Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
NIDIA TIRU, Associate Professor, M.A., 1971, Ohio
State University.
MARUJA TOLEDO, Instructor, M.A., 1986,
Interamerican University.
IRIS TORO-MANZANO, Instructor, M.A.E.E.,
1997, University of Puerto Rico.
BETH VIRTANEN, Assistant Profesor, Ph.D., 2000,
Michigan Technological University, Houghton MI.
BILLY WOODALL, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
2000, University of Washington.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
Undergraduate Courses
INGL 0066. PRE-BASIC ENGLISH. Remedial
course without credit. Three hours of lecture per
week.
Intensive training in basic language for students
requiring remedial work in English.
INGL 3101-3102. BASIC COURSE IN
ENGLISH. Three credit hours per semester. Three
hours of lecture per week, supplemented by work in
the language laboratory, each semester.
Prerequisite: Placement by examination or INGL
0066.
This course is designed to meet the student's
immediate needs, and to give him or her a
command of the fundamental structure of the
English language. The oral approach is used.
Skills in reading and writing are developed.
Students will be grouped according to their ability
to use the language, and arrangements will be made
to give additional help to those students who show
poor preparation in English.
INGL 3103. INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH I.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: Placement by examination.
Analysis of selected readings, such as essays,
fiction, poetry or drama, and practice in writing
compositions with attention given as needed to
grammar and idiomatic expressions.
INGL 3104. INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH II.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: INGL 3103.
Analysis of selected readings, such as essays,
fiction, poetry or drama, and practice in writing
compositions with attention given as needed to
grammar and idiomatic expression.
INGL 3191. CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: INGL 3202.
Development of naturalness, correctness and clarity
in conversational English; analysis and correction
of individual faults in speech delivery; application
of phonetics to problems of pronunciation and
articulation in North American English.
INGL 3201-3202. ENGLISH COMPOSITION
AND READING. Three credit hours per semester.
Three hours of lecture per week each semester.
Prerequisite: INGL 3102 or placement by
examination.
Practice in writing compositions and making oral
reports upon selected readings, including essays,
short stories, poems, dramas and novels. Attention
will be given as needed to grammar and idiomatic
expressions. This course or its equivalent is a
requisite for graduation.
INGL 3211. ADVANCED ENGLISH I. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: placement by College Board
Achievement Exam.
Development of reading, discussion, and writing
skills through the experience, interpretation, and
evaluation of short story, modern drama, poetry,
and the essay. Introduction to library skills related
to literary study.
INGL 3212. ADVANCED ENGLISH II. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: INGL 3211 or INGL 3011.
Development of reading, discussion, and writing
skills through the experience, interpretation, and
evaluation of the novel, Shakespearean drama, and
the complex texture of poetry. A research paper
related to literary study will be required.
INGL 3225. INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: INGL 3202 or INGL 3104 or
INGL 3212.
An introductory survey of linguistics with special
attention to the English language, emphasizing
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics,
historical change, and social and regional
variations.
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