Past Annual Reports detailed the wide-ranging resources and opportunities supported by our program. The annual reports have now been replaced by our webpage.
Download the PSP brochure.
ACADEMIC DEGREES
Bachelor of Arts in Portuguese
Undergraduate candidates may choose to major or minor in Luso-Brazilian language and literature through the Department of Spanish & Portuguese.
Master's Degree
Candidates with undergraduate backgrounds in Portuguese language may puruse degrees in Hispanic languages and literature with emphasis in Luso-Brazilian studies.
Doctor of Philosophy
PhD candidates in Hispanic languages and literatures may pursue dissertation research in Luso-Brazilian literature.
Other Programs
Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral students in other programs often focus on portuguese-related topics and can benefit from PSP grants.
COURSES
Currently seven regular Portuguese language courses are offered at four different levels of proficiency, and two on Portuguese literature and culture (an introductory survey and Portuguese cinema). Other departments offer courses that have focused on Portuguese topics. In 2006, PSP facilitated a new summer course in the cities of Porto and Lisbon. The project is a cooperative effort between PSP, UC Berkeley Summer Programs Abroad, Universidade do Porto, and Universidade Lusofona of Lisbon.
Spring Term
Course times and content vary each semester. Please consult the UC Berkeley Schedule of Classes for up-to-the-minute information on course particulars.
Portuguese 101A and B Advanced Portuguese
(for students who have studied another Romance language)
Through comparative study of natural processes, planning, policy and legislation in Mediterranean-climate regions, students conduct original research, develop planning regimes and designs to enhance environmental and social conditions. After the semester of research is complete, students travel abroad to apply research findings to similar climate-charged questions in Portugal alongside professors and students from Portuguese universities. View past research from this course here.
Summer Term
Study Abroad Program in Portugal: Language and Culture (.doc)
A six-week language and culture immersion through direct contact with Portuguese educational and cultural institutions.
Visit the Berkeley Summer Session Travel Study site for more information.
FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS
The Portuguese Studies Program at UC Berkeley provides grants to Cal professors for research involving the Portuguese community, offers fellowships to doctoral students embarking on dissertations focused on Portugal, and administers scholarships and fellowships for study at Cal to students of Portuguese descent.
Fellowships and grants are supported by the Pinto-Fialon Fund. Read more about philanthropists Arthur Ferreira Pinto and Annette Fialon.
PSP Pinto/Fialon Multi-Year Graduate Fellowships
Graduate Division and the Portuguese Studies Program announce the availability of multi-year fellowships for new graduate students supported by the Arturo Pinto-Annette Fialon Endowment. Students entering full-time in regular graduate degree programs at UC Berkeley who are Portuguese (defined as Portuguese citizens) or of Portuguese descent (defined as having at least one Portuguese grandparent) are eligible. Students must be accepted into a regular PhD or Master's degree program through the regular competitive application process to be eligible for a Pinto-Fialon fellowship.Application deadline is the first Monday of March of each year.
Pinto/Fialon Multi-Year Fellowship Information Sheet (.doc)
PSP Pinto/Fialon Scholarships and Fellowships
PSP will accept your applications and serve as intermediary. To be eligible, an applicant must be Portuguese (defined as Portuguese citizens) or of Portuguese descent (defined as having at least one Portuguese grandparent).Application deadline is May 15th of each year (the following Monday when it falls on a weekend).
Download the Information Sheet (.doc)
Download the Application (.doc)
PSP Student Research/Language Study Awards
These awards support travel to Portugal and the Azores for
research leading to a degree, and for attendance at language
and language/culture institute summer programs. Travel may
be supported to other destinations directly related to research
on Portuguese topics, such as travel within North America
to conduct research on Portuguese immigrant communities.
These grants are open (on a competitive basis) to all full-time Berkeley students, graduate and undergraduate. Certain funding sources are available only to students of Portuguese descent, but any student, regardless of origin, is eligible to receive a PSP grant. Fluency in Portuguese is not required to receive a grant, but preference is given to students who are making progress in a course of study in Portuguese if they are not native speakers.
Application deadline is the first Monday in March of each year. [2009 Deadline extended until Friday, March 9, at 9 am.]
Download the Information Sheet & Application (.doc)
PSP Faculty Research and Teaching Grants
The Portuguese Studies Program has a major mission to further studies on the Berkeley campus involving Portugal or the Portuguese-American community of the United States. To promote this objective, the Program invites applications from members of the Berkeley Academic Senate for support of research or teaching in these areas.Application deadline is January 31st of each year (the following Monday when it falls on a weekend). [2009 Deadline extended until Friday, March 9, at 9 am.]
Download the Announcement (.doc)
ANNUAL REPORTS
- PSP 2004 - 2006 Annual Report (.pdf)
- PSP 2003 Annual Report (.pdf)