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SCHOOL OF SOCIOLOGY
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.
have not had an undergraduate 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.
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