HUMANITIES
405, 406. SURVEY OF SPANISH LITERATURE. (3-3) A study of the literature of Spain through reading and discussion of the outstanding literary works and movements . 415, 416 . SOUTH AMERICAN LITERATURE. (2-2) The reading of out!;tanding literature from the Colonial Period to the present. 420. SPECIAL STUDIES. (1-3 ) Individual research and writing on some special topic of interest in the fields of language and literature of Hispanic America. For advanced students by special arrangement.
LINGUISTICS
331. PHONETICS. (3) The science of the articulate sounds of human speech. The classification, reproduction , and proper recording of speech-sounds. Some attention to the principles of phonetic change. 333. GENERAL LINGUISTICS. (3) An introduction to the methods of systematic observation of language phenomena . PHILOSOPHY Department Minor: 18 units, of which 12 must be upper division. Objective. The objective of this department is to acquaint the student with the principal problems and issues of philosophy, historical and contem porary. The courses in philosophy are designed to contribute to the general education of the student, to aid him in reflective thinking, and to contribute to an understanding of the persistent problems of our culture. 201. LOGIC. (3 ) Presentation of the nature of logic with various types of logical reason ing: inductive, deductive, syllogistic. Elementary introduction to the scientific method. 202. INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY. (3) An intr'oduction to the problems, methods , concepts, and divisions of philosophy, designed to acquaint the student with the philosophic out look and basic philosophic thought. 301, 302. HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY. (3, 3) A study of the great philosophers and the great systems of philosophy from Thales to Hegel. 303. METAPHYSICS. (2 ) A study of the basic nature of metaph ysical thought. Attention is paid to metaphysical categories, metaphysi cal theories, and great metaphysi cal thinkers. 304. EPISTEMOLOGY. (2) An investigation into the nature, validity, and scope of human thought and knowledge. A study of basic theory and outstanding schools of epistemology . 62
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