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SCHOOL OF SOCIOLOGY
Sociology B1: Introduction to Sociology: Not open to first-year students.—The
general principles and fundamental concepts of sociology, and the
study of recent trends of social change. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor House.
Sociology B2: Social Origins: Not open to first-year students.—An introductory
course in general anthropology. First term: The elements of physical
anthropology—man's place in nature, physical traits of the human animal,
physical marks of race—and the study of types of early civilizations and the
origins of social institutions and social organization. Second term: Principles
and methods of social anthropology, the comparative and analytical study of
cultures. Third term: Modern culture. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Hoffer.
Sociology B3: Social Problems: Not open to first-year students.—First
term: A general survey of major social problems considered in terms of personal-social
maladjustment and disorganization, and their causes. Second term:
The administration and problems of welfare agencies and institutions. Third
term: Population problems. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Hoffer.
Sociology C1: Social Theory: Psychology B4 and one B course in Sociology,
or two B courses in Sociology prerequisite.—Beginning in 1933-34, this
methods, and problems. It should normally be taken in their first year by
graduate students who have not had a similar course as undergraduates. Given
every year.
Professor House.
Sociology C2: Collective Behavior: Psychology B4 and one B course in
Sociology, or two B courses in Sociology prerequisite.—First term: Review
of the fundamentals of social psychology, and general consideration of the
theory of crowd and mob behavior, and mass movements. Second term: Public
opinion and political behavior. Third term: The sociology of religion. Given in
alternate years.
Professor House.
Sociology C3: Human Ecology: Psychology B4 and one B course in
Sociology, or two B courses in Sociology prerequisite.—The scientific study of
human society from a physical, geographic, and economic point of view; the
spatial distribution and movements of population and institutions. Considerable
time is devoted to laboratory exercises, and opportunities are provided for field
studies. Given every second or third year. (Not offered in 1935-36.)
Associate Professor Hoffer.
Sociology C4: The Family: Psychology B4 and one B course in Sociology,
or two B courses in Sociology prerequisite.—First term: The primitive
family, the family in history, and the family as an institution. Second term:
Family disorganization—divorce, desertion, marital discord, and the breakdown
of the control of the family over its members. Third term: The modern family—the
family in a changing world, the urban family, tendencies and proposals
for the reconstruction of the family as a social institution. Given in alternate
years. (Not offered in 1935-36.)
Associate Professor Hoffer.
Sociology C6: Criminology: Two B courses in Sociology prerequisite.—
Throughout the year: lectures and discussions, assigned readings, laboratory and
field work. The course deals with crime, juvenile delinquency, and other forms
of conflict between individuals and the society around them. Special attention is
paid to theories of crime and punishment, the causes of crime and delinquency,
and the effects of various types of treatment of offenders. To be given every
second or third year.
Professor House.
Sociology C7: The Development of Social Policies: Two B courses
in Sociology prerequisite.—An examination of the major forms and tendencies
assumed by efforts to promote the general welfare and provide for the needs
of the underprivileged and maladjusted classes. The problems involved in the
determination of social policies; and the processes by which such policies
evolve. Social welfare conceived in terms of public and private benevolence,
institutional care, personal guidance, state and national welfare organization, and
national and international economic policy. Given in alternate years.
Associate Professor Hoffer.
Sociology D1: The Logic of the Social Sciences: A seminar course for
graduate students only.—Throughout the year: Reports on individual assignments,
discussions, and informal lectures, dealing with such topics as the classification
of the sciences and the relations of the social sciences to each other and
to other disciplines, fundamental methodological problems of the social sciences,
and the conceptual determination of the object matter and research problems of
the social sciences. Given every second or third year.
Professor House.
Sociology D3: Research Problems in Public Welfare and Social Adjustment:
Permission of the instructor is required for all enrolments in this
course.—Research projects, arranged and directed in individual conferences with
the instructor. Amount of credit subject to determination in proportion to work
accomplished.
Associate Professor Hoffer.
Sociology D4: Research Problems in Theoretic Sociology: Individual
projects arranged as in D3.
Professor House.
Sociology D5: Research Problems in Human Ecology and Community
Organization: To be arranged as in D3.
Professor House and Associate Professor Hoffer.
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