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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
course deals with the history or development of present-day sociological theories,
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 as a rule
every year. (Either C1 or D1 will be given in 1934-35, according to demand.)

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 as a rule in alternate years.

Professor House and 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.

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. (Not offered in 1934-35.)

Professor House and Associate Professor Hoffer.

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. (Not offered in 1934-35.)

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.