SCHOOL OF SOCIOLOGY
Sociology B1: Community and Society: (Not open to first-year students.)
An introductory course in the principles of sociology. First term: A
study of some of the fundamental ideas of sociology, and of the social life of
simple communities. Second term: The study of fundamental ideas continued,
with special attention to the social life of modern urban communities and to
urbanization as a general type of change taking place in contemporary society.
Third term: The psychological interpretation of social phenomena. (B.A. or
B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor House.
Sociology B3: Problems of Public Welfare and Social Adjustment:
(Not open to first-year students.) Poverty and dependency: crime, delinquency,
and penology; feeble-mindedness, insanity, vice, personal demoralization, and their
treatment; administration of welfare agencies and institutions; problems of
population, race, and urbanization. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Hoffer.
Sociology B4: Social Origins: (Not open to first-year students.) An
introductory course in anthropology, with special emphasis on cultural origins
and the comparative study of culture traits and institutions. (B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Hoffer.
Sociology B5: General Rural Social Economics: (See Rural Social Economics
B1; given in the School of Rural Social Economics.)
Sociology C1: Sociological Theories: Open only to fourth-year and graduate
students: Two B courses in Sociology prerequisite.—The application of the
general principles of scientific method in the study of social organization and
social processes, social change, and the social aspects of human nature and personality.
This course should normally be taken in the first year by graduate
students who have not had an undergradute course in theoretic sociology.
Professor House.
Sociology C2: Collective Behavior: Open only to fourth-year and graduate
students: Two B courses in Sociology prerequisite.—Crowds and mobs,
gangs, sects, secret societies, social movements, political parties and public opinion,
the sociology of religion, the sociological interpretation of group symbols
and group ideals. Alternates with Sociology C3. (Given in 1929-30.)
Professor House.
Sociology C3: Human Ecology: Open only to fourth-year and graduate
students: Two B courses in Sociology prerequisite.—The scientific study of
human society from a physical, geographic, and economic point of view; the
study of spatial patterns and movements of human population and social phenomena.
Considerable time will be devoted to laboratory exercises in this course,
and opportunities will be offered for field studies. (Not given in 1929-30.)
Professor House.
Sociology C4: Social Case Studies: Two B courses in Sociology prerequisite.—The
study of the relation of the individual to the family, to the community,
and to social institutions, carried out chiefly through intensive analyses
of case histories—individual, community, and institutional—supplemented by field
studies. Alternates with Sociology C5. (Not given in 1929-30.)
Associate Professor Hoffer.
Sociology C5: Community Organization: Two B courses in Sociology prerequisite.—A
general survey of typical experiments in community organization.
The processes of community growth and organization; the history and problems
of character-building, recreational, and educational agencies, such as scouts,
Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., and playgrounds. Regional and community planning
and programs. (Given in 1929-30.)
Associate Professor Hoffer.
Sociology C6: Rural Social Problems: (See Rural Social Economics C2;
given in the School of Rural Social Economics.)
Sociology D1: Special Researches in Sociology and Social Adjustment:
Hours to be arranged. Amount of credit subject to determination in proportion
to work accomplished.
Professor House and Associate Professor Hoffer.
Psychology C1: Principles of Psychology, given in the Corcoran School of
Philosophy, is recommended for advanced students in Sociology.
