Portuguese, Bachelor´s Course

About this programme

The Portuguese Bachelor’s course is designed for students who have completed Portuguese III or have equivalent qualifications. You'll get the chance to conduct your own research within a chosen area of Portuguese studies, presenting your findings in a supervised paper that’s discussed in a seminar. In the course unit Literature II, you'll read fictional texts from different genres in Portuguese. The course unit Linguistics II includes key linguistic theories and methods, all applied to the Portuguese language, giving you the tools to explore the language. The overarching document for a course is the syllabus. You can find the syllabus in the menu on the right. This course description explains how we run the course in practice. The syllabus should provide good guidance, but is not exhaustive. Further clarification, either verbal or written, will be provided by the teacher during the course. Do not hesitate to ask the teacher if you have any questions about the implementation of various tasks. To find out which teachers are teaching the course, and for information about the schedule and examination dates, please see ‘Schedule’. For information on reading lists, see ‘Course literature’. The course consists of the following course units: Graduation paper, 15 credits, Linguistics II, 7.5 credits and Literature II, 7.5 credits. In the dissertation, you carry out a limited research task in one of the subject’s research areas. The task is presented in an independent piece of work written under supervision and discussed in a seminar. In an introduction to the dissertation, you w