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International Curricula at NOVA FCSH

NOVA FCSH’ Academic Departments offer a selection of courses lectured in English, Spanish, French and German, mainly in the field of Languages and Literature (department of Modern Languages, Cultures and Literatures).

International curricula at NOVA FCSH

Here you can find all courses that are lectured in English and in other languages. Courses lectured in English require an English certificate at level B1.

Bachelor

SCHEDULES: Available on the page of the corresponding program, in “Horários” (in Portuguese only). See the list of bachelor programs HERE.

 

1ST SEMESTER (2024/2025)

Course (ENG/PT): Britain in the 20th and 21st Centuries / Grã-Bretanha nos Séculos XX e XXI (01106887)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Contemporary North American Culture / Cultura Norte-Americana Contemporânea (1101134)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Línguas Literaturas e Culturas)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Decorative Arts / Artes Decorativas (1100635)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English (and Portuguese)
  • Department: Art History (Program: História da Arte)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Drawing and the graphic arts (theory and practice in Early Modern Europe) / Desenho e artes gráficas (teoria e prática na Europa Moderna) (01106876)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English (and Portuguese)
  • Department: Art History (Program: História da Arte)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): English for Professional Purposes / Inglês para Fins Profissionais (711121069)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): English Linguistics (Group B) / Linguística Inglesa [Turma B] (1100221)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Linguistics (Program: Ciências da Linguagem; Língua, Literaturas e Culturas ; Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): German [A1.1 / A2.1 / B1.1 / B1.3/ B2.2] / Alemão [A1.1 / A2.1 / B1.1 / B1.3/ B2.2]

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: German
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Línguas Literaturas e Culturas)
  • Course contents: see the content for each level HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Introduction to Subtitling / Introdução à Legendagem (711121070)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): North American Literature / Literatura Norte-Americana (711121050)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Línguas Literaturas e Culturas)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Philosophy of Religion /Filosofia da Religião (711031069)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Philosophy (Program: Philosophy)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Technical-Scientific Translation Practice (English to Portuguese) / Prática da Tradução Técnico-Científica (Inglês-Português) (711121059)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Technical-Scientific Translation Practice (Portuguese to English) / Prática da Tradução Técnico-Científica (Português-Inglês) (711121060)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Theory of Communication [Group A] / Teoria da Tradução [Turma A] (01101661)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Communication Sciences (Program: Ciências da Comunicação)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Translation Practice in Social Sciences and Humanities (Portuguese-Spanish) / Prática da Tradução de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Português-Espanhol) (711111091)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: Spanish
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Translation Seminar (French) / Seminário de Tradução de Francês (01107170)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: French
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: available soon

Course (ENG/PT): Translation Software / Informática para a Tradução (01100178)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

 

2ND SEMESTER (2025/2026)

Course (ENG/PT): Advanced Information Technology for Translation / Informática Avançada para a Tradução (711121071)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Argumentation and Rhetoric / Retórica e Argumentação (01101645)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English and Portuguese
  • Department: Communication Sciences (Program: Ciências da Comunicação)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Business and Commercial Translation Practice (German to Portuguese) / Prática da Tradução de Assuntos Empresariais (Alemão-Português) (711101066)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: German
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Communication Ethics and Law / Ética e direito da comunicação (01105054)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English & Portuguese
  • Department: Communication Sciences (Program: Ciências Comunicação)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Comparative History of the Colonial Empires / História Comparada dos Impérios Coloniais (711051143)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: History (Program: História)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Contemporary North American Literature / Literatura Norte-Americana Contemporânea (01101101)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Línguas Literaturas e Culturas)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): English for Professional Purposes / Inglês para Fins Profissionais (711121069)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): French Seminar / Seminário de Francês (01109797)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: French
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Línguas Literaturas e Culturas)
  • Course contents: available soon

Course (ENG/PT): German [A1.2 / A2.2 / B1. 2/ B2. 1/ B2. 3] / Alemão [A1.2 / A2.2 / B1.2 / B2.1 / B2.3]

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: German
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Línguas Literaturas e Culturas)
  • Course contents: see the content for each level HERE

Course (ENG/PT): International Economics / Economia Internacional (01101368)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Political Studies (Program: Ciência Política e Relações Internacionais)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): North American Media / Media Norte-Americanos (1101188)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Línguas Literaturas e Culturas)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Technical-Scientific Translation Practice (English to Portuguese) / Prática da Tradução Técnico-Científica (Inglês-Português) (711121059)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Translation Practice: Social and Human Sciences (Portuguese to German) / Prática da Tradução de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Português-Alemão) (711121060)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: German
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Translation Practice in Science and Technology (Portuguese-French) / Prática da Tradução Técnico-Científica (Português-Francês) (711111100)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: French
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Translation Practice in Science and Technology (Portuguese-Spanish) / Prática da Tradução Técnico-Científica (Português-Espanhol) (711111099)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: Spanish
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Social and Human Sciences (German) / Prática da Tradução de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Alemão) (711111063)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: German
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Translation Seminar (English) [Class A] / Seminário de Tradução de Inglês [Turma A] (01107181)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: Available Soon

Course (ENG/PT): Translation Seminar (Spanish) / Seminário de Tradução de Espanhol (01107164)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: Spanish
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: Available Soon

Course (ENG/PT): Translation Software / Informática para a Tradução (01100178)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

NOTE: list subject to change.

Besides the course offer in NOVA FCSH’s Academic Departments, Research Units offer free elective courses each semester, some of them lectured in English. The course offer is published HERE in the beginning of each semester (September and February).

To know the schedule: contact the responsible Research Unit.

To register: Contact NAM during the first two weeks of the semester (email mobilidade@fcsh.unl.pt or in person at the Assistance Desk- Tower B, 1st Floor).

Master

SCHEDULES: See the file “Horários” (in Portuguese only) on the page of each program. List of Master programs HERE.

 

1ST SEMESTER (2025/2026)

 

Course (ENG/PT): American Representations: Identity, Culture and the Arts / Representações Americanas: Identidade, Cultura e Artes (020103164)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Trends in English and North-American Studies)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Assessment and Learning Materials (E-learning) / Avaliação e Materiais de Aprendizagem (722171245)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Didática do Inglês)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Digital and Spatial Humanities for Historians (short term) / Humanidades Digitais e Espaciais para Historiadores (curta duração) (02106316)

  • ECTS: 2
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: History (Program: History in the Public Sphere)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Essentials in Archival Research (short term) / Introdução à Investigação Arquivística (0210294)

  • ECTS: 2
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: History (Program: History in the Public Sphere)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): History and Theory of Translation / Historia e Teoria da Tradução (72101033)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): History in the Media: commemorating, consuming, transmitting identity / História nos Media (02106272)

  • ECTS: 8
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: History (Program: History in the Public Sphere)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Language and Intercultural Citizenship Education / Língua, Interculturalidade e Educação para a Cidadania (02108472)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Ensino de Inglês no 3º Ciclo do EB e no ES; Ensino de Português e de Língua Estrangeira no 3º Ciclo do EB e no Secundário)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Learning, Teaching and Researching / Aprender, Ensinar e Investigar (722171241)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Didática do Inglês)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Literary Intermedialities and Digital Humanities / Intermedialidades Literárias e Humanidades Digitais (02107473)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Trends in English and North-American Studies)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Museums as spaces of memory, identity and activism / Museus como espaços de memória, identidade e ativismo (02106361)

  • ECTS: 8
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: History (Program: History in the Public Sphere)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Oral History: Theories and Methods (Short course) / História Oral (curta duração) (02106305)

  • ECTS: 2
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: History (Program: History in the Public Sphere)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): TEFL Methodology I / Didáctica do Inglês (02116254)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Ensino de Inglês e de Língua Estrangeira no 3º Ciclo do EB e no ES; Ensino de Inglês no 3º Ciclo do EB e no ES; Ensino de Português e de Língua Estrangeira no 3º Ciclo do EB e no Secundário)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Teaching English to Young Learners / Didáctica do Inglês para Crianças (02116246)

  • ECTS: 11
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Ensino de Inglês no 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico)
  • Course contents: Available soon

Course (ENG/PT): Technology in English Language Teaching / Tecnologia no Ensino de Inglês (722171242)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Didática do Inglês)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Travel Writing in the English Speaking World / Escrita de Viagem no Mundo de Língua Inglesa (02107514)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Trends in English and North-American Studies)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Western European Empires – from colonial past to postcolonial world / Impérios da Europa Ocidental

  • ECTS: 8
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: History (Program: History in the Public Sphere)
  • Course contents: HERE

 

2ND SEMESTER (2024-25)

 

Course (ENG/PT): Audiovisual Translation and Subtitling / Tradução Audiovisual e Legendagem (02116518)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Children’s and Young Adult Literature / Literatura Infantil e Juvenil (02107569)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Trends in English and North-American Studies)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Culture and Society in the English-Speaking World / Cultura e Sociedade no Mundo de Expressão em Inglês (02108494)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Ensino de Inglês e de Língua Estrangeira no 3º Ciclo do EB e no ES; Ensino de Inglês no 3º Ciclo do EB e no ES)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): English C2 / Inglês C2 (02108493)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Ensino de Inglês no 3º Ciclo do EB e no ES)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Language Development in Children / Desenvolvimento da Linguagem nas Crianças (722131103)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Linguistics (Program: Ensino de Inglês no 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Principles and Practice in ELT / Princípios e práticas no ensino da língua inglesa (722171244)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Didática do Inglês)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Retrofuturism and Neo-Victorianism: Steampunk, Revivals and Retrophilia / Retrofuturismo e Neovitorianismo: Steampunk, Revivalismos e Retrofilia (02107558)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Trends in English and North-American Studies)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Space/Place in North-American Literature / Espaço/Local na Literatura Norte-Americana (02107542)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Trends in English and North-American Studies)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Translation of Technical-Scientific Texts (English) / Tradução do Texto Técnico-Científico (Inglês) (02111654)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

 

NOTE: list subject to change.

Besides the course offer in NOVA FCSH’s Academic Departments, Research Units offer free elective courses each semester, some of them lectured in English. The course offer is published HERE in the beginning of each semester (September and February).

To know the schedule: contact the responsible Research Unit.

To register: Contact NAM during the first two weeks of the semester (email mobilidade@fcsh.unl.pt or in person at the Assistance Desk- Tower B, 1st Floor).

PhD

SCHEDULES: See the file “Horários” (in Portuguese only) on the page of each program. List of PhD / Doctorate programs HERE.

1ST SEMESTER (2025/2026)

Course (ENG/PT):  French Teaching Methodology / Seminário de Didática do Francês (b-learning) (72126106)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: French
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Didática das Línguas – regime b-learning)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Research Colloquium / Seminário de Investigação em Estudos de Tradução (03101403)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Estudos de Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

Course (ENG/PT): Teaching Spanish Methodology / Seminário de Didática do Espanhol (72126105)

  • ECTS: 10
  • Language of Teaching: Spanish
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Didática das Línguas)
  • Course contents: HERE

 

2ND SEMESTER (2025/2026)

Course (ENG/PT): Translation and Linguistic Hybridity in Intercultural Settings / Tradução e Hibridismo Linguístico em Contextos Interculturais (03101357)

  • ECTS: 6
  • Language of Teaching: English
  • Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Program: Estudos de Tradução)
  • Course contents: HERE

 

NOTE: list subject to change.

Besides the course offer in NOVA FCSH’s Academic Departments, Research Units offer free elective courses each semester, some of them lectured in English. The course offer is published HERE in the beginning of each semester (September and February).

To know the schedule: contact the responsible Research Unit.

To register: Contact NAM during the first two weeks of the semester (email mobilidade@fcsh.unl.pt or in person at the Assistance Desk- Tower B, 1st Floor).