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How to Apply/Declare
Current Undergraduate Students: Declare or change your minor by completing an Undergraduate Program Add/Change form.
Prospective Undergraduate Students: Apply for admission to UMass Boston by completing an application. Start by reviewing the first-year and transfer application pages for important information about requirements, deadlines, and application status checks. Use the links below to apply:
Curriculum
Intermediate Portuguese Courses (6 Credits)
Complete two courses from the list below.
- PORT 201 - Intermediate Portuguese I 3 Credit(s) OR
- PORT 278 - Portuguese for Heritage Speakers 3 Credit(s)
AND
- PORT 202 - Intermediate Portuguese II 3 Credit(s) OR
- PORT 279 - Writing for Heritage Speakers of Portuguese 3 Credit(s)
Advanced Portuguese Course (3 Credits)
- PORT 304 - Advanced Portuguese 3 Credit(s)
Electives (9 Credits)
- ANTH 220G - Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Change in Amazonia 3 Credit(s)
- LATAM 380L - Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
- PORT 375L - Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cultures 3 Credit(s)
Completion Requirements
Complete 18 credits from six courses, including two intermediate Portuguese courses, one advanced Portuguese course, and three electives.
Pass/fail: No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor.
Residency: At least three courses must be taken in the Latin American and Iberian Studies Department at UMass Boston.
Course level: At least two courses applied toward the minor must be at the 300-level or higher.
Contact
Nayelli Maria Castro-Ramirez, PhD, Latin American & Iberian Studies Department Chair
MCormack Hall, 4th Floor, Room 615
617.287.7552
nayelli.castro [@] umb.edu
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