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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 civilization 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 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 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 every second or third year. (Not offered in 1935-36.)

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.
(Not offered in 1935-36.)

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 cause of crime and delinquency,
and the effects of various types of treatment of offenders. To be given every
second or third year.

Professor House.

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.

Associate Professor Hoffer.