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SOCIOLOGY

Sociology sB1-I: The Human Community: First Term. 8:30; M. H.
24. Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mr. House.

Social forces and social problems in the local community, with special reference to the
early rural neighborhood and village, the contemporary rural community, and the evolution
of modern urban communities.

Sociology sB1-II: The City: Second Term. 8:30. M. H. 24. Credit, 1
session-hour.

Mr. House.

The structure, growth, functions and problems of modern urban communities; the
interrelations of cities and regions; and the influence of urban conditions upon the formation
of personality.

Sociology sB1-III: Principles of Sociology: First Term. 10:30; M.
H. 24. Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mr. House.

Courses sB1-I, sB1-II, and sB1-III are intended to serve, jointly, the purposes of a
general introductory course in sociology. Course sB1-III completes this introduction by
directing the student's attention to those aspects of the subject which are not brought into
sufficient prominence through the study of communities.

Sociology sB2-III: Modern Culture: Second Term. 9:30. M. H. 24.
Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mr. Hoffer.

The study of Lynd's Middletown, a detailed description of a middle-western community
of 40,000 population, with some attention to comparisons with other communities,
past and present.

Sociology sB3-I: Social Pathology: Second Term. 10:30. M. H. 24.
Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mr. House.

Present-day social problems, with particular attention to their manifestation as disorganization
of community, family, and personality. Among the problems studied are
divorced and desertion, delinquency, poverty, unemployment, and the social aspects of
mental disease and mental defect.

Sociology sB3-II: Welfare Agencies and their Administration: First
Term. 9:30. M. H. 24. Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mr. Hoffer.

A historical and factual survey of welfare agencies and institutions, with special
reference to the development and present status of welfare conditions and welfare agencies,
including penal and reformatory agencies, in Virginia.

Sociology sB3-IIIA: Problems of Child Welfare: First Term. 11:30.
M. H. 24. Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mr. Hoffer.

The maladjustments of children, communal and institutional measures for child care,
and the movements under way to develop better understandings of child welfare problems
and to promote better care for unfortunate and maladjusted children.

Sociology sC4-I: The Family: First Term. 9:30; M. H. 23. Fee,
$5.00.

Mr. House.

Sociology sC4-II: The Family: First Term. 8:30; M. H. 23. Fee
$5.00.

Mr. Hoffer.

Sociology sC4-III: The Family: Second Term. 8:30; M. H. 23. Fee,
$5.00.

Mr. Hoffer.

Sociology sC7-III: The Development of Social Policies: Second Term.
10:30; M. H. 23. Fee, $5.00.

Mr. Hoffer.