Requirements
Required: Portuguese 25 or 26 or 27 (27 recommended), 46.
Each course must be taken for a letter grade and passed with a grade of C or better prior to beginning upper-division work in the major.
Transfer applicants to the Portuguese major with 90 or more units must complete the following introductory courses prior to admission to UCLA: one year of Portuguese, one nature of language course, one Portuguese civilization course or one Brazilian civilization course, and one Brazilian culture course.
Refer to the UCLA transfer admission guide for up-to-date information regarding transfer selection for admission.
Required: Ten upper-division courses (45 units minimum), including Portuguese 100A or 100B, 130A or 130B, and seven elective courses selected from 100A through 199.
Out of the seven elective courses, three courses from outside the department that focus on Brazil, Portugal, or Lusophone Africa may be applied toward the major with approval of the undergraduate adviser. A minimum of five out of the seven elective courses must be taken in Portuguese.
By petition, and after consultation with the undergraduate adviser, up to three 4-unit Portuguese 197 or 199 courses may be applied toward the major.
Each course must be taken for a letter grade and passed with a grade of C or better.
Double Majors
Through judicious use of electives, students may find it possible to secure the BA degree with two complete majors (e.g., Portuguese/Spanish, Portuguese/History, Portuguese/Sociology, etc.). Interested students should consult with the undergraduate adviser in Portuguese as early as possible in their BA program.
Students are encouraged to spend up to one year in a Portuguese-speaking country to study in a university or conduct research. Appropriate credit may be granted in accordance with the individual program, arranged in consultation with the undergraduate faculty adviser in Portuguese. Proposals must be submitted in advance in writing and must be approved by the department.
The departmental honors program is open to majors who have completed a minimum of six upper-division major courses with a 3.7 grade-point average or better in those six courses. Eligibility is verified by the departmental counselor. On the basis of their coursework and special interests, students then consult with a faculty member in that field and formulate a research project that they pursue under the faculty member’s guidance through Portuguese 198A-198B or Spanish 198A-198B.
Portuguese 198A and Spanish 198A are 4-unit courses in which students research and prepare a draft of a thesis on a selected topic; Portuguese 198B and Spanish 198B are 2-unit courses in which students complete the final thesis draft of approximately 25 to 30 pages. Approval of the honors thesis by the faculty mentor is the final requirement for departmental honors. Portuguese 198A-198B and Spanish 198A-198B may not be applied toward the majors.