Portuguese Masters Program
Introduction | Admissions | Advisors | Area Distribution and Course Requirements
Qualifying Exam | Reading List (Printable Word Doc): Brazilian Literature for 2004 |Reading List (Printable Word Doc): Portuguese Literature for 2004 | Reading List (Printable Word Doc) for 2008
The course of studies leading to the Master of Arts degree in Portuguese in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is a flexible one designed to introduce the candidate to Portuguese and Brazilian literatures, literary criticism, and linguistics. The program is for students who terminate their academic career at the M.A. as well as for those who decide to pursue the Ph.D. Its general, non-specialized approach is beneficial to both types. To the M.A. student it affords the breadth of knowledge required for teaching Portuguese in secondary schools and community and junior colleges. To the potential doctoral candidate it provides the general foundation necessary for subsequent specialization. The Master's program offers a panorama of selected works, a general view of literary and linguistic currents, and an introduction to literary and linguistic research.
