博士 葡萄牙语和巴西语课程是对葡萄牙语世界的语言，文学和文化的高级研究生学习，主要集中在以下一个或多个领域：大陆和葡萄牙岛屿，巴西，非洲裔非洲人和美洲裔美国人。进入该计划的学生可以利用本系教职员工的各种专业知识，包括文学，语言，哲学，比较文学，历史，民族和跨文化研究，人类学，犹太研究和双语教育的专业。该系的哲学是，所有学生都应掌握葡萄牙语世界的全球性质，并学习其语言，文学和文化，并将研究和奖学金工具应用于各自的学习计划。虽然该博士课程将允许跨学科的组成部分，但核心课程的重点将放在葡萄牙语和巴西巴西文学和文
The Ph.D. Program in Portuguese and Brazilian is advanced graduate study in the language, literatures and cultures of the Portuguese-Speaking World, with concentration on one or more the following areas: Continental and Insular Portugal, Brazil, Lusophone Africa, and Luso-America. Students enrolled in this program are able to take advantage of the diverse expertise of the Department's faculty, which embraces specializations in Literature, Language, Philosophy, Comparative Literature, History, Ethnic and Cross-Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Judaic Studies, and Bilingual Education. It is the Department's philosophy that all students should grasp the global nature of the Portuguese-Speaking World and study its language, literatures, and cultures as well as apply the tools of research and scholarship to their individual programs of study. While this doctoral program will allow for an interdisciplinary component, the emphasis of the core program will be in the Portuguese language and Luso-Brazilian literature and culture.