Minor in Portuguese
The Portuguese program at the University of Tennessee offers beginner and intermediate-level language instruction, as well as upper division studies focusing on Brazilian Portuguese, culture, literature, and cinema. A Portuguese minor is available at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Portuguese is one of the world’s top 10 languages, spoken by some 200 million people worldwide. Studying Portuguese will open new worlds in Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Students interested in Global Studies and Environmental Issues would also benefit from Portuguese.
The minor in Portuguese consists of at least 18 hours of Portuguese courses.
Select 18 hours from the following available courses
- PORT 212 – Intermediate Portuguese
- PORT 300 – Portuguese for Speakers of Another Romance Language
- PORT 301 – Cultural Readings in Portuguese
- PORT 303 – Highlights of Brazilian Civilization
- PORT 309 – Intermediate Conversation and Composition
- PORT 315 – Aspects of Luso-Brazilian Literature
- PORT 326 – Brazilian Cinema
- PORT 409 – Advanced Conversation and Composition
- PORT 430 – Contemporary Brazilian Studies
- PORT 432 – Topics in the Literature and Culture of the Portuguese-speaking World
- PORT 491 – Foreign Study
- PORT 493 – Independent Study
