Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Second Semester
ESPA 3---
Course above level of basic
Spanish 3
CIFI, QUIM, GEOL
Elective in Physics, Chemistry
Or Geology 3
CIBI 3032
Intro. to the Biological
Sciences II 3
ECON 3---
Elective in Economics 3
ELECTIVE
Free Elective 3
ELECTIVE
Free Elective 3
18
FOURTH YEAR
First Semester
ECON 4395
Research Methods in
Economics I 3
ECON ----
Elective in Economics 3
ELECTIVE
Recommended Elective 3
ELECTIVE
Recommended Elective 3
ELECTIVE
Recommended Elective 3
15
Second Semester
ECON 4405
Analysis of Contemporary
Economic Problems 3
ECON ----
Elective in Economics 3
ELECTIVE
Recommended Elective 3
ELECTIVE
Recommended Elective 3
ELECTIVE
Recommended Elective 3
15
Total credits required: 134
*Refer to the Academic Regulations section for
information on Advanced Placement.
+Choose any course in Social Sciences: ANTR 3005,
ANTR 3015, ANTR/CISO 4066, CIPO 3011, CIPO
3025, CIPO 3035, CIPO 3095, CIPO 3175, CIPO
4016, CIPO 3036, CIPO 4236, CISO 3121-3122,
GEOG 3155, GEOG 3185, HIST ____, PSIC 3001-
3002, SOCI 3016, SOCI 3261-3262 or SOCI 3315.
DEPARTMENTAL FACULTY
JOSE I. ALAMEDA-LOZADA, Professor, Ph.D.,
1996, University of Wales at Aberystwyth, United
Kingdom.
LEANDRO COLON-ALICEA, Professor, Ph.D.,
1993, University of Wales at Aberystwyth, United
Kingdom.
OLBEN DELGADO-MENDEZ, Professor, Ph.D.,
1996, New York University.
IVONNE DEL C. DIAZ-RODRIGUEZ, Associate
Professor, Ph.D., 2000, Ohio State University.
EDWIN IRIZARRY-MORA, Professor, Ph.D.,
1989, University of Sussex, United Kingdom.
EDUARDO KICINSKI-MARTIN, Professor, Ph.D.,
1990, University of Wisconsin - Madison.
ROBERT A. MOSHEIM, Associate Professor,
Ph.D., 1999, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
ORLANDO SOTOMAYOR-RODRIGUEZ,
Professor, Ph.D., 1994, Cornell University.
JEFFRY VALENTÍN-MARI, Assistant Professor,
Ph.D., 1999, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
NILSA A. VELAZQUEZ-MATOS, Professor, J.D.,
1994, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
Undergraduate Courses
ECON 3021. PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS
MICROECONOMICS. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week.
Introduction to microeconomics emphasizing
supply and demand, costs of production, and price
and output determination under different market
structures.
ECON 3022. PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS
MACROECONOMICS. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week.
Introduction to macroeconomics, emphasizing
social accounting, equilibrium, income and output
determination, unemployment, inflation, the
financial system, and economic policy.
132 Undergraduate Catalogue 2004-2005