Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
CISO/ANTR 4066. POLITICAL AND
CULTURAL ASPECTS OF INDIGENOUS.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: CISO 3121 or ANTR 3005.
Indigenous peoples of Latin America: culture
areas; history, “indigenismo,” and identity;
political, economic, and civil rights.
SOCIOLOGY
SOCI 3016. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Social problems and variables related to health
delivery systems; structure and functions of health
services.
SOCI 3047. SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Bases of the religious phenomenon; social
functions; organizational phases; religion in
preliterate and civilized societies.
SOCI 3261. INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
I. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week.
Methods and basic concepts in sociology.
Relations of the individual with society; social
inequality.
SOCI 3262. INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
II. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: SOCI 3261.
Study of basic social institutions, processes of
social change, and collective behavior.
SOCI 3265. RESEARCH METHODS IN THE
SOCIAL SCIENCES. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: SOCI
3262 or PSIC 3002 or CIPO 3011 or CISO 3122 or
ANTR 3015 or ECON 3021.
Critical analysis of the principles and techniques of
research in the fields of the various social sciences;
discussion of the historical development of these up
to the present time; practical application of basic
research methods in field work; tabulation, analysis
and report writing.
SOCI 3285. SOCIAL DYNAMICS. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: CISO 3122 or SOCI 3262 or PSIC
3002 or CIPO 3011 or ANTR 3015 or ECON 3021.
Analysis of the social interaction between
personalities and the group which they form.
SOCI 3295. HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHT.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week.
Detailed analysis of the history of social thought
from antiquity to 19th Century Europe.
SOCI 3305. PRINCIPLES OF POPULATION.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: SOCI 3262 or PSIC 3002 or
CISO 3122.
An introduction to theories, concepts, and aspects
related to population.
SOCI 3315. MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week.
The development of the family from primitive to
modern times. Special attention is given to the
problems confronting the modern family, including
those of the Puerto Rican family.
SOCI 3325. URBAN SOCIOLOGY. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: CISO 3122 or SOCI 3262 or PSIC
3002.
Study of the theoretical formulation of urban life,
with emphasis on the process of urban growth;
discussion of topics such as social structure and
function of the modern city, ecology, integration
between city and country, urban personality, and
social aspects of urban renewal.
SOCI 3337. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: CISO 3121 or SOCI 3261.
Juvenile delinquency as a social phenomenon: its
nature, causes, prevention, and treatment. The role
of government and community agencies.
SOCI /EDFI 4000. SOCIOLOGICAL
FUNDAMENTALS OF RECREATION AND
SPORTS. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week.
The interaction among society, sports, and
recreation.
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