Portuguese Civilization (PRC)
PRC 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S Topics in Portuguese Civilization 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
PRC 320E Topics in Brazilian Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focus on issues in Brazilian society and Portuguese society and culture. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Samba to Hip Hop: Brazilian Popular Music. Examines the role of popular music in relationships of power with subordination and the impact of music as a form of cultural expression. Same as: LAS 328.1
Topic 2: Global Brazil: Immigration and Diaspora in Brazilian Culture. Examination of twentieth-century literature, films, and other cultural artifacts that capture the multicultural reality of Brazilian society and challenge the image of Brazil as a unified, harmonious, racially-mixed nation. Subjects include contemporary textual and visual representations of the Brazilian diaspora in the United States and Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 2), 370P (Topic 6), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic 2), Portuguese 375 (Topic 7). Same as: LAS 328.2
Topic 3: Afro-Luso-Brazilian Worlds. Examine the myths and realities in the Afro-Luso-Brazilian worlds and the connections and contrasts between them. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345D, 372G (Topic 8), 374E (Topic: Afro-Luso-Brazilian Worlds), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 3), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 345D, LAS 328.3 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
PRC 320E.1 Samba to Hip Hop: Brazilian Popular Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the role of popular music in relationships of power with subordination and the impact of music as a form of cultural expression.
Same as: LAS 328.1
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
PRC 320E.2 Global Brazil: Immigration and Diaspora in Brazilian Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examination of twentieth-century literature, films, and other cultural artifacts that capture the multicultural reality of Brazilian society and challenge the image of Brazil as a unified, harmonious, racially-mixed nation. Subjects include contemporary textual and visual representations of the Brazilian diaspora in the United States and Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 2), 370P (Topic 6), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic 2), Portuguese 375 (Topic 7).
Same as: LAS 328.2
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
PRC 320E.3 Afro-Luso-Brazilian Worlds 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the myths and realities in the Afro-Luso-Brazilian worlds and the connections and contrasts between them. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345D, 372G (Topic 8), 374E (Topic: Afro-Luso-Brazilian Worlds), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 3), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345D, LAS 328.3
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
PRC 321 Spectacular Brazil 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the global, historical, thematic, and performative aspects of Brazilian culture using cultural texts, film, popular music, art, and photography. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Spectacular Brazil), 328 (Topic 9), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic: Spectacular Brazil), 321. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 328.9
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
PRC 325 Modern Brazil 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore modern Brazilian urban culture and the processes and contexts that led to the modernization of Brazil. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Modern Brazil), 328 (Topic 11), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic: Modern Brazil), 325.
Same as: LAS 328.11
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
PRC 327 Black Digital Feminisms in Brazil 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore online expressions of Black feminisms in Brazil, highlighting transnational resonances with other Black cultural movements while examining the socio-political particularities of Brazil's current digital landscape. Only one of the following may be counted: Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic: Black Digitl Feminisms in Brz), 327, Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 4). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: WGS 340S.4
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
PRC 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S Topics in Portuguese Civilization 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.