Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
ARTE 4535. ADVANCED PAINTING. Three
credit hours. Two three-hour workshops periods
per week. Prerequisites: ARTE 3121 or ARTE
3122.
Advanced techniques and methods in painting with
emphasis on the development of individual
expression.
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: Authorization 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. From one to
three credit hours. From one to three hours of
lecture or from two to six hours of workshop per
week. Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director
of the Department.
Selected topics in fine arts, plastic arts, art history
or art theory.
FRENCH
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 3135. SUMMER STUDY PROGRAM IN
PARIS. Three credit hours. Forty hours of lecture
and ten hours of practice.
A 50-hour program of summer study at the
University of Paris (Sorbonne). Intensive study of
French language and culture.
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 authorization 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.
168 Undergraduate Catalogue 2004-2005