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RURAL SOCIAL ECONOMICS

Rural Social Economics sB1-I. Rural Economics: First Term. 8:30;
S. B. 2. Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mr. Gee.

An economic approach to the problems of agriculture. Economic principles are employed
to analyze the more immediate and important of the problems confronting the farm
industry today. The effort is made, also, to discover the principles and policies underlying
a sound national development in agriculture.

Rural Social Economics sB1-II. Rural Sociology: Second Term. 8:30;
S. B. 2. Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mr. Gee.

A course dealing with the sociology of rural life, including the more important rural
social problems, rural-urban relationships and rural organization as a factor in human
behavior.

Rural Social Economics sB2-I. County Geography Supplements: First
Term. Hours to be arranged. S. B. 2. Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mr. Gee.

A course dealing with the preparation of county geography supplements for use in
the schools of the various counties of the State.

Equivalent to one term of Rural Social Economics sB1. Can be counted as course
in Education for Certificate Credit.

Rural Social Economics sC4-I. Rural Standards of Living: First Term,
9:30; G. H. 1, upstairs. Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mr. Kirkpatrick.

Development of standards of living in rural communities. Consideration of all elements
composing the standard of living: food, housing, transportation, education, religion,
art, and recreation, in relation to income, trading centers, social institutions, and local
groupings.

Rural Social Economics sC4-II. Rural Standards of Living: First
Term, 11:30; G. H. 1, upstairs. Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mr. Kirkpatrick.

Rural Social Economics sC4-III. The Village. Second Term, 10:30;
S. B. 2. Credit, 1 session-hour.

Mr. Gee.

The structure of the American Village, the theory of its decline, its services to the
surrounding countryside, its people, their economic, social and religious life, and the
antagonisms and cooperation existing between the small town and the surrounding countryside.