Required BA English Courses (to fulfill GE requirements)
All UPR-RP students must fulfill 6 credits of English, typically during their first year of studies. Students are placed into one of the four levels described below, based on their College Board scores and a first day writing prompt that allows professors to ensure they are in the appropriate level.
| Level & Pre-requisites | First Semester | Second Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Intensive CEEB-ESLAT score of PEAU: 469 or less; or PAA:459 or less | INGL 3003 This is a course that fulfills the English requirement for the general education component of the bachelor’s degree. This course is designed for students to develop the basic English language skills for understanding academic texts and communicating ideas orally and in writing at an intelligible level. The course provides students with conversational and writing competencies. Using nonfictional selections with interdisciplinary thematic content as the focus of discussion, oral and critical thinking skills are fostered. Writing reinforces listening, speaking, and reading skills so students can express ideas through the thoughtful articulation of vocabulary and grammar. | INGL 3004 This is a course that fulfills the English requirement for the general education component of the bachelor’s degree. This course further develops the basic linguistic and critical thinking skills introduced in English 3003. Emphasis is placed on the integration of skills for meaningful communication of ideas around interconnected themes. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills are integrated and reinforced through the reading and analysis of short stories. |
| Basic PEAU: 470-580 PAA: 460-569 | INGL 3101 This course covers the study of essays as well as other non-fictional readings. It emphasizes an integrated literature approach focused on the study of inter and multidisciplinary content. This includes reading comprehension and critical analysis, as well as the development of the four basic language competencies. | INGL 3102 This course covers the study of fictional readings with emphasis on the study of short stories. It emphasizes an integrated literature approach focused on the study of inter and multidisciplinary content. This includes reading comprehension and critical analysis, as well as the development of the four basic language competencies. |
| Intermediate PEAU: 581-680 PAA: 570-709 | INGL 3103 This course covers the study and analysis of various literary genres in terms of their content and form. The main focus will be non-fictional works. The course also seeks to provide the students with the necessary tools to improve and develop essay writing skills. | INGL 3104 This course covers the study and analysis of fiction. The main focus will be the short story. The course also seeks to provide the students with the necessary tools to further improve their essay writing skills. |
| Intermediate PEAU: 581-680 PAA: 570-709 | INGL 3123 This course specially aims to develop the student's proficiency in the writing of expository and argumentative essays for courses in the social sciences, natural sciences, and the humanities. The purpose of the extensive use of the computer is to facilitate the process of writing in all its stages in order to attain an original, coherent, logical and persuasive essay. | INGL 3124 The disciplinary focus of this semester is the humanities with one unit dedicated to the literary genre of the short story. The ongoing goal is continued development of computer facilitated writing skills. |
| Honors PEAU: 681 or more PAA: 710 or more | INGL 3011 This course uses the genre approach to literature in English. It focuses on the reading and analysis (oral and written) of short stories and novels. In addition, interdisciplinary material is assigned and discussed. | INGL 3012 This course continues the genre approach to literature in English. It focuses on the reading and analysis (oral and written) of poetry and drama. The course continues to develop an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of literature. |
Literature Courses (to fulfill disciplinary requirements)
In addition to offering the English courses required to fulfill the necessary first-year 6 credits of English for General Education, the English Department also offers a variety of courses that fulfill additional English requirements of diverse Colleges and majors. These courses are typically taken during or after the second year of studies.
INGL 3135 The Journey in Literature (3 crs) This course is an option for completing the literature requirement component of general education. It analyzes a variety of written and visual texts using the travel narrative in order to understand the relationship between these works and themes of self-discovery, cultural identity, personal achievement, and a search for meaning.
Pre-requisites: Completion of first-year English
INGL 3150 Literature of Crime (3 crs) This course will focus on true crime; representations of crime in popular culture; literary works in which a crime is central; sensational crimes; crimes against humanity; political and financial crimes; crimes related to race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and sexual orientation, and socioeconomic and undocumented status, among others. Because crimes are, by definition, transgressions, they serve to highlight what is at the heart of a particular culture or society. Writing focused on crime thus helps us to understand not only what tears communities and societies apart, but also what holds them together. This course is interdisciplinary in focus, drawing from any and/or all of the following modes of critique: literary analysis, cultural studies, history, law, psychology, and the social sciences.
Pre-requisites: Advanced Placement in English (score of 4 or more) or completion of first-year English (INGL3101-3102 or INGL 3103-3104 or INGL 3123-3124 or INGL 3011-3012)
INGL 3151 The Human Condition In Literature I: An Interdisciplinary Approach (3 crs) This course uses an interdisciplinary approach focusing on selected themes that are used to critically analyze problems and value conflicts of life as seen in fictional and non-fictional works. It emphasizes reading and discussion as well as the writing of short papers and creative works. Currently, the course focuses on the themes of relationships and identity.
Pre-requisites: Advanced Placement in English (score of 4 or more) or completion of first-year English
INGL 3152 The Human Condition In Literature II: An Interdisciplinary Approach (3 crs) This course continues to use an interdisciplinary approach to critically analyze problems and value conflicts of life as seen in fictional and non-fictional works. It emphasizes reading and discussion as well as the writing of short papers, creative works, and a research paper.
Pre-requisites: Advanced Placement in English (score of 4 or more) or completion of first-year English
INGL 3211 Advanced English I (3 crs) An introduction to the experience, interpretation, and evaluation of literature. Reading and writing assignments will focus on short fiction, modern drama, the elements of poetry, and the essay. Fundamental library skills related to literary study will be introduced.
Pre-requisites: Advanced Placement in English (score of 4 or more) or completion of first-year English
INGL 3212 Advanced English II (3 crs) This course will emphasize the development of reading, discussion, and writing skills through the experience, interpretation and evaluation of the novel; Shakespearean drama, and the complex texture of poetry. A research paper related to literary study will be required.
Pre-requisites: INGL 3211
INGL 3297 Women of Color Writers in English (3 crs) This course is an option for completing the literature requirement of the general education component. The course focuses on women of color, such as but not limited to African American, Native American, Asian American, and Latina/Chicana, writers and how they express themselves in a variety of texts. The course explores questions of identity formation and/or disintegration and how they are rooted in issues of race, gender, social status, history, community, economics, and generational conflict Critical reading in different genres demonstrates where these women of color writers fit into the canon of work written in the English language and to see how their texts have an interdisciplinary, transcultural, and multicultural focus. The course also assesses the significance and role of the writings as part of women’s literature, feminist literary theory, and critical race theory.
Information literacy competences are an essential component of this course.
Pre-requisites: Advanced Placement in English (score of 4 or more) or completion of first-year
English
INGL 4003: Caribbean Cities in Spacetime (3 crs) This course is an option for completing the literature requirement of the general education component. It provides an introduction to the emergence of Caribbean cities in the spacetime of narrative-essay, novel, Short story, poetry, film, calypso, alongside reports of contraband, piracy, and dubious settlers. It has both content and language objectives. Content- to explore cities in the English-speaking Caribbean through texts, and Language- to enhance oral, listening, reading, and writing competencies in English. Students take a literary voyage from indigenous homes to plantation manors, canoes to sailing vessels, dirt roads to bridges across islands. Through the literature, students discover developing cities, awellings, architectura features, seascapes and landscapes. The language framework is English for academic purposes (EAC), specifically content-based instruction (CBI).
Pre-requisites: Advanced Placement in English (score of 4 or more) or completion of first-year
English
Elective Courses
INGL 3270 Building Research Projects (3 crs) This English for Academic Purposes course is designed for second-year students. This class offers the Basic English population an option for completing an English elective and/or General Education bachelor’s program elective component. This course initiates students in formal academic writing and introduces essential research competencies. Readings for this course are on interdisciplinary topics. This course strengthens a critical response and reasoned point of view as a basis for argument in order to prepare them for discourses inside and outside of academia.
Pre-requisites: Completion of INGL 3161/62 or INGL 3101/02