General Catalog 2021-22

Required: Portuguese 25 or 26 or 27 (27 recommended), M35 (or Spanish M35), 46, Spanish 25 or 27, 42 or 44.

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 Spanish and Portuguese major with 90 or more units must complete the following introductory courses prior to admission to UCLA: two years of Spanish, one year of Portuguese, one Spanish civilization course or one Spanish American 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: (1) One course from Spanish 100A or 100B and one course from Portuguese 100A or 100B, (2) Spanish 119, 120, Portuguese 130A or 130B, (3) six 4- or 5-unit upper-division elective courses, two of which must be in Spanish and three of which must be from the Portuguese offerings, including those taught in English. Only upper-division courses taught in the target language may be applied toward the major, except the Portuguese courses taught in English.

Each course must be taken for a letter grade and passed with a grade of C or better.

By petition, and after consultation with the undergraduate adviser, up to three 4-unit Portuguese 197, 199, Spanish 197, or 199 courses may be applied toward the major.

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.