COURSE DESCRIPTIONS


SAMPLE COURSE DESCRIPTION

COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEM

GENERAL EDUCATION DESIGNATION

DEPARTMENTS OFFERING DIVERSIFICATION COURSES

Filipino (FIL)

College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature

FIL 101 Beginning Filipino (4) Listening, speaking, reading, writing skills. Structural points introduced inductively. Meets four hours weekly, includes one hour out-of-class field experience (Co-curricular cultural activities) weekly. HSL

FIL 102 Beginning Filipino (4) Continuation of 101. Pre: 101 or consent. HSL

FIL 201 Intermediate Filipino (4) Continuation of 102. Meets four hours weekly, includes one hour out-of-class field experience (Co-curricular cultural activities) weekly. Pre: 102 or consent. HSL

FIL 202 Intermediate Filipino (4) Continuation of 201. Pre: 201 or consent. HSL

FIL 224 Filipino for Education (4) Continuation of 102. Lessons focus on various aspects of Philippine culture and specialized topics that cater to the needs of teachers intending to teach Filipino immigrant students or teach Filipino as a second language. Meets five hours a week; daily lab work. Pre: 102. HSL

FIL 225 Filipino for Education (4) Continuation of 202 or 224. HSL

FIL 301 Third-Level Filipino I (3) Conversation, advanced reading and composition on traditional culture and indigenous knowledge. Meets three hours weekly. Pre: 202 or 225, or consent.

FIL 302 Third-Level Filipino II (3) Conversation, advanced reading, and composition on contemporary issues. Meets three hours weekly. Pre: 202 or 225, or consent.

FIL 303 Accelerated Third-Level Filipino (6)

FIL 315 Filipino Aural Comprehension (3) Training in comprehension of spoken authentic/simulated authentic materials presented in news broadcasts, songs, documentary narration, formal lectures, radio and television soap operas, etc. Pre: 202 or consent.

FIL 330 Filipino Film: Art and History (3) Study and analysis of Filipino films: its history, forms, development and relationship to cultural, social, philosophical, and aesthetic context. Pre: 202 or consent. DH

FIL 401 Fourth-Level Filipino I (3) Advanced reading in traditional literature; discussion of cultural implications; advanced conversation and composition. Meets three hours weekly. Pre: 302 or consent.

FIL 402 Fourth-Level Filipino II (3) Advanced reading in current literature; discussion of cultural implications; advanced conversation and composition. Meets three hours weekly. Pre: 302 or consent.

FIL 415 Advanced Filipino Aural Comprehension (3) Continuation of 315. Training in comprehension and analysis/criticism of spoken authentic materials through films. Pre: 315 or consent. DL

FIL 435 Filipino Translation Techniques (3) Techniques of bilingual translation: Filipino to English and English to Filipino. A-F only. Pre: 302 or consent.

FIL 451 Structure of Filipino (3) Introduction to phonology, morphology, syntax. Pre: 202 or consent. DH

FIL 461 Filipino Contemporary Literature (3) Selected readings in poetry, short stories, and plays from early 1900s to present. Co-curricular cultural activities included. Pre: 302 or consent. DL

FIL 462 Filipino Contemporary Literature: 1980s-Present (3) Survey of literature from the 80s (1986) to the present. Co-curricular cultural activities included. Pre: 302 or consent. DL