葡萄牙语课程的30个学分达276及以上。此外，必须以葡萄牙语或英语以外的其他语言证明和证明202/276技能等级应记录或填写。三门必修课（12学时）包括：276或277，以及以下两项：301、311、312。六门选修课（18学时）在300-400级别。计划学习葡萄牙语专业的学生应咨询葡萄牙语本科生顾问。所有成绩必须为C或更高。
A program that focuses on the Portuguese language and related dialects. Includes instruction in philology; Metropolitan Portuguese; Luso-Brazilian Portuguese; dialects; and applications in business, sciencetechnology, and other settings. UNM's Department of Spanish & Portuguese plays a vital role in the flagship university of a bilingual state, in teaching the languages, cultures, and literatures of the Hispanic and Portuguese worlds. Our mission is to promote quality teaching and research that integrate the languages, literatures, linguistics and cultures of the Spanish-and Portuguese-speaking worlds. The department shares its expertise with the university community, the city of Albuquerque and the state of New Mexico, and is especially committed to revitalizing the Spanish language in New Mexico and to studying the interactions between cultures in the Southwest.