Foreign Language: Portuguese Major Foreign Language: Portuguese Major Portuguese courses will focus on language, history, and life in the Lusophone World.Offered by the Department of Foreign Languages. Breadcrumb academics majors and minors foreign language portuguese major academics-sidebarnav MENU Academic Program Majors & Minors Departments Internships Study Abroad Scholars Program Service Academy Exchange Program Annual Theme Overview Courses Enrichment What Can I Expect from Studying Portuguese at West Point?Portuguese language majors will follow a track of courses designed to develop their Portuguese language proficiency and cultural understanding. Cadets can choose to be a Portuguese language major or combine Portuguese and another language for a dual language major. Each of these options can be taken as an honors program. Language majors also work well as part of a double major with another department. Majors: Portuguese, Portuguese with Honors, Dual Language (Portuguese and a second language of your choice), Foreign Area Studies (Africa, Europe, Latin America)Minors: Regional Studies (Africa, Europe, Latin America)Watch our Portuguese at West Point Video!To learn more about enrichment for this area of study, visit the Department of Foreign Languages. Required CoursesLN380 NATURE OF MODERN LANGUAGESSample ElectivesLN440P PORTUGUESE IN CULTURAL CONTEXTLN451 ADV LANG & CULTURE IN CONTEXT LN487 ADV IND STUDY-FOREIGN LANGSLN491 SEM ABROAD: ADV LANG & CULT ILP371 INTENSIVE INTERMED. PORTUGUESE LP372 PORTUGUESE FOR ORAL/WRIT COMM LP470 SPECIAL TOPIC IN PORTUGUESE LP475 PORTUGUESE RDG/WRTG THRU MEDIA LP476 MILITARY SPKG/RDG - PORTUGUESE LP483 PORTUGUESE CIVILIZATION ILP485 SURVEY OF PORTUGUESE LIT I LP492 LIT OF PORT-SPKG WORLDTo learn more, view the full Foreign Language - Portuguese Major Curriculum. Interact with Portuguese at West Point!Maximize your Portuguese experience by taking part in weekly club activities offering the opportunity to discuss current events and culture with native Portuguese speakers, exchange students, and Portuguese-speaking civilians in a casual atmosphere. Participate in trips to churrascaria (Portuguese BBQ); Providence, Rhode Island; Newark, New Jersey; and more.Majors have the opportunity for academic travel to Portuguese-speaking areas such as Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, Cape Verde, and Macau, among others. Majors also have the chance to travel to the Agulhas Negras Mountain Range to take part in Brazilian Mountain School.Immersion OpportunitiesSemester Abroad Program (SAP): Spend a semester in one of four wonderful universities in Brazil (fall and spring) or Portugal (spring only).Academic Individual Advanced Development (AIAD): Travel to Brazil, Portugal or other Lusophone countries to study and speak Portuguese in military and non-military settings.Military Individual Advanced Development (MIAD): Travel to the Agulhas Negras Mountain Range to take part in Brazilian Mountain School.Honor Societies:Phi Sigma Iota - International Foreign Language Honor SocietyGolden Key - International Honour SocietyPhi Kappa Phi - Oldest and Largest Collegiate Honor SocietyTo learn more about enrichment for this area of study, visit the Department of Foreign Languages or the Center for Languages, Cultures, and Regional Studies.