout today's Portuguese-speaking world. Through the study of cultural artifacts, students will explore the ways cultural encounters contribute to our identity and transform or change us and our understanding of others. Students will develop interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communication skills as they read and view authentic texts and learn to speak and write in a detailed, organized way about events and experiences in various time frames, confidently handle routine situations with unexpected complications, and share their point of view in writing and discussions on some complex cultural and historical issues. Prerequisites: A minimum of a 3 on the NEWL Exam.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will analyze and interpret works of literature and film in the Portuguese-speaking world to explore cultural issues. Students will develop interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communication skills as they read and view authentic texts and learn to speak and write in a detailed, organized way about events and experiences in various time frames, confidently handle routine situations with unexpected complications, and share their point of view in writing and discussions on some complex cultural and historical issues.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores ways that popular media and entertainment reflect and shape how Portuguese speakers view themselves, their community, and their own and other cultures. Students will be introduced to historical contexts and perspectives of popular media as cultural products and practices. Students will utilize interpretive communication skills (listening and reading) in order to speak and write in a detailed, organized way about events and experiences in various time frames, confidently handle routine situations with unexpected complications, and share their point of view in writing and discussions on some complex cultural and historical issues. Prerequisites: A minimum of a 3 on the NEWL Exam.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to historical, political, social, economic and cultural issues affecting Brazil today. The goal of the course is to use and expand the students Portuguese language skills (speaking, comprehension, reading and writing) while discussing current affairs in Brazil. Course taught in Portuguese. Repeatable for credit. Prerequisite: Portuguese 3060 OR Instructor's Consent.
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3.00 Credits
Explores Brazilian popular music's role as an important forum for political expression and resistance. It traces its evolution from its origins in Samba in the early twentieth century through MPB and utilizes it as a lens for examining history, culture, and national identity during the twenty-one years of the military regime (1964'85). Conducted in Portuguese.
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1.00 Credits
Cultures & Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) offers students the exciting opportunity to apply their proficiency in a second language to the study of academic content in fields. This class is a one credit hour supplement to another three credit hour course notated on the schedule and must be taken with the corresponding course. It may be repeated for credit when the topic varies.
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3.00 Credits
Involves students in thoughtfully organized service through community-engaged leaning. Students have the opportunity to use and expand their language skills and cross-cultural understanding while doing community-engaged learning projects on campus and in the local community. Academically the course seeks to provide a better understanding of challenges and problems faced by immigrants and their communities. This course entails lectures and readings, cross-cultural communications through simulation exercises, and community service in the Salt Lake region.
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3.00 Credits
A course devoted to learning basic terminology and vocabulary related to commerce in the Portuguese-speaking world. Prerequisites: PTGSE 2020 or equivalent.
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