CET Brazil
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If you want to step out of your comfort zone and understand Brazil from a local perspective, this program is for you! The curriculum is a combination of Portuguese language courses and electives taught in English, but intermediate and advanced stu... read more
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I learned a new language, I feel like Brazilian culture is unlike any other culture in the world and I'm takin that with me from new musical artist to environmental activist. Reyna F - Wellesley College View Entire Review
Many great relationships! A student - Brandeis University View Entire Review
I definitely had to learn how to cook for myself and take care of myself in a big city! I also gained a lot of confidence in my foreign language skills. A student - Brandeis University View Entire Review
Yes it was worthwhile and I gained probably more than I know from this experience. I gained language proficiency, great friends, exploring a new culture, gained the confidence to get around in a foreign country with few language skills, traveling, and more than I can recall right now. I would go back to Brazil in a hearbeat. A student - Brandeis University View Entire Review
I learned a lot about Brazilian culture and the similarities and differences between social justice issues in the United States and in Brazil. A student - Wellesley College View Entire Review
Language acquisition and Brazilian historical knowledge. This program was not worthwhile and if I could do it over again, I would stay on campus. Please note that I have studied abroad internationally before as well as lived abroad in southern Africa for 2 years; my negative experience with this program was not due to difficulty... A Student. - Wellesley College View Entire Review
The experience was absolutely worthwhile and learning from a different culture absolutely has transformed my opinions on certain perspectives. Omar Hernandez Rodriguez - Brandeis University View Entire Review
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If you want to step out of your comfort zone and understand Brazil from a local perspective, this program is for you! The curriculum is a combination of Portuguese language courses and electives taught in English, but intermediate and advanced students may opt for full immersion by taking direct enroll courses in Portuguese alongside Brazilian peers.
Choose from one of three academic tracks to shape your Brazil experience according to your interests and academic needs: Social Justice & Inequality, Socially Sustainable Business at FGV, and Direct-enroll at USP (Pre-requisite: 3 semesters of Portuguese). Excursions, including a week-long Traveling Seminar to Salvador da Bahia, allow you to engage with Brazilian society and not just spectate. Students of all Portuguese language levels and majors are welcome!
Highlights
- Choose from three academic tracks to customize your term
- Electives in Politics, Economics, Sociology, Film
- Courses taught in English or Portuguese
- Traveling Seminar to Salvador da Bahia
- Local Brazilian roommates
Program Type(s):
Study AbroadIntensive Language
Program Length(s):
- Fall
- Spring
- Academic Year
Instruction Language(s):
- Portugese
- English
Language Requirement(s):
- Portugese
Relevant Study Subject(s):
- Foreign Languages and Literatures
- Portuguese Language, Literature
- Economics
- International Relations
- Political Science and Government
- Film, Video, Photographic Arts
- Business
- Business Administration and Management
- Finance, Financial Services
- Marketing
Minimum GPA:
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CET awards $400,000 in scholarship awards each year and supports the Fund for Education Abroad to lessen financial need as a barrier to study abroad. Most CET scholarship decisions are based on financial need, and scholarship awards are intended to encourage study abroad by helping to alleviate financial burden.
up to $3,000
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