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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. (B.A. or
B.S. credit, 1 course.)

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, 1 course.)

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, 1 course.)

Associate Professor Hoffer.

Sociology C1: Social Theory: Psychology B4 and one B course in sociology,
or two B courses in sociology prerequisite.—Beginning in 1935-36, this
course will deal with somewhat the same range of topics as Sociology B1, but
at a level of presentation adapted to the ability expected of graduate students.
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 crowd and mob psychology, and general consideration of the
theory of mass movements. Second term: Public opinion and political behavior.
Third term: The sociology of religion. Given normally every third year. (Not
offered in 1936-37.)

Professor House.

Sociology C3: The Urban Region: Two B courses in sociology, or equivalent,
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; and on the foundation of these considerations, the special
study of the modern urban community and its relation to the region about it.
Given every third year.

Associate Professor Hoffer.

Sociology C4: The Family: Two B courses in sociology, or equivalent,
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 every third year. (Not offered in 1936-37.)

Associate Professor Hoffer.

Sociology C6: Criminology: Two B courses in sociology, or equivalent,
prerequisite.—Given every third year. (Not offered in 1936-37.)

Professor House.

Sociology C7: The Development of Social Policies: Two B courses
in sociology, or equivalent, prerequisite.—An examination of the major forms and
tendencies of 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 every third year. (Not offered in 1936-37.)

Associate Professor Hoffer.

Sociology C8: The Development of Sociological Theory: Two B courses
in sociology, or equivalent, prerequisite.—The development of social theory before
1750; the beginnings of modern social science, 1750-1900; the development of sociology
in Europe and the United States since 1830. This course or C9, according to
the choice of students enrolled, will be given in 1936-37 and as often as every
third year thereafter.

Professor House.

Sociology C9: The Logic of the Social Sciences: Two B courses in
sociology, or equivalent, prerequisite.—The classification of the sciences and the
relation of the social sciences to each other, and to other disciplines; the object-matter
and research problems of the social sciences; fundamental methods of
inquiry in social science. This course or C8 will be given in 1936-37.

Professor House.

Sociology D3: Research Problems in Public Welfare and Social Adjustment:
Permission of the professor required for all enrollments in this course.—
Hours by appointment.

Associate Professor Hoffer.

Sociology D4: Research Problems in Theoretical Sociology: Course
conducted like 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.