Note: This course listing is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a contract between CIEE and any applicant, student, institution, or other party. The courses, as described, may be subject to change as a result of ongoing curricular revisions, assignment of lecturers and teaching staff, and program development. Courses may be cancelled due to insufficient enrollment.
CIEE Study Center Syllabi
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Required CIEE Intensive Language Courses
Students are given a placement test upon arrival to place them in the appropriate intensive language course.
PORT 1001 LILC—Intensive Portuguese Language, Beginning I
PORT 1002 LILC—Intensive Portuguese Language, Beginning II
PORT 2001 LILC—Intensive Portuguese Language, Intermediate I
PORT 2002 LILC—Intensive Portuguese Language, Intermediate II
PORT 3001 LILC—Intensive Portuguese Language, Advanced I
PORT 3002 LILC—Intensive Portuguese Language, Advanced II
These courses provide students with skills needed to communicate on a daily basis. They include grammar, conversation, listening, and reading comprehension.
Required CIEE Semester Language Courses
PORT 1003 LILC—Semester Portuguese Language, Beginning I
PORT 1004 LILC—Semester Portuguese Language, Beginning II
PORT 2003 LILC—Semester Portuguese Language, Intermediate I
PORT 2004 LILC—Semester Portuguese Language, Intermediate II
PORT 3003 LILC—Semester Portuguese Language, Advanced I
PORT 3004 LILC—Semester Portuguese Language, Advanced II
After being placed in the appropriate class, students continue their language study during the semester in one of these classes.
CIEE Courses—Fall
AHIS 3003 LILC
Lisbon: City and Architecture
How did Lisbon achieve its present form? This course, taught in English, covers the history of Lisbon from Roman times to the present by analyzing selected aspects of urbanism, architecture, sculpture, and painting and their relationship with their particular historic context. In this course, students have direct contact with documents by reading primary sources and analyzing the works of art in loco. This course enhances students’ understanding of Portuguese art history and it gives them tools to read any work of art, especially a city. Instructor: Dr. Ana Margarida Rodrigues
ANTH 3001 LILC
Colonialism and Post-Colonialism
This course aims to provide a critical introduction to theory and debate in the fields of colonialism and post-colonialism, highlighting lines of connection and disconnection between the two. Over the past three decades, the field of post-colonialism has brought issues of race, nation, empire, migration, and ethnicity to the forefront of academic knowledge, examining their interconnection with cultural, political, and economic forces. The present course reflects this interdisciplinary approach, examining the effects of colonization and of the cultural, political, and linguistic power of the West over non-Western cultures and societies, through literary, historical, anthropological, and sociological readings. Instructor: Dr. Philip Havik
CLST 3001 LILC
Seminar on Living and Learning in Lisbon
The CIEE Seminar on Living and Learning in Lisbon is designed to improve students’ intercultural communication and competence while studying abroad by considering how Portuguese are different from, and similar to, themselves and others. The course offers opportunities, both inside and outside the classroom, to develop insights and the skills necessary to interact effectively and appropriately, and to gain a better understanding and appreciation of the cultural richness of Portugal. Contact hours: 25. Recommended credit: 2 semesterhours/3 quarter hours. Instructor: Luisa Castro Caldas
COMM 3001 LILC
The Portuguese Media Ecology
The media landscape in Portugal has changed dramatically in the last 15 years. The end of the state monopoly in open access television, arrival of cable TV, dissemination of Internet use, and, recently, distribution of free newspapers have brought changes not only in the relationship between the public and the media, but also between the “traditional” media and the new ones. This course explores these phenomena employing the theoretical apparatus of the discipline of media ecology: “the study of media environments guided by the idea that technology and techniques, modes of information, and codes of communication play a leading role in human affairs” ( www.media-ecology.org). We consider such topics as the changes in form as well as content in television, newspapers, radio, and other “traditional” media; impact of the new media in the existing information environment and new “languages” they are developing; experiences with new business models; and corresponding trends in the uses of media by the public. Instructor: Dr. Luiz Carlos Baptista
HIST 3001 LILC
The Portuguese Colonial Experience in the Early-Modern Period
Lectures cover the history of the Portuguese colonial experience from the 15th to early 19th century. The course provides students with specific, ample, detailed, and up-to-date knowledge of the several periods of Portuguese expansion in the early-modern period, as well as the ability to compare it with other colonial ventures. Instructor: Dr. Pedro Cardim
LITT 3001 LILC
Portuguese and Brazilian Literature
This course is an introductory approach to Portuguese and Brazilian literature focusing on their singular modernities and the connections between them. Students read some of the most important literary works by Portuguese and Brazilian modernists such as Eça de Queiroz, Machado de Assis, Fernando Pessoa, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and Clarice Lispector. Instructor: Dr. Humberto Brito
MUSI 3002 LILC
Music in Portugal Today
The course offers an introduction to the rich variety of music cultures found in Portugal—from Fado to rock, classical to jazz, Cape Verdian and Angolan migrants to hiphop and kuduro genres. This class takes an ethnomusicological perspective, which means learning about the social and historical contexts from which different genres emerged, and paying attention to the ways in which performance practices reflect and produce those contexts. There is an introduction to the social sciences approach to the study of musical practices and cultures. Part of the class time is devoted to listening to music and observing excerpts from films and other media, and part to discussing the reading assignments. There are also short, in-class, and take-home writing assignments, as well as a mid-term and final exam. Field trips to the Fado Museum and selected venues for live music are included in the class. Instructor: Dr. Pedro Felix
CIEE Courses—Spring
AHIS 3001 LILC
The Arts and the Portuguese Empire
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the art and architecture produced in the territories that composed the Portuguese empire in the early modern age (15th to 18th centuries). Selected topics are discussed in chronological and geographic order. A selection of thematic sessions follow which provide a different approach to the materials and establishes connections between the different parts of the empire. In-class teaching is supplemented with museum tours. Instructor: Dr. Nuno Senos, Resident Director
CINE 3002 LILC
Portuguese Cinema
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the history of film, understood not only as an art form, but also as an industrial commodity and a public show. This perspective allows for an assessment of the specific contributions of film to the shaping of cultural representations and national identities which took place as a result of responses to the fear of the “americanization” not only of European cinema, but also of European culture and society as a whole. Special attention is paid to a comparative analysis of Portuguese cinema in its relation to relevant international movements, directors, and films, and also to the reception of foreign cinema in Portugal. In-class teaching relies on frequent screenings and discussion of selected film clips that are supplemented with tours to the National Film Archive’s Conservation Centre, permanent pre-cinema exhibition of Lisbon’s Film Museum, and some of the capital’s most iconic movie theaters. Instructor: Dr. Tiago Baptista
CLST 3001 LILC
Seminar on Living and Learning in Lisbon
The CIEE Seminar on Living and Learning in Lisbon is designed to improve students’ intercultural communication and competence while studying abroad by considering how Portuguese are different from, and similar to, themselves and others. The course offers opportunities, both inside and outside the classroom, to develop insights and the skills necessary to interact effectively and appropriately, and to gain a better understanding and appreciation of the cultural richness of Portugal. Contact hours: 25. Recommended credit: 2 semester hours/3 quarter hours. Instructor: Luisa Castro Caldas
HIST 3004 LILC
Contemporary Portugal: Politics and Culture
This course aims to discuss the history of contemporary Portugal, from the end of the 19th century to the 1974 Revolution and the subsequent consolidation of a democratic regime. The major political, social, and cultural changes that took place between 1900 and 2000 are explored. A mandatory reading package is prepared for the students. Fieldtrips supplement in-class teaching. Instructor: Dr. Alice Samara
LITT 3001 LILC
Portuguese and Brazilian Literature
This course is an introductory approach to Portuguese and Brazilian literature focusing on their singular modernities and focusing on the connections between them. Students read some of the most important literary works by Portuguese and Brazilian modernists such as Eça de Queiroz, Machado de Assis, Fernando Pessoa, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and Clarice Lispector. Instructor: Dr. Humberto Brito
POLI 3001 LILC
The European Union: Portugal
The course provides an ample, detailed introduction to the historical and political issues of European integration. Special attention is given to the historical processes and narratives that have informed the construction of the European Union, and political theories and practices that are at the base of its governance, as well as its institutions, political system, and public policies, specifically looking at the case of Portugal. Instructor: Dr. Paulo Barcelos
SOCI 3003 LILC
Migration and Globalization
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of transnational migration. It discusses contemporary immigration in southern Europe, with special reference to the Portuguese case. Ethnographic realities from Africa, Asia, and South Asia are also discussed, thematically and empirically. Instructor: Dr. Nuno Dias
PORT 3005 LILC
Tópicos sobre Cultura Portuguesa Contemporânea / Topics on Contemporary Portuguese Culture
This course, taught in Portuguese, is designed for students who are not Portuguese native speakers but who have advanced Portuguese language skills. It confronts students with complex language structures and elaborations through the close reading and analysis of a selection of texts (literary and journalistic excerpts), organized around three main areas: recent and current political and social issues, literary representations, and national/nationalistic ideas of Portugal. The goal is to enhance advanced language skills while learning about Portugal at the same time.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Courses
The Universidade Nova de Lisboa offers a wide range of courses in many fields, all taught in Portuguese. CIEE students may take courses at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH) and up to two courses at the School of Economics.
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
The following courses are generally offered every year, but not every semester. On FCSH’s website www.fcsh.unl.pt, click on “departamentos” for courses in each field. Look for “horários” within each department to know what is offered each specific semester.
Anthropology
Anthropology and Colonialism
Anthropology of the Family and Relatives
Anthropology and Human Rights
Anthropology of Religion
Anthropology of Space
Contemporary Portuguese Anthropology
Economic Anthropology
Ethnicity and Nationalism
History of Anthropology
Political Anthropology
Urban Anthropology
Archaeology
Industrial Archaeology
Medieval Muslim Archaeology
Modern Archaeology
Roman Imperial Archaeology
Art History
Culture and Contemporary Art
History of Colonial Art
History of Gothic Art
History of Non-Western Art
Introduction to Museology
Communications
Communications and Social Science
History of Media
Sociology of Communications
Theory of News
Geography
Climatology
Geography of Rural Space
Geomorphology
Human Geography
Physical Geography of Portugal
Urban Geography
History
Contemporary History
History of Contemporary Portugal
History of Medieval Portugal
History of Modern Portugal
History of Portuguese Expansion
International Relations/Political Science
Contemporary International Politics
History of the Idea of Europe
History of Political Ideas
History of Portuguese International Relations
History and Theory of State in Portugal
Political Systems
Portuguese Political Thought
Security Studies, International Institutions
Language, Literature, and Culture
Brazilian Literature
English
French
German
Portuguese Culture
Portuguese Language and Culture
Portuguese Linguistics
Spanish
Music History/Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology
History of Music in Portugal
Music and Information
Musical Cultures of the World
Philosophy and Music
Philosophy
Philosophy and Culture in Portugal
Sociology
Class and Social Structure
Contemporary Social Themes
Translation
History of Translation
Introduction to Terminology in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Linguistic Diversity in the Iberian Peninsula
School of Economics and Management
Go to www.fe.unl.pt for course listings.
Economic History
Economics of Development
European Economy
Global Economics
Macroeconomics
Marketing
Microeconomics