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UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

ARTE 3121-3122. PAINTING AND DRAWING WORKSHOP. Three credit hours per semester. Six hours workshop per week each semester.

Design and study of techniques of artistic expression; an opportunity to experiment with a great variety of materials, such as pencil, crayon, ink, charcoal, pastel, water-color, casein, and combinations of these. Students will be free to choose subjects of interest from among still-life landscapes, studies, architecture in Mayagez, paintings and sculpture from the museum, or original composition.

ARTE 3131-3132. COLOR AND PERSPECTIVE. Three credit hours per semester. Six hours workshop per week each semester.

An introduction to the laws of color harmony and contrast; the laws of perspective as the spatial representation of objects.

ARTE 3141-3142. DESIGN WORKSHOP. Three credit hours per semester. Six hours workshop per week each semester.

A study of the fundamental principles and elements of design in the structure and composition of the several plastic arts.

ARTE 3151. FUNDAMENTALS OF ART THEORY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Study of the basic structures of works of the fine arts and of the correspondences among them, with emphasis on the plastic arts.

ARTE 3152. THEORETICAL BASES OF MODERN ART. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Theoretical bases of the principal schools and modes of modern plastic arts.

ARTE 3226. HISTORY OF ART IN PUERTO RICO. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

History of art in Puerto Rico since the period of colonization to the present.

ARTE 3276. ART APPRECIATION. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

A comparative study of the arts in modern times, with reference to the historic styles of major importance; analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of great works of art in architecture, painting, sculpture, the lesser arts and the graphic arts; study of artistic development in Puerto Rican culture.

ARTE 3531. MICROCOMPUTERS IN THE VISUAL ARTS. Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: COMP 3057 or Consent of the Director of the Department.

Introduction to the use of the microcomputer both as a medium and as a tool in the visual arts.

ARTE 4021-4022. CERAMIC I-II. Three credit hours per semester. Six hours of workshop per week.

Fundamental aspects of clay; creative work using slabs, coils, and the wheel; basic techniques of glazing. Development of aesthetic sense por pottery, including suggestions, critiques and methods for studio work.

ARTE 4251-4252. GRAPHIC ARTS WORKSHOPS. Three credit hours per semester. Six hours workshop per week each semester. Prerequisites: HUMA 3112 and ARTE 3122.

Creative experimentation in the processes and techniques in the art of print-making: relief stencil, silk- screen, wool and linoleum, intaglio, and lithography; study, analysis and interpretation of the works of the masters in the history of the graphic arts; problems in book design and illustration.

ARTE 4259-4335. HISTORY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART.

Three credit hours per semester. Prerequisite: ARTE 4272.

The development of modern art since the time of the impressionist and their precursors, in painting, sculpture, architecture, and the graphic arts.

ARTE 4260. METAL ENGRAVING. Three credit hours. Six hours of workshop per week. Prerequisite: Consent of the Director of the Department.

Knowledge and practice of the techniques of metal engraving: etching, aquatint, mezzotint, burin, drypoint, and others.

ARTE 4261-4262. METHODS IN ART EDUCATION. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

A study of the fundamental principles of education in the fine arts.

ARTE 4271-4272. ART HISTORY TO THE RENAISSANCE. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

A basic historical and graphics arts survey course. Primarily for students who have special interest in the cultural, historical and environmental forces that shape the development of the fine arts. Emphasis on the recognition of the art forms of the great historical periods.

ARTE 4291-4292. SCULPTURE AND MODELING WORKSHOP. Three credit hours per semester. Six hours workshop per week each semester. Prerequisite: ARTE 3121.

Development of the three-dimensional plastic expression with various traditional and newer materials.

ARTE 4311-4312. ART CRITICISM. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

A study of the principal theories of art criticism from the ancient Greeks to our day. Readings in representative texts.

ARTE 4321-4322. ART SEMINAR. Two credit hours per semester. Two hours of lecture per week each semester. Prerequisite: Eighteen credits in Art.

This course provides for work groups to study and analyze a selected theme in conjunction with a specialist selected for the purpose.

ARTE 4331. COMPARATIVE ARTS. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

Detailed explanation of given trends in the different art forms. The course will center around the question: To what extent is it possible to find common denominators of a particular movement in different media?

ARTE 4332. COMPARATIVE ARTS. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester. Prerequisite: ARTE 4331 or Consent of the Department Director.

Detailed explanation of given trends in the different art forms. The course will center around the question: To what extent is it possible to find common denominators of a particular movement in different media?

ARTE 4995. SPECIAL TOPICS. One to three credit hours. One to three hours of seminar per week. Zero to six hours of workshop per week. Prerequisite: Consent of the Director of the Department.

Special seminars on a chosen theme in the fine arts, or in the history and theory of art.

ARTE 4996. SPECIAL TOPICS II. One to three credit hours. One to three hours of lecture or two to six hours of workshop per week. Prerequisite: consent of the Director of the Department.

Special seminar on a chosen theme in fine arts, plastic arts, art history or art theory.

FRENCH

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

FRAN 3060. FRENCH PHONETICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3141.

A study of the sounds, intonation and rhythm of the French language, with intensive laboratory practice.

FRAN 3141-3142. FRENCH I-II. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

Thorough training in the fundamentals of French grammar and phonetics; exercises in composition. The direct method is used as much as possible.

FRAN 3143-3144. FRENCH III-IV. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester. Prerequisite: FRAN 3142.

Review of French grammar; study of French idioms and word groups; composition; intensive and extensive readings.

FRAN 3151. BUSINESS FRENCH I. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3143.

Basic French vocabulary and style used in business and commerce.

FRAN 3155. CONVERSATION I. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3141 or consent of the Director of the Department.

Intensive oral practice in the French language. The emphasis will be on contemporary colloquial French.

FRAN 4007. ADVANCED GRAMMAR. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3144.

An advanced study of French grammar by means of translations from Spanish to French.

FRAN 4008. ADVANCED COMPOSITION. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 4115.

Intensive study of the techniques of composition, with emphasis on style and editing.

FRAN 4036. BUSINESS FRENCH II. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3144 or FRAN 3151.

Advanced French vocabulary and style used in business and commerce. Emphasis on written and oral reports. Offered in French.

FRAN 4115. FRENCH COMPOSITION. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3144.

A study of the techniques of composition, and of the most common French idiomatic expressions. Intensive grammar review.

FRAN 4116. CONVERSATION II. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3155.

A course in advanced French conversation, with emphasis on idiomatic expressions and common phrases, and applied grammar. Translations from Spanish to French.

FRAN 4141-4142. FRENCH POETRY. Three credit hours per semester. Three lectures per week each semester. Prerequisite: FRAN 3144.

Readings and interpretations of works of the most important French poets from the Middle Ages to the present; structural elements, versification, and styles. Given in French.

FRAN 4145. THE FRENCH NOVEL. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3144.

Study of five to eight outstanding novels in French Literature from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century, with emphasis on narrative, structural, intertextual, and socio-cultural questions. Offered in French.

FRAN 4147. MODERN FRENCH LITERATURE. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3144.

A survey of the French novel, the poetry, and the theatre of the Twentieth Century, focusing on outstanding works and major literary movements.

FRAN 4149. FRENCH POETRY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3144.

French poetry from its origins to the present, with emphasis on the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; analysis of the poem as a verbal construct and as expression of the individual and a culture. Offered in French.

FRAN 4151-4152. FRENCH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester. Prerequisite: FRAN 3144.

Panoramic view of the development of French culture and civilization; its contribution to all aspects of European culture. Given in French.

FRAN 4181. FRENCH LITERATURE TO THE REVOLUTION. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3144.

A study of selected works representative of the chief periods of French literature from the Middle Ages to the Revolution.

FRAN 4182. FRENCH LITERATURE TO THE REVOLUTION. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3144.

A study of selected works representative of the chief periods of French literature from the Middle Ages to the Revolution.

FRAN 4185. HISTORY OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3144 and FRAN 3060.

A study of the development of the French language from its origins to the 18th Century by means of medieval and Renaissance literary works. Emphasis on philology.

FRAN 4191. FRENCH LITERATURE SINCE THE REVOLUTION. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3144.

A study of selected works representatives of the chief periods of French literature from the Revolution to the present.

FRAN 4192. FRENCH LITERATURE SINCE THE REVOLUTION. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FRAN 3144.

A study of selected works representative of the chief periods of French literature from the Revolution to the present.

FRAN 4221-4222. FRENCH SEMINAR. One credit hour per semester. One hour seminar per week. Prerequisite: Twenty four credit hours in French.

A study of the techniques of literary research using selected themes in French literature and culture. The course will include lectures and the preparation of a research paper.

FRAN 4995. SPECIAL TOPICS. One to three credit hours. One to three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: Consent of the Director of the Department.

Special topics in French language or culture.

FRAN 4996. SPECIAL TOPICS II. One to three credit hours. One to three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: Consent of the Director of the Department.

Special topics in French language, literature, or culture. Taught in French.

GERMAN

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

ALEM 3041-3042. GERMAN I-II. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

The principal grammatical elements of the German language, practice in its oral use, exercises in composition, vocabulary drill.

ALEM 3043-3044. GERMAN III-IV. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester. Prerequisite: ALEM 3042.

Thorough review of grammar, advanced composition, readings from German authors.

ALEM 4001-4002. GERMAN LITERATURE. Three credit hours per semester. Prerequisite: ALEM 3044.

A study of selected readings in the prose and poetry of the Nineteenth Century from Novalis to Storm and Hauptmann.

GREEK

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

GRIE 3011-3012. ELEMENTARY GREEK. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

Studies in the fundamentals of classical Greek; phonetics, grammar, and vocabulary. Readings in elementary texts.

HUMANITIES

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

HUMA 3111-3112. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF WESTERN CULTURE. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

The cultural achievements of the West studied in their artistic, literary, and philosophical expressions: the human element in the historic process is particularly stressed, and the student is led to the understanding of culture as the embodiment of permanent human values.

HUMA 3115. EUROPEAN STUDY TOUR. Three credit hours. Fifteen hours of lecture and one trip of one month duration.

A study of several aspects of European culture including visits to museums, monuments, and other places of cultural interest. Formal written work required.

HUMA 3271. THE BIBLE AS A LITERARY AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENT; THE OLD TESTAMENT. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

A comparative study of the Old Testament, considering the fields of history, literature, and philosophy.

HUMA 3272. THE BIBLE AS A LITERARY AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENT; THE NEW TESTAMENT. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

A comparative study of the New Testament, considering the fields of history, literature and philosophy.

HUMA 3391. CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

History of the Near East and Greece, especially classical culture and its influences on the modern world. Its artistic, literary, religious, and philosophical expressions will be studied.

HUMA 3392. CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

History of Rome, especially classical culture and its influences on the modern world. Its artistic, literary, religious, and philosophical expressions will be studied.

HUMA 3401-3402. LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

A panoramic view of the life and culture of the Latin American people from pre-Colombian times to the present day, with special emphasis on achievements in art, literature, and philosophy, as well as inter-American cultural relations.

HUMA 3411. INTRODUCTION TO THE CULTURE OF SOUTH ASIA. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Study of the culture of South Asia, especially that of India with emphasis on its philosophy, religion, literature and art.

HUMA 3412. INTRODUCTION TO THE CULTURE OF EAST ASIA. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Study of the culture of East Asia, especially those of China and Japan with emphasis on their respective philosophies, religions, literature and arts.

HUMA 4995. SPECIAL TOPICS. One to three credit hours. One to three hours of seminar and/or two to six hous of workshop per week. Prerequisite: Consent of the Director of the Department.

Selected topics in Humanities.

HUMA 4996. SPECIAL TOPICS II. One to three credit hours. One to three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: consent of the Director of the Department.

Selected topics in the humanities.

ITALIAN

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

ITAL 3031-3032. CONVERSATION AND CULTURE. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester. Prerequisite: ITAL 3072.

The study of Italian culture and civilization from its beginnings to our time. By means of prepared oral discussion, the contributions of Italy toward development of Western thought and science will be considered. Given in Italian.

ITAL 3071-3072. ITALIAN I-II. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture and one hour of laboratory per week each semester.

The fundamentals of the Italian language; both oral and written; readings in elementary texts, and conversation stressing the most common expressions.

ITAL 3073-3074. ITALIAN III-IV. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture and one hour of laboratory per week each semester. Prerequisite: ITAL 3072 or its equivalent.

Review of grammar; composition, readings, and oral practice.

ITAL 3085. THE ITALIAN CINEMA. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Post-war Italian cinema as a form of art and as a medium for conveying human, social and political messages. Offered in Spanish.

ITAL 3090. SUMMER STUDY PROGRAM IN ITALY. Three credit hours. Ten hours of lecture per week, five practice periods per week, and one one-month trip to Italy.

Intensive study of Italian language and culture in Italy.

ITAL 4011-4012. ITALIAN LITERATURE I-II. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester. Prerequisite: ITAL 3074.

Great works of Italian writers of the Nineteenth Century: Manzoni, Leopardi, Carducci, Foscolo, and others.

JAPANESE

JAPO 3111. JAPANESE I. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Fundamentals of Japanese language and culture with an emphasis on spoken language.

JAPO 3112. JAPANESE II. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: JAPO 3111 or JAPO 3101.

Fundamentals of Japanese language and culture with an emphasis on spoken language; introduction to the written language.

JAPO 3211. JAPANESE III. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: JAPO 3112 or JAPO 3102.

Intermediate study of Japanese language and culture. Practice of katakana, hiragana, and Chinese characters.

JAPO 3212. JAPANESE IV. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: JAPO 3211 or JAPO 3201.

Intermediate study of Japanese language and culture with an emphasis on reading and writing.

LATIN

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

LATI 3011-3012. ELEMENTARY LATIN. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

Fundamentals of Latin grammar; elementary readings.

LATI 3013-3014. INTERMEDIATE LATIN. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester. Prerequisite: LATI 3012.

Latin grammar and syntax; selected readings.

LITERATURE

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

LITE 3005. LITERATURE APPRECIATION. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Literature as a means of communication and aesthetic expression with particular attention to the formal elements which differentiate literary from ordinary language. Literary analysis of texts through readings from Western and non-Western societies.

LITE 3025. LITERARY THEORY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

A study of the principal theories of literary genres from Aristotle to the present.

LITE 3035. MYTHOLOGY IN WESTERN LITERATURE. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

A study of the fundamental mythological themes from the Greek, Roman, German and Celtic cultures, and their manifestations in Western literature.

LITE 3041-3042. INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE LITERATURE. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

A comparative study of the fundamental themes of Western literature expressed in the classical, romantic and realistic terms.

LITE 4011-4012. EVOLUTION OF THE NOVEL. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester. Corequisite: LITE 3041.

Analysis of the genre of the novel in its development from the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century: detailed analysis of the characteristics of romantic, realistic and naturalistic novels, and their transformation into the novel of the Twentieth Century.

LITE 4021-4022. COMPARATIVE DRAMA. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester. Prerequisite: LITE 3042.

A study of the representative forms of the dramatic genre from ancient times to the present.

LITE 4035. MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN LITERATURE. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: LITE 3025.

A study of the literary genres cultivated in medieval Europe: the epic, the lyric, miracle plays and morality plays.

LITE 4045. RENAISSANCE LITERATURE. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: LITE 3025.

Consideration of the historical and cultural significance of the Renaissance as seen in representative works of Erasmus, Montaigne, Rabelais and the Italian neo-Platonists and neo-Aristotelians.

LITE 4051-4052. COMPARATIVE POETRY. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester. Prerequisite: LITE 3025.

A study of the Western lyric in its most important phases and manifestations. Original texts in Spanish and English, and translations of Provencial, French, German, Italian and Portuguese will be used.

LITE 4075. LITERARY CRITICISM. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: LITE 3041 or ESPA 3212 or ESPA 3022.

A study of literary criticism and its influence on the development of Western literature from the ancients to our time.

LITE 4081-4082. ROMANTICISM IN LITERATURE. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester. Prerequisite: LITE 4022; two years of language.

Analysis of the European romantic movement by means of a comparative study of its several sources and literary expressions.

LITE 4091-4092. LITERATURE SEMINAR. One credit hour per semester. One hour of lecture per week each semester. Prerequisites: Twenty four credits in literature; two years of language.

A detailed study of a selected theme by means of lectures, discussions, oral and written reports.

ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE COURSES

LITE 5615. THE SYMBOLIST MOVEMENT IN LITERATURE. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

The development of the symbolist movement and its influence in Europe and in America, with special emphasis on poetry and the theater.

LITE 5715. METHODS IN THE STUDY OF LITERARY TEXTS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Analysis of the most important methods used in the study of literary texts, from rhetorics to structuralism, with emphasis on the techniques used in comparative literature.

LITE 5815. DANTE IN LITERATURE AND CRITICISM. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

A historical study of the influence of the work of Dante Alighieri in Western literature in connection with its critical interpretations.

LITE 5995. SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE. One to three credit hours. One to three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: Consent of theDirector of the Department.

Special topics in comparative literature.

MUSIC

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

MUSI 3135. MUSIC APPRECIATION. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Music as a source of aesthetic pleasure, with particular emphasis on its human, philosophical and historical aspects; formal elements and their constitutions; study of the musical forms of the fugue, sonata, concerto and symphony, and of the principal tendencies in music.

MUSI 3161-3162. HISTORY OF MUSIC. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

The study of musical systems as a characteristic of great cultures; Western music from its beginning to the present; formal stylistic and technical development of music and its relation to other forms of thought and culture.

MUSI 3167. INTRODUCTION TO OPERA. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Study of the most significant operatic works of different periods, especially those which are in repertory.

MUSI 3171-3172. MUSICAL READING AND THEORY. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester. Prerequisite: MUSI 3135.

A study of notation and reading in various keys; rhythms, intervals, and the construction of major and minor scales; auditory exercises, rhythmic and melodic dictation, analysis of minor forms, and melodic composition.

MUSI 4995. SPECIAL TOPICS. One to three credit hours. One to three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: Consent of the Director of the Department.

Selected topics related to the study of music.

PHILOSOPHY

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

FILO 3001. INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY: MAJOR QUESTIONS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

An introduction to the major questions dealt with in philosophy, such as the nature of reality, the nature of knowledge, the nature of moral and ethical behavior, the nature and purpose of govenment.

FILO 3002. INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY: HISTORICAL APPROACH. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

An introduction to the major figures in the history of philosophy: Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Locke, Kant, Hegel, and others.

FILO 3155. INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Fundamentals of moral evaluation in human conduct.

FILO 3156. MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ETHICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Modern and contemporary ethical systems, with special emphasis on Puerto Rican moral thinkers.

FILO 3157. INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Introduction to logical thinking. Syllogisms and elementary truth functions, methods such as Venn diagrams and truth tables used to solve elementary arguments, and the nature of induction.

FILO 3158. ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

History of philosophy from the Presocratics to Plotinus.

FILO 3159. MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FILO 3001 or FILO 3002 or FILO 3158.

History of philosophy from Saint Augustine to Francisco Su rez.

FILO 3165. MODERN PHILOSOPHY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FILO 3001 or FILO 3002 or FILO 3158 or FILO 3159.

History of philosophy from the Renaissance to Immanuel Kant.

FILO 3166. CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FILO 3001 or FILO 3002 or FILO 3165.

History of philosophy of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

FILO 3167. SYMBOLIC LOGIC I. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

The method of deduction for solving truth functions; quantification; laws of deduction extended to quantified propositions.

FILO 3168. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: One semester of Physics or CIFI 3012.

Introductory philosophical exposition of the development and the fundamental assumptions of the principal concepts and theories of science, particularly of modern physics.

FILO 3169. EXISTENTIALISM. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Fundamental categories of human existence according to Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and others.

FILO 3175. PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY. Three hours of lecture per week.

Philosophical consideration of history as a human process; principal theories.

FILO 3178. BUSINESS ETHICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Introduction to business ethics, morality in production, marketing, advertising and labor relations. Analysis of these topics in national and multinational organizations from the perspective of the Western Philosophical ethical tradition.

FILO 4025. MEDICAL ETHICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Moral values involved in medical decisions, using as a basis the fundamental ethical theories of the history of philosophy.

FILO 4027. BIOETHICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Moral problems related to biological research and technology.

FILO 4041. METAPHYSICS I. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FILO 3001 or FILO 3002 or FILO 3158.

The concepts of being, becoming, causality, essence, form and matter, quality, quantity, relation, time and space, as they emerge in ancient Greece and are integrated into Arabic and Christian thought.

FILO 4042. METAPHYSICS II. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FILO 4041.

Metaphysical thought after the Renaissance: rationalism, critical and absolute idealism, and Heideggerian existentialism.

FILO 4045. ETHICS IN ENGINEERING. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Ethical responsibilities of the professional engineer in relation to colleagues, employers, and society.

FILO 4051. PRINCIPLES OF AESTHETICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

The aesthetic experience of nature and the work of art from the point of view of both the beholder and the artist.

FILO 4052. CONTEMPORARY AESTHETICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Contemporary schools of aesthetic thought, experimental, hedonistic, psychological, psychoanalytical, sociological, phenomenological, existentialist, and others.

FILO 4115. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Critical reflection on the nature, function and value of religious experience in its cognitive and moral dimensions.

FILO 4125. PHILOSOPHY OF LAW. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Philosophical analysis of the main classical and contemporary theories of the nature and function of law.

FILO 4145. SYMBOLIC LOGIC II. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FILO 3167.

The logic of relations; deductive systems; theory of classes; philosophical bases of symbolic logic.

FILO 4146. CONTEMPORARY EPISTEMOLOGY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FILO 3165. Corequisite: FILO 3166.

Current issues in epistemology; such as foundationalism versus coherence and internalism versus externalism. Recent writings of representative figures in the field.

FILO 4147. PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: PSIC 3002.

Philosophical presuppositions of scientific inquiry in psychology.

FILO 4148. PHILOSOPHY OF MARXISM. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Philosophical foundations of Marxism emphasizing the thought of Marx and his followers, and the relation of dialectical materialism to mechanistic materialism, empiricism, and positivism.

FILO 4149. SPECIAL TOPICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: Third or fourth year student of philosophy.

Monographic study of a specific theme in philosophy or of a major philosopher.

FILO 4155. ADVANCED ETHICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FILO 3155.

Comparative study of selected ethical theories.

FILO 4156. EPISTEMOLOGY AND SCIENCE. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FILO 3165.

Epistemological analysis of the nature, structure, and ontological implications of scientific theories, including their roles in the scientific enterprise.

FILO 4157. PHENOMENOLOGY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FILO 3166.

Theory and practice of phenomenology as a system and as a philosophical method, especially through the writings of Edmund Husserl.

FILO 4158. ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: FILO 3165 and FILO 3166.

Analytic and linguistic philosophy of the Twentieth Century, including logical atomism, neopositivism, and linguistic analysis.

FILO 4159. PRAGMATISM. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: FILO 3165 and FILO 3166.

Pragmatism as a method, a theory of knowledge, and a theory of values.

FILO 4160. PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.

Critical study of the nature and meaning of technology. Conceptual distinctions between science, technology, technique, engineering, and art, and the metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical presuppositions that inspire the diverse cultural interpretations of technology will be considered.

FILO 4161-4162. PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR. One credit hour per semester. One hour of lecture per week each semester. Prerequisite: Fourth year student of Philosophy.

Practice in methods of philosophical investigation.

ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE COURSES

FILO 5001-5002. LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

A critical examination of the close relationships that exist between philosophy and literature; the principal philosophical theories about literary genres, poetry, tragedy, comedy, novel, etc.; readings in literature from the ancient Greeks to existentialism and contemporary surrealism, with analysis of the philosophical significance of the works read.

THEATER

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

TEAT 3051-3052. INTRODUCTION TO THEATER ART. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

A general course in the history, theory and techniques of the drama.

TEAT 3061-3062. SCENE DESIGN I. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

A specific course in the fundamentals of scene design. Theory and practice in the technical aspects of construction, painting, and lighting design.

TEAT 3071-3072. STAGE CRAFT. Two credit hours per semester. One hour of lecture and two hours workshop per week each semester.

Theory and practice in the technical aspects of construction, rigging, mechanical scene changing; historical background of stage craft, and the use of new materials in the theater.

TEAT 3081-3082. ACTING I. Three credit hours per semester. One hour of lecture and four hours workshop per week each semester.

A study of acting through a historical background of works about famous actors. The workshop emphasizes vocal exercise, body movement, memorization and reader's theater.

TEAT 3091-3092. THEATER PRODUCTION I. Three credit hours per semester. One hour of lecture and four hours workshop per week each semester.

A workshop to acquaint the student with the principles of theater production. Procedures of production from the reading of the play to its performance, with emphasis on props, makeup, costuming and publicity.

TEAT 4011-4012. DIRECTING I. Three credit hours per semester. Two hours of lecture and two workshops per week each semester. Prerequisite: TEAT 3052.

History and principles of stage directing.


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