[FAS logo]

Table of Contents

Notice to Students
Introduction

1: Academic Calendar

2: Academic Information

3: Fields of Concentration

4: Secondary Fields

5: General Regulations and Standards of Conduct

6: Life in the Harvard Community

7: Financial Information

8: Academic and Support Resources

9: Extracurricular Activities


Harvard Homepage

FAS Courses of Instruction

Portuguese and Brazilian Literature
Basic Requirements: 12 half-courses

  1. Required courses:
    1. Ten half-courses in Portuguese, including required tutorials. May include both Portuguese 35 and 36 and any course in the Comparative Literature department with a Portuguese or Brazilian focus.
    2. Two half-courses in related fields. These include courses in anthropology, the Core Curriculum, English, government, history, history of art and architecture, etc. Up to two intermediate or advanced courses in another Romance language or Latin may be counted as a related field, as may one 100-level literature course in another Romance language. The undergraduate adviser in Portuguese must approve all courses to be counted as related fields.
  2. Tutorial: Sophomore year: Portuguese 97 (one term) required. Small-group instruction. Letter-graded.
  3. Thesis: Not required.
  4. Other information:
    1. Pass/Fail: Courses counting for concentration credit may not be taken Pass/Fail.
    2. Language requirement: Concentrators must demonstrate proficiency by passing a special examination given during the spring Reading Period. This requirement should normally be satisfied by the end of the sophomore year.
    3. Joint concentration: Portuguese and Brazilian Literature or Studies may be combined with another Romance literature, or with a related field in another department. Six half-courses are required in the Portuguese and Brazilian Literature or Studies concentration if either is combined with a related field.
    4. Freshman Seminars: With the approval of the undergraduate adviser, up to one Freshman Seminar, for which the student has received a Satisfactory evaluation, may be counted in category 1c.