Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
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 Edmond 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 4995. SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY
I. From one to three credit hours. From one to
three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
Authorization of the Director of the Department.
Selected topics in philosophy.
FILO 4996. SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY
II. From one to three credit hours. From one to
three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
Authorization of the Director of the Department.
RUSSIAN
RUSO 3011-3012. ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN.
Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of
lecture per week per semester.
The principal grammatical elements of the Russian
language, practice in its oral use, exercises in
composition and vocabulary drill.
THEATER
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-II. 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-II. 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.
Selected topics in philosophy.
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