Main fields of study
Language, Literature, Culture and Linguistics
Official length of program
4 years
Admission requirements
12th Grade Secondary Education or equivalent;
University Entrance Exams in Portuguese
Course Description
OBJECTIVES:
Promote the study of the Portuguese language, and the literature, culture and history of Portugal and of the Portuguese-speaking countries;
Allow the students to define their own study profiles, by selecting complementary research areas within or outside the Portuguese Studies Department, and by providing a wide range of optional modules in the last two years.
Provide the students with methodological research and analysis instruments, thus developing their capacity for learning, critical choice and reflection of the knowledge acquired;
Encourage students to pursue further scientific research.
COURSE STRUCTURE:
The degree course has a duration of four academic years, divided into eight semesters;
Each semester has five subject modules;
The subjects in living languages are annual, as is assessment. For all ends implying the sum of subject credits units, an annual subject counts as two semester subjects;
In each academic year, students may register for a maximum of 14 subject modules (7 modules per semester, except for the first registration in the first year, where they can only register for 10 modules (5+5);
The student passes to the 2nd year upon conclusion of 6 semester modules; to the 3rd year, with pass grades in 16 modules, and to the 4th year, with 26 modules.
Career Prospects
The degree in Modern Languages and Literature, Portuguese Language, Literature and Culture, qualifies the holder to exercise professional activities in the following fields:
Teaching Portuguese (7th to 9th grades of primary education and secondary education);
Research;
Teaching in Higher Education;
Mass media;
Publishing and Editing;
Cultural Industries;
Subtitling.
Comments
No edition in 2007/2008