PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN STUDIES

PORTUGUESE AND
BRAZILIAN STUDIES
Interdisciplinary bachelor and master education
THE DANISH
GOVERNMENT HAS
STRENGTHENED
ITS FOCUS ON BRAZIL
WHAT DOES
PORTUGUESE AND
BRAZILIAN STUDIES
OFFER?
Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge, São Paulo
In light of Brazil’s status as an economic global player, the
Danish government has implemented new initiatives to
strengthen Danish-Brazilian cooperation in research, technology and industry. At the same time, the Export Council
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has increased its focus
on Brazil as a viable growth market for Danish business
through the opening of an innovation center in São Paulo.
Since 2012, Denmark has participated in Brazil’s Science
without Borders program to strengthen bilateral research
projects and exchange agreements between the higher
education institutions of the two countries. In 2012 the
Danish Ministry of Education decided, for the first time,
to allow the instruction of Portuguese as a high school
subject.
WHAT CAREER OUTCOMES ARE POSSIBLE?
With an education in Portuguese and Brazilian studies
you acquire excellent skills in Portuguese and a basic
insight into the cultural diversity of the Portuguese speaking world, which includes countries in Europe such as
Portugal, Brazil in South America, Angola, Mozambique,
Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Principe
in Africa, and East Timor and the Chinese peninsula of
Macau in Asia.
The analytical and communicative competences, along with
the knowledge and skills you obtain through your choice
of electives, will provide you as a graduate of this program,
with a broad range of career opportunities in both the public and private sectors as a graduate of this program.
Below are just some career possibilities you can consider.
Further information (in Danish): studier.ku.dk/bachelor/
portugisiske-brasilianske-studier
Language and communication consultancy • culture training consultancy • international relations
Tourism • teaching • translation and interpretation • international development and relief work • foreign service
• export industry • research • journalism • market analysis
The Atrium, the Faculty of Humanities
The University of Copenhagen takes an interdisciplinary,
area studies approach to Portuguese and Brazilian studies,
markedly so in the new (2013) curriculum.
New theoretical and pedagogical approaches will provide
you with the skills necessary to handle a wide range of
tasks in the workplace.
New approaches
New topics
New ways of working
We draw on concepts, theories and
methods from both the humanities and the social sciences. You will
gain broad experience in carrying out
research projects involving historical,
political, socioeconomic, literary and
linguistic analysis, often taking a crossdisciplinary approach. In the program
we will develop your awareness of
ways in which language shapes “reality” and plays a crucial role in identity
construction.
Globalization, migration, social marginalization and ethnicity are just a
few of the topics we cover in relation
to the Portuguese-speaking world.
We examine these topics from both
a theoretical-analytical perspective,
as well as from political and business
points of view.
The individual courses of the program
are designed to be flexible, so new
knowledge and perspectives can easily
be integrated in the teaching.
Team projects addressing real-world
problems are an integral part of
several of the courses in our program.
Problem-based learning enhances
your ability to solve problems that
may arise in the real world. During the
entire education, you will gain skills
in the collaborative solving of specific
problems. One such project is to plan
and carry out a project with a business
enterprise or organization in Denmark,
Portugal or Brazil.
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B.A. Program
THE STRUCTURE OF THE B.A. PROGRAM
Fall Semester
In the first year, you will develop linguistic competence in
Portuguese and be introduced to concepts, theories and
methods that will enable you to analyze problems and issues
in the Portuguese-speaking world, from a cross-disciplinary
perspective.
In Year 2, you will learn to use your analytical tools to
apply the acquired conceptual knowledge and language
skills to problems and issues pertinent to your interest.
For example, you will study such areas as:
1st
year
2nd
year
Spring Semester
Elementary Portuguese 1
Elementary Portuguese 2
Introduction to Area Studies
Debates and Voices in Brazilian Society
Introduction to the Portuguese-speaking world
The Portuguese Language in Time and Space
Discourse and Identity
Brazil as a Global Player
Debates and Voices in Portuguese Society
Theory of Knowledge
Film, Media and the Arts in Portuguese in a Globalized World
Problem-based Team Project
Communicative Grammar
DISCOURSE AND IDENTITY
Social, technological and cultural
upheavals exert an influence on the
way we perceive ourselves and our
roles in society, and language is central
to our construction of reality. We will
introduce you to theories and methods
of discourse analysis.
FILM, MEDIA AND THE ARTS IN
PORTUGUESE IN A GLOBALIZED
WORLD
This course focuses on the implications
of the interaction that occurs between
culture, identity and texts, as exemplified in the films, media and art of
Portuguese-speaking people all over
the world
BRAZIL AS A GLOBAL PLAYER
In this course, we will analyze the
current political, social and economic
situation in the country as well as the
reasons for and consequences of
Brazil’s increasing visibility on the international scene
3rd
year
Voices in Luso-Brazilian Literature
MINOR ELECTIVES
Professional Communication in Portuguese
MINOR ELECTIVES
4th
year
Area Studies Seminar on Language, Discourse and Society
Communicative Translation
B.A. Project
M.A. Program
Fall Semester
In your third year, you will further create your academic
profile through the choice of your electives. You can also
choose to participate in an international exchange program.
In the seventh semester, you will consolidate and organize
the knowledge you have acquired. With the successful
completion of your Bachelor project and remaining courses
in your seventh semester you earn your Bachelor of Arts in
Portuguese and Brazilian studies.
Spring Semester
1st
year
Consolidation of analytical and research tools
Organization of research tools and knowledge
2nd
year
Elective / Internship / Exchange
M.A. Thesis
STUDENT LIFE AND
STUDY ENVIRONMENT
INTERNATIONAL
STUDY EXCHANGE
We advise students to take advantage of the opportunities to study abroad. We have organized the curriculum
to make it easy for third-year students to study abroad
for one or two semesters. Read more about university
partners and requirements at:
universitypartners.ku.dk/the_international_office
As a student of Portuguese and Brazilian studies, you become a part of our community of students and teachers.
The university offers opportunities for engaging both your
academic and social interests. You can shape your study
environment as you will.
Coimbra, Portugal
Students organize their own Friday afternoon gettogethers. It may be a Friday afternoon caipirinha, a
Friday film, sports activities or a bate-papo discussing
current events in Portuguese with your fellow students
—you decide.
The Portuguese program is housed at The Faculty of
Humanities at the University of Copenhagen’s Søndre
Campus in Amager, a few minutes from the city center,
via Metro.
For further information, see:
studies.ku.dk/bachelor/studying-at-ucph
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Bookstore, University of São Paulo, Brazil
The most critical skills you can have as a Dane doing business in Brazil are
fluency in the Portuguese language, as well as awareness of and sensitivity to Brazilian cultural codes. These skills will ultimately be of more use to you than
advanced skills in finance, for example. Knowing that one should develop personal
relationships is fine, but knowing how to do it the Brazilian way is vital. You cannot
assume that those you meet are prepared to do business in English.
Peter Kronstrøm, a communications consultant with an international MBA,
heads the São Paulo office of the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.
A new language paves the way for a
multiplicity of experiences – Portuguese
was my passport to The New World.
Karl Erik Schøllhammer is Associate Professor of
comparative literature at The Pontifical Catholic University
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
EDITOR
Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Institute for English, Germanic and Romance Studies
The Humanities Faculty
The University of Copenhagen
For further information, contact:
Sandi Michele de Oliveira, tel. +45 35 32 84 30, e-mail: smo@hum.ku.dk
Translation: Shawn Toussaint