Brazilian Studies is designed for students whose career plans and educational goals center on Brazil, Latin America’s largest nation and the only one descended from Portuguese rule. Faculty and courses draw upon the humanities, arts, and the social sciences to provide multi-disciplinary training and research opportunities.
Prerequisites
Students pursuing the Master of Arts in Latin American Studies (MALAS) specialization in Brazilian Studies must have previous knowledge of Portuguese and/or completed Composition and Conversation (POR 3243). An equivalent course may qualify if approved by the specialization coordinator.
Requirements
MALAS students must complete 30 credit hours of approved courses, write a thesis on a topic related to the specialization, and demonstrate intermediate-high proficiency in Portuguese. The course requirements are distributed as follows:
- 6 hours of gateway seminars (preferably in the first semester):
LAS 6220 Issues and Perspectives in Latin American Studies
LAS 6292/3 Research Design and Methods in Latin American Studies
- 15 hours of courses in the specialization (see below)
- 9 hours of courses with Latin American content outside the specialization, selected in consultation with the Graduate Coordinator, Dr. Richmond Brown
In addition, students must register for LAS 6971, Master’s Research, in the semester of graduation—at least 3 credit hours in fall or spring, or 2 credit hours in summer
Required Courses
LAH 5637 Brazil after 1750
POW 6XXX one graduate-level Brazilian literature course (listed below)
Optional Courses
GEO 6466 Seminar on Amazonia
LAH 5607 History of Amazonia
LAH 6936 Historiography of Brazil
MUH 6549 Seminar on Brazilian Music
POW 6275 The 19th-Century Brazilian Novel
POW 6276 The 20th-Century Brazilian Novel
POW 6385 Brazilian Lyric
POW 6386 Brazilian Drama
POW 6930 Special Study
URP 6905 Urban Planning in Brazil
LAS 6938 The Amazon
Faculty
Larry Crook (Music)
M. Elizabeth Ginway (Spanish and Portuguese Studies; Brazilian Literature)
Michael Leslie (Telecommunication; Race, communication, and development)
Joseli Macedo (Urban Planning)
Jeffrey Needell (History; Brazilian History)
Charles A. Perrone ( Spanish and Portuguese Studies; Brazilian Literature and Culture)
Stephen Perz (Sociology; Environment, population, development, and quantitative methods)
Marianne Schmink (Anthropology; Amazon development)
Nigel Smith (Geography)
Welson Tremura (Music)
Manuel Vásquez (Religion; Popular religions in Brazil)
Charles H. Wood (Sociology, population & the environment, demography; Brazil)
Robin Wright (Religion)
Contact Information
319 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
USA Tel: (352) 392-0375
Fax: (352) 392-7682
Graduate Advisor
Richmond F. Brown
Specialization Coordinator
Charles Perrone