The Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures offers accelerated courses in Portuguese for students who have a very good command of Spanish. The courses guide students to understand the Portuguese-speaking culture and society through our focus on language awareness and critical language analysis. The Portuguese courses focus primarily on the language as spoken in Brazil.

Rice awards the Certificate in Language and Intercultural Communication in Portuguese. You may also major in Spanish and Portuguese. Portuguese is an option to fulfill the language requirement for the Linguistics major.

Course Sequence

Before registering for a Portuguese course, take the Language Placement Test to find out which course is right for you.

Please visit our Study Abroad pages for information on our 6 week, 6 credit summer faculty led Rice in Country study abroad programs and our CLIC Language Study Scholarship Awards. For additional study abroad opportunities visit the Study Abroad Office’s website.