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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Undergraduate Bulletin of Information 2001-2002AMPARO ORTIZ ACOSTA, Associate Professor,Ph.D. 1989, University of Puerto Rico, Research andTeaching Interests: Hispanic Linguistics, sintaxis,writing.JULIA CRISTINA ORTIZ LUGO, Professor,Ph.D., 1989, Tulane University. Research andTeaching Interests: Spanish American and PuertoRican Literature, Modernism, Oral Literature andWriting. Essay Writer.DAVID L. QUIÑONES ROMAN, Professor, Ph.D.,1988, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.Research and Teaching Interests: Spanish Literature(17th Century-Golden Age Fiction-Cervantes),Spanish Literature (Medieval Period), SpanishAmerican Literature (from Colonial Period toModernism), Poet.JOSEFINA RIVERA DE ALVAREZ, EmeritusProfessor, Ph.D., 1954, Universidad Central deMadrid. Research and Teaching Interest: Puerto RicanLiterature.VICTOR J. RIVERA DIAZ, Assistant Professor,Ph.D., 1997, University of Illinois-Urbana. Researchand Teaching Interests: Knowledge Presentation andAdvertising, Memory Processes and Media,Communication and Mass Communication Theory,Business Communication, Journalism Writing.AURA N. ROMAN LOPEZ, Professor, Ph.D., 1981,Tulane University. Research and Teaching Interests:Spanish American Literature, Folklore. Poet.JORGE MA. RUSCALLEDA BERCEDONIZ,Professor, Ph.D., 1988, Universidad NacionalAutónoma de México. Research and TeachingInterests: Poetry, Novel, Essay, Spanish Americanand Puerto Rican Literature. Poet and Novelist.EVELYN SANABRIA LUGO, Associate Professor,M.A., 1972, University of Puerto Rico. Research andTeaching Interest: Spanish Literature.PATRICIA TRIGO TIO, Associate Professor, M.A.,1985, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus.Research and Teaching Interests: Puerto RicanLiterature and Spanish Grammar.COURSES OF INSTRUCTIONDEPARTMENT OF HISPANICSTUDIESUNDERGRADUATE COURSESSPAN 0041-0042. SPANISH FORBEGINNNERS. No credit. Three hours oflecture per week.A practical course in conversation for studentswhose native language is not Spanish, includingthe basic elements of the language, and theacquisition of a working vocabulary.SPAN 3021. MASTERPIECES OF SPANISHAMERICAN LITERATURE. Three credithours. Three hours of lecture per week.Prerequisite: SPAN 3102.Study of masterpieces of Spanish AmericanLiterature from the sixteenth century to thenineteenth century, including examples of PuertoRican literature.SPAN 3022. MASTERPIECES OF SPANISHAMERICAN LITERATURE. Three credithours. Three hours of lecture per week.Prerequisite: SPAN 3102.Study of some of the outstanding works ofSpanish American literature from the nineteenthcentury to the present, including examples ofPuerto Rican literature.SPAN 3101. BASIC COURSE IN SPANISH I.Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture perweek.Practice in the critical reading of literary texts,the writing and editing of narrative texts;effective oral communication in Spanish.SPAN 3102. BASIC COURSE IN SPANISH II.Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture perweek. Prerequisite: SPAN 3101.Practice in the critical reading of essays, poetry,and drama; the writing and editing of expositorytexts; effective oral communication in Spanish.SPAN 3208. COMPOSITION. Three credithours. Three hours of lecture per week.Prerequisite: SPAN 3102.Theory of grammar applied to the writtenlanguage; comparison among languages ofdiverse literary genres; elements of semantic andstylistics.SPAN 3211-3212. INTRODUCTION TOSPANISH LITERATURE. Three credit hoursper semester. Three hours of lecture per weekeach semester. Prerequisite: SPAN 3102.147