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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 Mayagez, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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ITAL 3031-3032. CONVERSATION AND CULTURE.
Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture
per week each semester. Prerequisite: ITAL 3072.
LATI 3011-3012. ELEMENTARY LATIN. Three credit
hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each
semester.
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