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Undergraduate Bulletin of Information 2001-2002COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCESGEOL 5015. OPTICAL MINERALOGY.Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture andone three-hour laboratory per week.Prerequisite: GEOL 3056.Optical crystallography, detailed microscopicstudy of rock forming minerals.GEOL 5020. GEOPHYSICS. Three credithours. Three hours of lecture per week.The principal physical processes related to thedynamics and evolution of the Earth, includingenergetic activity, gravitational and magneticfields, heat flow, tectonics, and convection.GEOL 5025. GEOLOGY OF THECARIBBEAN. Three credit hours. Three hoursof lecture per week. Prerequisite: GEOL 4009or consent of the Director of the Department.The geological and geophysical history andevolution of the Caribbean region, with specialemphasis on Puerto Rico; mineral resources;geological hazards; relation of the region toglobal tectonics.GEOL 5026. TECTONICS. Three credit hours.Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:GEOL 4009 or Consent of the Director of theDepartment.Theory of global plate tectonics as a synthesis ofdiverse geological themes, with emphasis on theCaribbean region.GEOL 5027. METALLOGENESIS ANDGLOBAL TECTONICS. Three credit hours.Three hours of lecture per week.The relationship of the genesis and distributionof ore deposits to the tectonic environments.GEOL 5565. SEISMOLOGY. Three credithours. Three hours of lecture per week.The use of local and global networks todetermine the location, magnitude, and sourceparameters of earthquakes; global seismicity;theory of wave propagation; point sources;inversion of the Earth's structure; sourceproperties.GEOL 5605. GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS.Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture andone three-hour laboratory per week.Mechanisms, distribution, and mitigation ofgeological hazards, including earthquakes,surface fault ruptures, volcanoes, landslides,floods, and ground subsidence. Analysis of casehistories. Field trips are required.DEPARTMENT OF HISPANICSTUDIESThe Department of Hispanics Studies,established in 1956 as the Spanish Department,offers a Bachelor of Arts in Hispanic Studies. Itprovides courses of instruction for all students oncampus, as well as courses which are required byother academic programs.The Department of Hispanic Studies offers aprogram that emphasizes the dual aspects oflanguage and literature. It offers specializedcourses in Spanish Language, HispanicPhilology, and Spanish, Latin-American, andPuerto Rican Literatures. The Department alsooffers a graduate program leading to the degreeof Master of Arts in Hispanic Studies. (See theGraduate Bulletin of Information).BACHELOR OF ARTS INHISPANIC STUDIESSUMMARY OF CREDITS INPROGRAMFaculty requirements 56Departmental requirementsMajor area 32Non-major area 24Recommended electives 12Free electives 12Total 136FIRST YEARFirst Semester*SPAN 3101Basic Course in Spanish I 3*ENGL 3---First year course in English 3BIOS 3031Intro. to the BiologicalSciences I 3SOSC 3121Intro. to the Study of the144