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ACADEMIC COURSES SUPPLEMENT
The following is a list of academic courses offered in the University from
which students may choose in meeting the academic group and elective requirements
for degrees in the Department of Education. Students attending other
institutions during their first two years should elect those courses that correspond
most closely to the ones they would take if attending the University during
the same period.
ENGLISH
English A1: Composition and English Literature.—1. Composition,
with weekly themes and parallel reading. 2 and 3. Survey of English literature,
with parallel reading and frequent themes. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours
for those who have not received credit for English A2.) Twenty-one
sections.
Associate Professors H. P. Johnson, Gordon and Davis, Assistant Professor
Shepperson, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Smith, Mr. Butler, Mr. Tilghman,
Mr. MacLeod, Mr. Varner, Mr. Gravely, and Mr. Spaulding.
English A2: Composition and Literature: For engineering students.—1
and 2. Composition, with particular attention to exposition and description;
weekly themes. 3. Survey of nineteenth-century prose literature, with parallel
reading and frequent themes. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours for those
who have not received credit for English A1.) Three sections.
Mr. Vaughan.
English B1: American Poetry and Prose: English A1 prerequisite.—
1. Nineteenth-Century American Poetry. 2. American Essays and longer narratives
(Novel and Drama). 3. The American Short Story. (B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Gordon.
English B2: Drama, Biography, Short Story: English A1 or A2 prerequisite.—1.
Shakespeare. Three tragedies studied in class and other plays
assigned as parallel reading. Written reports. 2. Biography in the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries. Parallel reading and written reports. 3. Stevenson,
Kipling, and the English short story. The writing of brief sketches or stories.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Metcalf and Assistants.
English B3: Poetry and Prose of the Nineteenth Century and Later:
English A1 or A2 prerequisite.—1. Nineteenth-century poetry. 2. Prose from
Lamb to Stevenson. 3. Contemporary poets and novelists. Parallel reading
and frequent papers. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Wilson and Assistants.
English B4: The English Comic Tradition: English A1 or A2 prerequisite.—1.
Chaucer and medieval humor: The Canterbury Tales and other
literature from the middle ages. 2. Elizabethan literature. 3. Certain Restoration
and the study of the texts. The literature of the medieval period will be read
in translation. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Hench.
English B5. Drama, Essay, and Eighteenth-Century Poetry: English
A1 or A2 prerequisite.—1. Shakespeare. Several of the historical plays studied
in class and others assigned as parallel reading. Written reports. 2. The early
eighteenth-century essayists. 3. Pope and his successors. (B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor H. P. Johnson.
English B6: Composition: English A1 or A2 prerequisite.—The course
affords the student an opportunity to practice writing under critical supervision.
Designed primarily for those of some interest and ability in writing, it does not
exclude those who desire to overcome their disabilities in expression. Weekly
themes vary from simple exposition and description to the finished essay and
short story. Considerable parallel reading, with the writing of reviews, is called
for throughout the year. Scope is left for individual preference in the choice of
reading and in the types of writing. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Two sections.
Associate Professor Davis and Assistant Professor Shepperson.
English B7: Three Eminent Victorians and Their Times, with side
Glances at Certain of Their Contemporaries. 1. Alfred Tennyson. 2. Matthew
Arnold. 3. A. C. Swinburne. Following a thorough consideration of these and
other Victorians, an attempt will be made to revalue their work in the light
of recent twentieth-century criticism of the Victorian Age. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Davis.
English B8: Introduction to the English Language: English A1 or A2
prerequisite.—1. The Nature and Structure of Language, with special attention
to (a) Language and Writing, (b) Language and Thought, (c) the Changes
which affect Languages. 2. The early history of the English Language, with
special attention to relations between the various stages of the English Language
and cultural history, and to the development of sounds and grammar. 3. The
recent history of the English Language, with special attention to the differences
between colloquial and formal written English. Lectures, recitations, and discussions,
supplemented by exercises in word study, the study of Old and Middle
English with the aid of translations. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Hill.
English C1: The Novel: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. The early English novel and its background.
2. The later nineteenth-century novel. 3. The contemporary English
novel.
Professor Wilson.
English C2: The Drama, Elizabethan and Modern: Any two B courses
in the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. The Elizabethan
drama. 3. The modern British drama.
Associate Professor Gordon.
English C3: Literature and Thought in England, 1789-1832 (Romantic
Period): Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature
prerequisite.—Some acquaintance with the course of English history is
presumed, but is not prerequisite. English literature of the earlier nineteenth
century studied in relation to the history, literary biography, and thought of the
period. The course will link the fields of history and literature. (Not offered
in 1931-32.)
Associate Professor Davis.
English C4: Literature and Thought in England, 1832-1900 (Victorian
Period): Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature
prerequisite.—Some acquaintance with the course of English history is presumed,
but is not prerequisite. English literature of the middle and later nineteenth
century studied in relation to the history, literary biography, and thought
of the period. The course will link the fields of history and literature.
Associate Professor Davis.
English C5: Chaucer: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—A study of Chaucer's writings and background.
(Not offered in 1931-32.)
Professor Hench.
English C6: Literary Composition: English B6 and one other B course
prerequisite. This course is open only to those of proved aptitude in Composition
who have obtained the consent of the professor in charge.—1. Essay writing
and book-reviewing. 2. The writing of sketches and short stories. 3. Dramatic
composition. Parallel reading in current periodical literature. By consent also,
this course may be taken two years in succession. Conferences.
Associate Professor Gordon.
English C7: Old English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. Old English prose. 2. Old English
poetry: Beowulf. 3. Beowulf.
Professor Hench.
English C8: Middle English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—Readings, in the original, in romances,
tales, religious works, satires, and other types of literature in England
in the Middle Ages, exclusive of Chaucer.
Professor Hench.
English C9: Eighteenth-Century Prose Fiction: Any two B courses in
the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—The Novel with
considerable parallel reading and frequent reports. Beginning with Richardson
the development of the Novel is traced through the century.
Assistant Professor Shepperson.
English C10: The History of the English Language: English B8 and
one other B course prerequisite.—A reading knowledge of Old English is
desirable. 1. Old English: its development and dialects. 2. Middle English:
its development and dialects. 3. Modern English: standard written English,
standard spoken English, dialects, recent developments and tendencies. Lectures,
reading of texts with interpretations of forms and constructions. Hours
by appointment.
Associate Professor Hill.
BIBLICAL LITERATURE
Biblical Literature B1: The literature to the destruction of the kingdoms
of Israel and Judah with special reference to historic background and sources.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Forrest.
Biblical Literature B1: Repeat Section: Will begin with the second
term and continue through the third term for the benefit of students needing to
take up new courses in those terms. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 2 session-hours.)
Mr. Coco.
Biblical Literature B2: The literature from beginning of the Babylonian
exile to the close of the New Testament. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Forrest.
Biblical Literature C1: Any two courses from the English Group prerequisite.—Comparative
literature. Ecclesiastes, Job, the Mosaic Law, and
Ezekiel's Ideal State in comparison with related masterpieces in English Literature
and translations into English.
Professor Forrest.
Biblical Literature C2: Any two B courses in Biblical Literature or Philosophy
prerequisite.—An investigation of the Jewish and Hellenistic elements entering
into the theology of Christianity during the first two centuries. (But one C
course will be given in 1931-32, the decision being left to a majority of the class
electing a C course in this school.)
Professor Forrest.
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Public Speaking B1: English A1 or A2 prerequisite.—Writing and delivery
of speeches on topics of the day; extemporaneous and impromptu speaking.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Four sections, each limited to a minimum
of 8 and maximum of 25.
Associate Professor Paul.
FINE ARTS
Art
History of Art B1: A general course in the history of Ancient Art
with especial emphasis on architecture, painting and sculpture. Three lectures
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand.
History of Art B2: Not open to first-year students.—A general course in
the history of Medieval Art. Three lectures each week with assigned readings
and reports. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand.
History of Art B3: Not open to first-year students.—A general course in
the history of Art of the Renaissance carried to 1900. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3
session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand.
Music
Music A1: For Beginners: Rudiments of notation, musical symbols, intervals,
chord and scale formations. The study of rhythmical valuation, dynamics,
ear training, sight reading and writing from dictation. Tues., Thurs., Sat., 12:30—
with an additional two hours of Glee Club, Choral, Orchestral or other approved
musical study. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Fickenscher.
Music B1: Musical History and Appreciation: Not open to first-year
students.—The development of music from antiquity to the present time with
typical examples of each phase. Illustrations and analysis of works of the epoch
makers, treating of their style, influence and historic import. The development
of musical instruments and of the orchestra. Illustrated lectures. Collateral
reading. No previous musical knowledge required. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3
session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Music B2: Harmony: Students taking this course are required to have
had ear training and a preliminary knowledge of musical notation, intervals
and scale formation, or to take concurrently Music A1. Also to have or to acquire
sufficient piano technique to play simple chord successions. Harmonic relationships
and their tendencies, construction of chords, voice progressions, dissonances,
suspensions, sequences, cadences, the pedal point and modulation. (B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Music B3: Counterpoint: Students taking this course are required to
have had ear training and a preliminary knowledge of musical notation, intervals,
and scale formation or to take concurrently Music A1. Counterpoint
from the First to the Fifth Species in two, three, and four parts; combined
counterpoint. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Fickenscher.
Music B5: Composition: Music B2 and B3 prerequisite.—Advanced Harmony
and Counterpoint. Construction and drill in various rhythmic and melodic
forms. Their use in sections, phrases and periods. Construction of song and
through the works of the masters. Application of contrapuntal devices in the
homophonic forms. Students will be given the opportunity to have works performed
by the Choral, Glee Club, Orchestra or Band. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3
session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Dramatic Art
Dramatic Art B1: Playwriting: No first-year students admitted.—The
reading and analysis of plays throughout the year. First term: The dramatization
of the short story. Second term: One act plays. Third term: The completion
of a full length play. Emphasis will be placed on the present day life
and historical traditions of Virginia. Students from other sections will be expected
to use the materials and background with which they are familiar. Plays
considered worthy of production will be staged by the Virginia Players.
Prerequisites: Only those students may enroll in this course who have had
a personal interview with Mr. Pratt and have secured his approval of either a
one act play or scenario with several pages of dialogue to be submitted during
the spring term prior to June 10th or between September 10th and 20th. Special
students admitted under the usual regulations in the catalogue. All students
must have taken or must take concurrently English B2 or B4 or B5. Class will
meet Monday and Thursday evenings, 7:30 to 9. Laboratory fee $10. (B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Dramatic Art B2: Play Production: The history of the theater. The
theory and practice of play directing. The methods employed in the staging of
plays of different periods and types. Training in the technique of acting. The
essential arts involved in the producing of plays (casting, costuming, lighting,
music, etc.) Lectures and practical work in the production of revivals and the
original plays written by members of the B1 class. This course in the theory
and practice of the theatre is designed for the training of students participating
in the work of the Virginia Players and for those who plan to become directors
of dramatics in schools and communities.
Prerequisites are the same as those of B1, except that no play need be submitted.
Those interested in scenic design must take concurrently Freehand
Drawing A2. Class will meet Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at 2:30, and
at such other times as may be necessary during the rehearsal period of a production.
Laboratory fee $10. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Mr. Greene.
Dramatic Art B3: Advanced Playwriting; continuation of B1: Laboratory
fee $10. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Dramatic Art B4: Advanced Play Production; continuation of B2: Laboratory
fee $10. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt and Mr. Greene.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
ANCIENT LANGUAGES
Greek
Greek A1: For beginners: Elementary grammar, composition and selected
readings. Five hours a week. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours for those
who have offered less than 2 units of Greek for entrance.)
Mr. Constantine.
Greek A2: Greek A1, or Greek A and B of the entrance requirements, prerequisite.—Lysias
selections; Plato, Apology; Euripides, Alcestis. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Webb.
Greek B1: Greek A2 prerequisite.—Greek Epic and Drama: Homer,
Euripides, Aristophanes, selections. (B.A. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Webb.
Greek B2: Greek A2 prerequisite.—Greek prose: Herodotus, Thucydides,
Demosthenes, selections. (B.A. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Webb.
Greek C1: Greek B1 and B2 prerequisite.—Aristophanes.
Professor Webb.
Greek C2: Greek B1 and B2 prerequisite.—Sophocles. (Not offered in
1931-32.)
Professor Webb.
Latin
Latin A1: Latin A, B, C, and D of the entrance requirements prerequisite.—
I. In Language: General grammar, with oral and written exercises. II. In
Literature: Sallust, Jugurthine War and Conspiracy of Catiline; Virgil, Æneid,
Books VII-XII, and selections from Ovid, Metamorphoses and Tristia; Cicero,
Old Age and Friendship. III. In Life: The public and private life of the
Romans. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Two sections.
Professor Montgomery and Mr. Thompson.
Latin B1: Latin A1 prerequisite.—I. In Language: General grammar, with
oral and written exercises. II. In Literature: Suetonius, Lives of Julius and
Octavius; Cicero, Selections from The Letters and Philosophical Works; Caesar,
Selections from The Gallic Wars, Books V-VII, and The Civil Wars; The Elegiac
Poets. III. In Life: The Religion of the Romans. (B.A. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Montgomery and Mr. Thompson.
Latin B2: Latin A1 prerequisite.—I. In Language: General grammar, with
oral and written exercises. II. In Literature: Livy, Books I and XXI; Selections
from The Annalists and Early Historians; Plautus, Two Plays; Terence, Two
Plays; Selections from Horace, Odes and Epodes. III. In Life: The Religion of
Professor Montgomery, Professor Lehman and Mr. Thompson.
Latin C1: Latin B1 and B2 prerequisite.—I. In Language: Historical development
of the Latin Language, with oral and written exercises. II. In Literature:
Selections from Seneca, Petronius, and Pliny's Letters; from Tacitus' Histories
and Annals; from Juvenal; from Quintilian; and from selected authors
down to Boethius. III. In Life: The life and philosophic thought of the Roman
Empire. (M.A. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Montgomery or Professor Lehman.
Latin C2: Latin B1 and B2 prerequisite.—I. In Language: Comparative
study of the successive periods of the Latin language, with oral and written
exercises. II. In Literature: Reading from selected authors in provincial, Christian,
and medieval Latinity. III. The elements of Roman epigraphy and archaeology.
IV. In Life: The struggle between pagan and Christian life and philosophy.
(M.A. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Montgomery or Professor Lehman.
Archaeology
Archaeology B1: Survey of Greek Civilization: No previous knowledge of
Greek required.—A sketch of the history of the Greek people, with some consideration
of the geography of Greek lands, Greek language and literature, and
the attainments of the Greeks in philosophy and art. Various modern institutions
will be traced to Greek origins. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Given in alternate years with Archaeology B3. (Not offered in 1931-32.)
Associate Professor Fraser.
Archaeology B2: Greek and Roman Archaeology: No previous knowledge
of Greek or Latin required. Not open to first-year students.—Introduction
to the science of Archaeology. A sketch of pre-Greek, or Aegean, culture;
Greek and Roman pottery, sculpture, architecture, and coins. Illustrated by lantern
slides and other material. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given
in alternate years with Archaeology B4. (Not offered in 1931-32.)
Associate Professor Fraser.
Archaeology B3: Survey of Roman Civilization: No previous knowledge
of Latin required.—This course will follow the scheme of Archaeology B1. (B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given in alternate years with Archaeology B1.
Associate Professor Fraser.
Archaeology B4: Greek and Roman Private Life: No previous knowledge
of Greek or Latin required. Not open to first-year students.—The topography
and chief monuments of ancient Athens and Rome; Greek and Roman education,
food, clothing, household-arrangements, religion, and amusements. Illustrated by
lantern slides and other material. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given in
alternate years with Archaeology B2.
Associate Professor Fraser.
Archaeology C1: Classical Sculpture and Vases: Archaeology B2 and
one other B course in Archaeology prerequisite.—A more detailed study of these
subjects than is possible in Archaeology B2.
Associate Professor Fraser.
MODERN LANGUAGES
French
French A1: For students offering less than 3 units of French for entrance.—
Five hours a week throughout the year. Five sections of 40 students each. On
Mondays and Fridays, the five sections are combined and meet as two groups.
This course comprises dictation, pronunciation, conversation, composition, and a
thorough study of the French verb. French is spoken in the classroom during
the latter part of the session. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours for those
who have offered less than 3 units of French for entrance.)
Professors Graham, Abbot and Lehman, Mr. Clarke and Mr. Lee.
French B1: French A1 or 3 entrance-units of French prerequisite.—On
Mondays and Fridays, sections one, two, three and four meet separately. On
Wednesdays, there are three sections. In this course the roman d'aventure is
studied—Verne, Dumas, About, etc. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professors Graham, Abbot and Lehman and Associate Professor Mellor.
French B2: French B1 prerequisite.—In this course the study of French
literature as such is begun. The more important phases of literary expression
are investigated. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professors Graham, Abbot and Lehman.
Spanish
Spanish A1: For students offering less than 3 units of Spanish for entrance.—Five
hours a week throughout the year. Six sections of 40 students
each. On Mondays and Fridays, the six sections are combined and meet together
as one group. This course comprises dictation, pronunciation, conversation, composition
and a thorough study of the verb. Spanish is spoken in the classroom
during the latter part of the session. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours for
those who have offered less than 3 units of Spanish for entrance.)
Assistant Professor Woody, Mr. McIntosh and Mr. Barrett.
Spanish B1: Spanish A1 or 3 entrance-units of Spanish prerequisite.—Two
sections meeting separately. Each section three hours per week. The work of
this course consists of a detailed study of Spanish grammar, dictation, reading
of advanced texts, correspondence and composition. During the latter part of
the session this course will be conducted mainly in Spanish. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Woody and Mr. Barrett.
Spanish B2: Spanish B1 prerequisite.—Advanced grammar and syntax,
theme writing and study of literary forms. As far as practicable, the work of
this course is conducted in Spanish. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Bardin.
Italian
Italian A1: For students offering less than 3 units of Italian for entrance.—
Five hours a week throughout the year. Three sections of 40 students each.
On Mondays and Fridays, the three sections are combined and meet as one group.
This course comprises dictation, pronunciation, conversation, composition and
a thorough study of the verb. Italian is spoken in the classroom during the
latter part of the session. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours for those who
have offered less than 3 units of Italian for entrance.)
Assistant Professor Rinetti, Mr. Marchese and Mr. Genovese.
Italian B1: Italian A1 or 3 entrance units of Italian prerequisite.—Three
hours a week throughout the year. This course comprises a detailed study of
grammar, dictation, reading of advanced texts, and composition. During the
latter part of the session the course will be conducted mainly in Italian. (B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Rinetti.
Italian B2: Italian B1 prerequisite.—Advanced grammar and syntax, theme
writing and study of literary forms. As far as practicable, the work of this
course is conducted in Italian. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Rinetti.
German
German A1: For beginners and for students without entrance-credit in
German.—Elementary grammar, reading, conversation, and composition. Limited
to five sections of 30 each. Five hours a week. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours
for those having no entrance-credit in German.)
Assistant Professor Mohr and Mr. Volm.
German B1: German A1, or not less than 2 entrance-units in German prerequisite.—Review
of grammar, systematic word-study and expansion of vocabulary,
reading, conversation, dictation, and composition. The class is conducted in
German. The reading-texts used in class-work are equipped with material and
apparatus for systematic language-study. Their content is planned to introduce
the student to the culture, science, economics, and politics of modern Germany.
Limited to three sections of 30 each. Section 1 is for scientific and engineering
students only, Sections 2 and 3 for undergraduates in general. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Faulkner, Associate Professor Wood, and Assistant Professor
Mohr.
German B2: 6 session-hours of College German or 4 entrance-units in
German prerequisite.—Introduction to the history of German Literature and of
the German Language; assigned readings and discussion of German lyrics and
ballads, classical dramas, and the modern novel; weekly written themes in German
based on the reading. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Faulkner and Associate Professor Wood.
German C: German B2, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—Of the following
C courses one is given each session, the choice being determined by the
plan of study of the undergraduates in the class who wish to major in German,
and of the graduates who are offering German as part of their work for the
Master's or the Doctor's degree. Students are therefore requested to confer
with Professor Faulkner not later than June 1 preceding the session in which
they plan to enter the course.
In all C courses in German collateral reading in the history of German
Literature and in German biography is required.
German C1: Goethe's Life and Works, with intensive study of Faust.
Professor Faulkner.
German C2: Given in German.—Der deutsche Roman von Goethe bis zur
Gegenwart, with intensive study of selected novels.
Professor Faulkner.
German C3: Given in German.—Drama der Klassiker, with intensive study
of Goethe's Egmont, Schiller's Wallenstein, and Lessing's Nathan der Weise.
Professor Faulkner.
German C4: Given in German.—Deutsche Lyrik, with intensive study of
the lyrics of Goethe and of Heine, and of selected lyrics since 1870.
Professor Faulkner.
MATHEMATICS
Mathematics A1: Mathematics A1, A2 and B of the entrance requirements
prerequisite.—Students with high school credit for solid geometry not admitted.
First term: Trigonometry. Second term: Solid geometry. Third term: College
algebra. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Luck, Mr. Wells, Mr. Lindsey and Mr. Aylor.
Mathematics A2: Sec. 1: (Special section designed for students who intend
to pursue Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics or Chemistry beyond firstyear
courses, and who are prepared to take a more extensive course than the
regular A2 course.) Mathematics A1, A2, B, C, and D of the entrance requirements
and Professor Luck's permission prerequisite.—First term: Selected topics
from trigonometry and algebra. Second and third terms: Analytical geometry
with related topics of algebra. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Luck.
All students with prerequisite preparation who expect to pursue Mathematics,
Astronomy, Physics or Chemistry beyond first-year courses are urged
to apply for admission to this course.
Mathematics A2: Mathematics A1, A2, B, and C of the entrance requirements
prerequisite.—First term: Trigonometry. Second and third terms: Analytical
geometry with related topics of college algebra. (B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.)
Professor Luck, Mr. Wells, Mr. Lindsey and Mr. Aylor.
Mathematics A4: Mathematics A1, A2, and B of the entrance requirements
prerequisite.—First term: Trigonometry, graphical algebra and logarithms. Second
and third terms: College algebra with applications to the mathematics of
finance. (B.S. in Commerce credit, 3 session-hours.) This course is required
for B.S. in Commerce.
Associate Professors Hulvey and Henderson.
Mathematics B1: Mathematics A1 prerequisite.—Analytical geometry of
two dimensions. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Page.
Mathematics B2: Mathematics A2 or B1 prerequisite.—A preliminary study
of the differential and integral calculus. With application to Geometry and
Kinematics. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Echols.
Mathematics C1: Mathematics B1 and B2 or Mathematics A2 and B2 prerequisite.—Analytical
geometry of three dimensions; advanced differential and
integral calculus; differential equations.
Professor Echols.
Mathematics C2: Higher Algebra: Mathematics B2 prerequisite.—Operations
with vectors, matrices, determinants and invariants, and their applications
to analytical geometry, projective geometry, non-Euclidean geometry and
mechanics. Hours by appointment.
Associate Professor Linfield.
Mathematics C3: Higher Geometry: Mathematics C2 prerequisite.—Algebraic
plane curves; circle and sphere geometry; line geometry. Hours by appointment.
Associate Professor Linfield.
Mathematics C4: Projective Geometry: An introductory course. Hours
by appointment.
Professor Luck.
NATURAL SCIENCES
ASTRONOMY
Astronomy B1: General Astronomy: The fundamental principles and
methods of astronomy. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor van de Kamp.
Astronomy B2: Modern Astronomy: Astronomy B1 or Mathematics B1
prerequisite.—Newer methods in astronomy. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Mitchell.
BIOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE
Biology B1: General Biology: An elementary study of organisms and
the relations between animals and plants. Plants will be studied from the
response. Types will be chosen which illustrate the fundamental biological laws
and throw light on the place of man among living things. Three hours of
lecture and six hours of laboratory per week. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 6 session-hours.)
Professors Lewis and Kepner, Associate Professor Reynolds, Assistant
Professors Betts, MacFall and Davis and Assistants.
Biology C1: Evolution and Heredity: Biology B1 prerequisite.—Evolution,
the theory and its history; the principles of heredity and their application
to human problems. Lecture only. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Lewis.
Biology C2: Genetics: Biology B1 prerequisite.—A study of the fundamental
principles of heredity, with special emphasis on their various applications
and on the origins and relations of characters. First and second terms only.
Three hours of lecture and six hours of laboratory per week.
Professor White.
CHEMISTRY
Students taking Laboratory courses in Chemistry are required to pay for
each course a fee of $20.00 and make a special deposit of $5.00 to cover breakage
of apparatus.
Chemistry B1: General Chemistry: The fundamental principles of chemistry.
The first term is devoted to an introduction to the atomic theory and
the chemical view of matter and a study of acids, bases, and salts. The
second term occupies a consideration of the electrolytic dissociation theory,
oxidation and reduction reactions, equilibrium, and typical nonmetallic elements.
The third term is devoted to an introduction to the chemistry of carbon,
the descriptive chemistry of the more important metals and a brief introduction
to qualitative analysis. Three hours of lecture and six hours of
laboratory per week. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 6 session-hours.)
Professor Carter, Mr. Bell and Assistants.
Chemistry B2: Analytical Chemistry: Chemistry B1 prerequisite.—(a)
Qualitative Analysis. First and second terms, three hours of lecture and six
hours of laboratory per week, devoted to the study of systematic qualitative
analysis. (b) Quantitative Analysis. Third term, two hours of lecture and
nine hours of laboratory per week, devoted to elementary quantitative analysis.
In the lecture work special emphasis is given to the theoretical foundations of
analytical chemistry. Some of the topics treated are: Solutions, theory of
ionization, law of mass action, solubility-product principle, hydrolysis, amphoteric
substances, complex ions, types of reactions, oxidation and reduction,
colloids, etc. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 6 session-hours.)
Professor Yoe and Assistants.
Note: This course is specially recommended to pre-medical students
who wish to obtain more chemistry than the minimum requirement of the
Medical School.
Chemistry B3: Organic Chemistry: Chemistry B1 prerequisite.—An introduction
to the study of the compounds of carbon, including the application
of modern chemical theory to such compounds and their reactions. Three
hours of lecture and six hours of laboratory per week. (B.A. or B.S. credit,
6 session-hours.)
Professor Bird and Assistants.
Chemistry B4: Quantitative Analysis: Chemistry B2 prerequisite.—This
course is arranged according to the physico-chemical principles which are involved
instead of the traditional treatment according to the technique employed,
namely gravimetric and volumetric. The important principles around
which practically all quantitative methods may be grouped are: Neutralization,
solubility product, oxidation and reduction, colorimetry, and evolution
and measurement of gases. The laboratory exercises have been selected with
the idea of illustrating these principles as well as introducing the student to
something new in laboratory technique each time. One hour lecture and six
hours laboratory per week. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Yoe and Assistant.
Chemistry B5: Undergraduate Research: To be eligible for this course
a student must have completed at least two of the three courses, B3, B4 and C1,
and must either have taken or be taking the third.—Properly qualified undergraduate
students are given opportunity to undertake an original investigation
of some problem in chemistry under the direction of a member of the teaching
staff. The student will be expected to devote to his problem a minimum of
nine hours per week throughout the year. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
GEOLOGY
Geology B1: General Geology: Principles of dynamical, structural and
historical geology designed to give a general survey of the forces operating
upon the earth, the phenomena of earthquakes, vulcanism, mountain making,
the form and structure of the earth, and its past history. Three hours of
lectures and six hours of laboratory. Laboratory fee, $3. Two lecture sections.
Five laboratory sections. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 6 session-hours.)
Professor Roberts and Assistants.
Geology B2: Applied Geology: May be taken by first-year students.—This
course is primarily for those who wish to obtain a general knowledge of the
place that geology occupies in our present day civilization, the relation of
geological phenomena and conditions to human activities. The course gives
first a resumé of the geological history of the earth and the present day
physiography. It includes a study of geological environmental factors and
their effect on the industrial development of the different regions of the
United States; a study of water supply; a study of the principal minerals,
methods of mining, cost, distribution, and the part they play in the industrial
development of the world; followed, at the end of the last term, with special
lectures on geology and engineering, geology and industry, etc. No laboratory.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Nelson.
Geology B4: Mineralogy: Open to all college students.—Crystallography,
physical and chemical mineralogy, and descriptive mineralogy.
Laboratory fee, $5. Laboratory hours to be arranged. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 6
session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Pegau.
Geology B5: Elementary Mineralogy: Lectures and recitations with
laboratory work on the simple rock-forming and leading ore-forming minerals.
One two-hour laboratory period to be arranged. (B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Pegau.
PHYSICS
Physics B1: General Physics: A knowledge of the elements of plane trigonometry
through the right triangle is prerequisite.—(The course is open to firstyear
students who have received this preparation in the high school.) The
classroom instruction is given by textbooks, recitations, problems, and experimental
demonstrations. In the laboratory each student performs experiments
upon which written reports are required. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 6
session-hours.) One lecture section, three laboratory sections. Laboratory Fee
$15.
Professor Hoxton, Associate Professor Brown and Assistants.
Physics B2: Physics B1, or its equivalent, prerequisite. Calculus is not required.—This
course is designed to give the student a more thorough background
for advanced work in Physics and other sciences. Emphasis is laid upon the
experimental side of the subject. Not more than 12 students will be admitted.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Laboratory Fee $7.50
Associate Professor Brown of Professor Beams.
Physics C1: Mechanics: A knowledge of the calculus is prerequisite.—
Lectures only.
Professor Sparrow.
Physics C2: Electricity and Magnetism: A knowledge of the calculus is
prerequisite.—Lecture and Laboratory. Laboratory Fee $7.50.
Professor Hoxton.
Physics C3: Optics: A knowledge of the calculus is prerequisite.—Lecture
and Laboratory. Laboratory Fee $7.50.
Associate Professor Brown.
Physics C4: Heat and Related Topics: A knowledge of the calculus is
prerequisite.—Lecture and Laboratory. Laboratory Fee $7.50.
Professor Hoxton.
Note: Not more than three of the above C courses will be given in one
year. Where laboratory work is given the time is divided between lecture and
laboratory in such a way that a total of not less than 3 session-hours for each
course is maintained. The student is expected to take every opportunity to
acquire laboratory technique as a preparation for experimental investigations.
PHILOSOPHY
For Undergraduates
First-year students, entering the college from high or preparatory schools,
are not admitted to the courses in Philosophy or Psychology.
Philosophy B1: History of Philosophy: The history of philosophy from
the Greek philosophers to the beginning of the nineteenth century. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Balz.
Philosophy B2: Ethics: The historical development of the chief types
of ethical theory. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Dent.
Philosophy B3: History of Morals: A descriptive and historical study
of moral ideas and practices. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Balz.
Philosophy B4: Political Philosophy: An historical study of political
and social thought from Plato to the present. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Dent.
Philosophy B5: Logic: First term: Scientific Methodology. Second
and third terms: Logic as a deductive science, including a study of some recent
developments in the logic of classes, relations, and systems, and their application
to the problems of science and philosophy. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Davenport.
Philosophy B8: Plato: Reading, interpretation, and discussion of the
works of Plato. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Buchanan.
Philosophy B9: Spinoza: Reading, interpretation, and discussion of
the works of Spinoza. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Buchanan.
(Philosophy B8 and B9 will be given in alternate years: B8 in 1931-32, B9
in 1932-33.)
Philosophy B10: Aristotle: Reading, interpretation, and discussion of
the works of Aristotle. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Davenport.
Philosophy B11: Kant: Reading, interpretation, and discussion of the
Critique of Pure Reason, the Critique of Practical Reason, and the Critique of
Judgment. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Davenport.
(Philosophy B10 and B11 will be given in alternate years. B11 in 1931-32,
and B10 in 1932-33.)
For Graduates and Undergraduates
(Philosophy B1, the History of Philosophy, and one other B course in this
School are prerequisite for all C courses in Philosophy.)
Philosophy C1: History of Thought in the Nineteenth Century: A
study of the century which represents for us the transformation of old traditions
to modern modes of thought. Reading, comparison, and discussion of works
that mark the stages in the process.
Professor Buchanan.
Philosophy C10: Aesthetics: A critique of art and art criticism.
Professor Buchanan.
PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology B1: General Psychology: A survey of the principles of
psychology, either as part of a liberal education or as preparation for professional
study. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Ferguson, Associate Professor Geldard and Assistant Professor
Dennis.
Psychology B2: Educational Psychology: Psychology B1 prerequisite.—
Mental ability and its development. Quantitative aspects of the subject will
be stressed, and the classroom work will be supplemented by practice in mental
measurement and experiments in learning. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Ferguson.
Psychology B3: Abnormal Psychology: Psychology B1 prerequisite.—A
study of mental and nervous disorders, including a consideration of psychoanalytic
as well as more conventional interpretations, and of the social aspects
of abnormal behavior. The classroom work will be supplemented by clinical
demonstrations. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Geldard.
Psychology B4: Social Psychology: Psychology B1 prerequisite. — A
study of the psychological traits of the individual as they are influenced by his
social environment. The emphasis will be placed upon the psychology rather
than the theory of group life. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Dennis.
Psychology B5: Applied Psychology: Psychology B1 prerequisite.—The
first term of this course deals with the psychology of personal efficiency; the
second term takes up the applications of psychology to the field of law, medicine,
advertising, and athletics; the third term consists of vocational psychology,
or a study of the qualities of men as they are related to success in various vocations.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) To be given in alternate years
with Psychology C6. (Not offered in 1931-32.)
Assistant Professor Dennis.
Psychology C1: Experimental Psychology: Psychology B1 and any
other B course listed in this School prerequisite.—The lectures and laboratory
work will enable the student to familiarize himself with the apparatus and
methods used in psychological investigations. The schedule will consist of one
hour lecture and four hours laboratory weekly.
Associate Professor Geldard.
Psychology C2: Mental Measurement: Psychology B1 and any other B
course listed in this School prerequisite.—A study of the more important mental
tests and intelligence scales, of the statistical methods involved in their use,
and of the results obtained. (Not offered in 1931-32.)
Professor Ferguson.
Psychology C3: Comparative Psychology: Psychology B1 and any other
B course listed in this School prerequisite.—A study of animal behavior in its
relation to fundamental problems of human psychology. Various species will
be considered; methods and results of experimentation will be emphasized. Topics
covered will include instinct, emotion, habit, sensory ability, and the more complex
processes.
Assistant Professor Dennis.
Psychology C4: Theoretical Psychology: Psychology B1 and any other
B course listed in this School prerequisite.—After a preliminary study of the history
of psychology the course will consist in an examination of the more important
systematic positions in psychology, with special reference to the structural,
functional, behavioristic, and Gestalt points of view. To be given in alternate
years with Psychology C5. (Not offered in 1931-32.)
Associate Professor Geldard.
Psychology C5: Systematic Psychology: Psychology B1 and any other
B course listed in this School prerequisite.—A survey of the psychological literature
pertaining to the special senses, feeling and emotion, and action. The course
is designed to provide an understanding of fundamental methods of research as
well as a knowledge of the status of basic problems. To be given in alternate
years with Psychology C4.
Associate Professor Geldard.
Psychology C6: Child Psychology: Psychology B1 and any other B course
listed in this School prerequisite.—A survey of psychological development from
infancy to maturity. To be given in alternate years with Psychology B5.
Assistant Professor Dennis.
Psychology C7: Minor Problems: Admission on approval of the professors
in charge.—In special instances, and where previous training warrants it,
credit may be received for the performance of a minor research problem. Credit
to be arranged.
Professor Ferguson, Associate Professor Geldard and Assistant Professor
Dennis.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
ECONOMICS
Economics B1: The Principles of Economics: Not open to first year
students.—First and second terms: Survey of the principles of Economics.
Third term: The bearing of these principles upon present American conditions.
Instruction will be given by lectures, assigned readings, discussions and
written tests. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Snavely, Associate Professor Hyde and Mr. de Gruchy, Mr.
Gray, Mr. O'Kelley, Mr. Stevens and Mr. Eastwood.
Economics B2: The Growth of American Industry and Commerce:
Economics B1 prerequisite or may be taken concurrently.—A study of the influence
of economic conditions upon American social and political development.
This study is preceded by a short review of European, particularly
English, industrial development before and during the colonial period. Special
emphasis is given to the influence of various phases of American industrial
environment upon the culture and civilization inherited from Europe. (B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Berglund and Mr. Williams.
Economics B3: Money and Banking: Economics B1 prerequisite.—During
the first term the principles of money and during the second the principles of
banking will be examined. The third term will be given over to either mercantile
or bank credit. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Kincaid and Mr. Ferguson.
Economics B4: Elementary Accounting: Theory and practice in the
handling of real and nominal accounts, together with the use of various types
of books of original entry; the opening and closing of books, adjustments,
statements of profit and loss, and balance sheets. The work of the course
will be exemplified through three types of business organization, namely: the
single proprietorship, the partnership, and the corporation, and will consist of
lectures and problems. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Two sections.
Professor Barlow, Mr. Howard and Mr. Marshall.
Economics B5: Statistics: Economics B1 and Mathematics A prerequisite.
—A basic course designed to give the student familiarity with statistical problems
and command of the essential methods of collection, presentation and
analysis. Stress will be placed upon the use of statistics as a tool in economic
investigation and in business. Exercises and problems. (B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Hyde and Mr. Stevens.
Economics B6: Auditing and Cost Accounting: Economics B4 prerequisite.—First
term: Auditing practice and procedure. Second and third
terms: The construction and operation of cost systems. (B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.)
Professor Barlow, Mr. Bowman and Mr. O'Keeffe.
Commercial Law B1: Not open to first-year students.—A detailed study
of the fundamental and important, rather than the technical, principles of
those subjects of which some knowledge is necessary in ordinary commercial
transactions, including contracts, negotiable instruments, agency, partnerships,
bailments and carriers, sales of personal property, insurance. Instruction is
given in the practical drafting of business documents, such as simple contracts,
powers of attorney, articles of copartnership, mortgages, deeds of trust
and bills of sale. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Hulvey and Mr. Fishburne.
Economic Geography B1: First term: Elements of geography. Second
term: Economic geography of North America. Third term: Economic geography
of Europe. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Starnes and Mr. Shaffer.
HISTORY
History B1: Ancient and Medieval History: Should be taken first by
all students intending to choose History as their major subject, and, in fact, by
all who wish to have a real understanding of modern History.—(B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Dabney.
History B2: Modern European History: Section 1 not open to first-year
students; Section 3 open to first-year students only.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Barr.
History B3: General American History: Not open to first-year students.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor T. C. Johnson.
History B4: General English History: Not open to first-year students.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor T. C. Johnson.
History C1: History of European Civilization: Two B courses prerequisite.
Professor Dabney.
History C2: Social History of the United States, 1776-1865: Two B
courses, including B3, prerequisite.—(Not offered in 1931-32.)
Associate Professor Abernethy.
History C3: The Old South, 1776-1865: Two B courses, including B3,
prerequisite.
Associate Professor Abernethy.
History C4: American History Since 1865: Two B courses, including B3,
prerequisite.—(Offered in 1932-33.)
Acting Assistant Professor Cappon.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Government B1: American Government: Not open to first-year students.
—This course is devoted to a descriptive and critical study of the Government
of the United States. First term: The National Government. Second term:
The Government of the States. Third term: Municipal and Local Government.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Gooch and Associate Professor Spicer.
Government B2: International Relations: Government B1 prerequisite.—
A study of the political, legal, and economic factors in modern international
society followed by a study of international law, the League of Nations, and
the Permanent Court of International Justice. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Government B3: The Principles and Problems of Government: Government
B1 prerequisite.—The principles of Politics and their application to problems
arising in the operation of Government. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Spicer.
Government B4: European Government: Government B1 prerequisite.—
First term: The Government of England. Second term: The Government of
France. Third term: The Government of Germany, Switzerland and other
countries. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Gooch.
Government B1 and one other B course in Political Science are prerequisite
to any C course.
Government C1: United States Constitutional Law: A study of the
American constitutional system through the case method.
Associate Professor Spicer.
Government C2: Political Theory: First term: The Theory of the
State and of Government. Second term: The History of Ancient and
Medieval Political Thought. Third term: Modern and Contemporary Political
Thought.
Professor Gooch.
Government C3: Federalism: A study of the theory and practice of
federalism together with an examination of the problems of centralization
and decentralization.
Professor Gooch.
Government C4: The Principles of International and of Public Law.
Government C5: The Theory and Practice of Public Administration:
(Not offered in 1931-32.)
Associate Professor Spicer.
RURAL SOCIAL ECONOMICS
Rural Social Economics B1: General Rural Social Economics: A study
of the economic and social principles underlying a sound national development in
agriculture. While the approach is national in scope, especial emphasis is
placed upon the problems of rural life in the South. The first half of the
year is devoted to an introductory course in rural economics, and the second
half to a similar approach in the elements of rural sociology. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Gee.
Rural Social Economics B2: Economic and Social Surveys of Virginia
Counties: A laboratory course in rural social economics dealing with the
problems of Virginia counties. These county studies, when completed, will be
published as bulletins of the University. Hours by appointment on Tues.,
Thurs. and Sat. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Mr. Leap and Mr. Charlton.
SOCIOLOGY
Sociology B1: Introduction to Sociology: Not open to first-year students.
—First term: The study of the community as a unit of population and as a
constellation of social institutions. Social life in small, simple communities,
and the development of urban communities. Second term: Social processes
and the social personality. Third term: Social change and social control.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Two sections.
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:
The comparative and analytical study of human customs and institutions,
with special reference to the customs of primitive peoples and the relation of
institutions to human nature and to environment. Third term: Culture traits
and culture patterns, types of culture, and the relation of culture to social
organization. (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: Open only to fourth-year and graduate
students. Two B courses in Sociology prerequisite.—First term: Sociology as
a science and its relation to other sciences; human nature and personality in
their social aspects; fundamental concepts used in the study of human social
behavior and social organization. Second term: Theories of social process,
some of the important literature of social theory. This course should normally
be taken in their first year by graduate students who 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.—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. (Not offered in 1931-32.)
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 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, but may be omitted in 1931-32.
Professor House.
Sociology C4: The Family: Two B courses in Sociology prerequisite.—
First term: Review of existing literature dealing in general terms with 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 1931-32.)
Associate Professor Hoffer.
Sociology C5: Community Organization: Two B courses in Sociology
prerequisite.—Throughout the year: Informal lectures and discussions, assigned
readings, and special reports, with considerable laboratory and field
study. This course deals with the relation of the community to its environment,
the actual composition of communities and the spatial distribution of
families and institutions within them; also with typical experiments in community
organization, the city and regional planning movement, and the history
and functioning of agencies designed to guide and enrich community
life. 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.
Professor House.
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