Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
RECOMMENDED ELECTIVES
BIOL 5786
Pathologic Human Biology 3
EDFU 3001-3002
Human Growth and
Development I and II 6
EDFU 3007
Social Foundations of
Education 3
EDFU 3008 3
Educational Implications of the
Social and Economic Problems
of Puerto Rico
EDFU 4019 3
Philosophical Foundations of
Education
EDFU 3055 3
Legal Foundations of Education
EDFU 3115 3
Philosophy of Health Education
EDFU 4008 3
The Role of the Teacher in
Guidance
EDFU 4006 3
The Child and His Social Milieu
EDFU 4025 3
School Health Education
The program in Pre-Medical Studies prepares
students for admission to professional dentistry,
medicine schools, medical technology and other
Science programs.
Students who intend to apply for admission to a
medicine or dentistry school should take 12
credits in Psycology, Sociology, Economy,
Antropology and/or Political Sciences to fulfill
the requirements of the Doctors Examining
Board of Puerto Rico in order to practice in
Puerto Rico.
The fourth year of the Bachelor of Science
degree cannot be substituted for the first year of
study in a professional school.
DEPARTMENTAL FACULTY
DIMARIS ACOSTA, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
2003, University of Guelph, Canada.
JAIME ACOSTA, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 1995,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
MONICA ALFARO, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
2002, University of Puerto Rico.
ROBERT F. BARD, Professor, Ph.D., 1977, Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio.
ANGEL BERRIOS, Professor, Ph.D., 1975,
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.
DORIS BETANCOURT, Associate Professor, Ph.D.,
2002, North Carolina State University.
FERNANDO J. BIRD, Associate Professor, Ph.D.,
1994, University of Kansas.
SONIA BORGES, Professor, D.Sc., 1988,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
GARY BRECKON, Professor, Ph.D., 1975,
University of California, Davis.
LUCY BUNKLEY-WILLIAMS, Professor, Ph.D.,
1984, Auburn University.
ROSA J. BUXEDA, Professor, Ph.D., 1993, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick.
CARLOS J. CASTILLO, Professor, Ph.D., 1973,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
MIRIAM CASTRO, Associate Professor, M.S.,
1974, University of Puerto Rico.
MILDRED CHAPARRO, Professor, Ph.D., 1985,
Texas A&M University.
JESUS D. CHINEA, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
1992, Cornell University.
CARLOS DELANNOY, Professor, Ph.D., 1984,
University of Colorado.
NANETTE DIFFOOT-CARLO, Professor, Ph.D.,
1992, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University.
DUANE A. KOLTERMAN, Professor, Ph.D., 1982,
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
ALLEN R. LEWIS, Professor, Ph.D., 1979,
University of Rochester.
SANDRA LEE MALDONADO, Assistant Professor,
Ph.D., 2001, Cornell University.
JOSE A. MARI-MUTT, Professor, Ph.D., 1978,
University of Illinois.
JUAN C. MARTINEZ-CRUZADO, Professor,
Ph.D., 1988, Harvard University.
ARTURO MASSOL, Professor, Ph.D., 1994,
Michigan State University.
RAFAEL R. MONTALVO, Assistant Professor,
Ph.D., 2003, University of Nebraska.
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