Portuguese, Minor

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Minimum Total Credit Hours: 25

Minimum Upper-Division Hours: 9

Program Code: N793

  • The requirements for a minor must be completed concurrently with the major degree requirements.
  • No minor may be added by completing courses after receiving the bachelor’s degree.

At least six (6) credit hours must be earned in courses acceptable for residence credit by standards set forth by the Dodge College of Arts and Sciences, excluding transfer, correspondence, and examination (AP, CLEP, Advanced Standing) credit. Courses for the minor may not be taken Pass/ No Pass.

No single course may be used by a student to satisfy a major requirement and a minor requirement. A course may be used, however, to satisfy both a major support requirement and a minor requirement. 

Requests to substitute a minor requirement must be approved in writing by the Portuguese program in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.

Required Courses

Students must successfully complete at least 25 hours of coursework in Portuguese, including at least nine (9) hours at the upper-division level.

PORT 1115Beginning Portuguese5
PORT 1225Beginning Portuguese Continued5
PORT 2113Intermediate Portuguese3
PORT 2223Intermediate Portuguese (Continued)3
PORT 3113Advanced Portuguese3
PORT 3223Advanced Portuguese Continued3
MLLL 4113Cultures in Portuguese: Brazil, Portugal, and Beyond3
Total Credit Hours25
  • Minors in the Dodge College of Arts & Sciences are available to all undergraduate students at OU. If the minor is officially declared, successfully completed, and noted on the graduation application, the student’s transcript will so indicate at the time the bachelor’s degree is posted.