Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
LIZZETTE M. OCASIO-CRUZ, Assistant
Professor, Ph.D., 1989, University of Wisconsin.
EDGAR ORTIZ-RIVERA, Associate Professor,
M.A., 1967, University of New Mexico.
MARIE J. PAOLETTI, Professor, Ph.D., 1990,
Université de Provence Aix.
MARLA PEREZ, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., 2003,
Rutger University.
ERIC PHOEBUS, Professor, Ph.D., 1977, University
of California.
ANIBAL RAMIREZ-PEREZ, Associate Professor,
M.A., 1986, University of Texas.
GILBERTO RIOS, Associate Professor, Ed.D.,
1990, University of Massachusetts.
HAVIDAN RODRIGUEZ-RIVERA, Professor,
Ph.D., 1991, University of Wisconsin.
VIRGILIO RODRIGUEZ-RIVERA, Professor,
Ph.D., 1995, Southwestern Medical Center, Texas.
ANGEL R. ROSA-RODRIGUEZ, Assistant
Professor, Ph.D., 1998, Boston University.
SONIA RUIZ, Professor, Ph.D., 1974, Michigan
State University.
DOUGLAS SANTOS-SANCHEZ, Associate
Professor, Ph.D., 1996, University of Puerto Rico, Río
Piedras.
JORGE SCHMIDT-NIETO, Associate Professor,
Ph.D., 2000, Rutgers University, New Brunswick,
New Jersey.
LUIS N. TOMASSINI-GUERRA, Associate
Professor, M.A., 1975, University of Michigan.
MANUEL VALDES-PIZZINI, Professor, Ph.D.,
1985, State University of New York.
NELLY VAZQUEZ-SOTILLO, Associate
Professor, Ph.D., 1995, Universidad de Valladolid.
EFRAIN F. VICENTY-BARBOSA, Associate
Professor, M.A., 1963, New School for Social
Research, M.L.S., 1967, Pratt Institute.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Undergraduate Courses
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTR 3005. INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL
ANTHROPOLOGY. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week.
The concept of culture: socio-cultural evolution,
language technology, economy, social
stratification, types of association, law, magic,
religion, art, social change. The role of applied
anthropology.
ANTR 3015. INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week.
Concepts of biological and cultural evolution,
mechanisms of evolution, the evolutionary history
of the human being, the fossil record,
socioeconomic adaptations in prehistory.
ANTR 4066/CISO 4066. POLITICAL AND
CULTURAL ASPECTS OF INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES OF LATIN AMERICA. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
CISO 3121 o ANTR 3005.
Indigenous peoples of Latin America: culture areas;
history; "indigenismo" and identity; political,
economic, and civil rights.
GEOGRAPHY
GEOG 3155. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
The study of human society in its natural
environmental background throughout the world.
GEOG 3185. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Study of the earth as a planet; mountain building,
erosion and other characteristic natural processes
which produce its surface features; study of the
factors which produce weather, and of the various
types of climate found on the earth.
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