Portuguese Spring 2019: Expanded Course Descriptions

Please click here to view the lower division schedule as a PDF

Please click here to view the upper division schedule as a PDF


Portuguese 003. Elementary Portuguese (5 units)

Eugenia Da Silva Fernandes, Lecturer

MTWRF 12:10-1:00P
235 Wellman Hall
CRN 88151

Course Description: Continuation of Portuguese 002 in the areas of grammar and development of all basic language skills in cultural context with special emphasis on communication.

Prerequisite: Portuguese 002 or consent of instructor (esfernandes@ucdavis.edu).

GE credit (New): World Cultures.

Format: Lecture/Discussion - 5 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.

Textbooks:

  • Clemence de Jouet-Pastre, et al., Ponto de Encontro: Portuguese as a World Language, 2nd Edition (Prentice Hall, 2013). E-book and assignments available on My Portuguese Lab website: http://www.pearsoncustom.com/ca/ucd_portuguese/. Purchase available through UC Davis Inclusive Access.

Portuguese 023. Intermediate Portuguese (4 units)

Eugenia Da Silva Fernandes, Lecturer

MWF 1:10-2:00P
101 Wellman Hall
CRN 88152

Course Description: Development of writing skills by way of reading, discussion, and analysis of authentic materials, literary texts, and videos. Selective review of grammar. Class activities include composition, journals, letters, individual and group projects.

Prerequisite: Portuguese 022 or consent of instructor (esfernandes@ucdavis.edu).

GE credit (New): World Cultures and Writing Experience.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Writing.

Textbooks:

  • Course readings will be provided by the instructor.

Portuguese 162. Introduction to Brazilian Literature (4 units)

Robert Newcomb, Professor

TR 3:10-4:30P
244 Olson Hall
CRN 91938

Course Description: Narrative and poetic texts of the 19th and 20th centuries in Brazil. In-depth and comparative study of Romantic and (Neo)Naturalist movements as a forum for discussion about literary tradition and modernity in Latin America.

Prerequisite: Portuguese 003 or Portuguese 031/031G.

GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and Writing Experience.

Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Term Paper.

Textbooks:

  • Course readings will be made available online