How much are your views on politics, history, film, and popular culture constrained by the country you live in? Our course offers you the chance to expand that outlook through immersing you in the world’s Hispanic and Lusophone cultures.You develop your language skills in Spanish and Portuguese, while becoming aware of the culture in Brazil and Portugal. Taking this course will enable you to communicate with more than 500 million speakers of Spanish and Portuguese, and do business in a great number of countries, most importantly the rapidly rising Brazil.In addition to mastering both Spanish and Portuguese at a high level of proficiency, you gain practical skills in the use of these languages professionally (such as in translating and interpreting), as well as developing a thorough understanding of some of the world’s most vibrant societies. We house the internationally important collection of Latin American art, ESCALA.. Topics may include:
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