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Portuguese is the official language of 10 countries on four different continents: Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde, and S?o Tomé and Príncipe. As a result, our Portuguese major will provide you with the opportunity to develop your Portuguese language skills while also studying the literature and culture of Portugal, Brazil, and African lands of Portuguese language or influence.

You will be able to demonstrate proficiency in interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational modes of communication. You will be able to carry out conversations in which you can describe, compare, contrast, in all tenses (present, past and future), with an appropriate breadth of vocabulary and register, and to be understood by a non-sympathetic listener; and to read and write documents written in academic, formal and/or literary registers of language. You will be able to conduct research projects according to the methodologies of the humanities, social or cognitive sciences and demonstrate intercultural awareness and understanding of the Luso-Brazilian world. Honors students complete independent research, write a thesis, and defend it before a faculty committee.

The study of foreign languages focuses on learning about the language, linguistics, literature, and culture of that program. The ability to speak another language fluently can be an asset in today's global world of work. Employment opportunities exist in many career fields and employment sectors for graduates with a foreign language.

Foreign Language graduates pursue careers in business, education, government, and the nonprofit sector, and some pursue advanced degrees. Future career options may be determined not so much by the choice of your college major, but by your interests, skills, values, and types of work experiences acquired during college. Regardless of your career aspirations, increase your marketability to employers through internships, related work experience, good grades, advanced coursework, and involvement in campus activities. Many careers do not require a specific major, but rather a wide range of demonstrated skills, accomplishments, and related work experience while in school.