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SOCIOLOGY
The Summer Quarter courses in Sociology have been subjected to a complete
re-numbering since the summer of 1929. The faculty of the School of
Sociology is willing, however, to credit any three B courses in sociology
which are offered in the Summer Quarter as the equivalent of one 3-hour
course given in the regular session. Graduate students and all others having
special problems of course selection are invited to consult the professors of
the School of Sociology for advice and information, either by correspondence
or at the time of registration.
Sociology sB1-I. The Human Community: First Term. 8:30; A. B.
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. A. B. 24. Credit,
1 session-hour.
Mr. House.
The structure, growth, functions, and problems of modern urban communities, and
the influence of urban conditions upon the formation of personality.
Sociology sB1-III. Principles of Sociology. Both Terms (repeated).
10:30. A. B. 24. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Lichtenberger.
Courses sB1-I, sB1-II, and sB1-III are intended to serve, jointly, the purposes of a
general introduction to the science of sociology. Course sB1-III completes this introduction
by directing the student's attention mainly to those aspects of the subject which are
not brought into prominence in the study of communities.
Sociology sB2-I. Introduction to Anthropology: First Term. 9:30; A.
B. 24. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Hoffer.
(1) A survey of fundamental topics in physical anthropology: man's place in nature,
physical traits of the human animal, physical marks of race. (2) The origins of culture
and social organization.
Sociology sB2-II. Man and Culture: Second Term. 9:30; A. B. 24.
Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Hoffer.
The comparative and analytical study of human customs and institutions, with special
reference to the customs of peoples and the relation of culture to human nature and
environment.
Sociology sB3-I. Social Pathology: Both Terms (repeated). 12:30. A.
B. 24. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. House.
The study of a selected list of major social problems such as poverty, crime, delinquency,
vice, family disorganization, and personal disorganization. Special emphasis is
placed upon the processes through which social maladjustments are created by the
operation of natural forces.
Sociology sB3-II. Welfare Agencies and Their Administration: First
Term. 11:30; A. B. 24. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Hoffer.
An historical and factual survey of welfare agencies and institutions, with special
reference to the development and status of welfare conditions and welfare agencies in
Virginia. Dependency and its sources and treatment; crime and the conditions from
health problems and conditions and the public and private agencies for the conservation
of public health; feeble-mindedness and insanity, their significance and treatment.
Sociology sB3-IIIA. Problems of Child Welfare: Second Term. 11:30;
A. B. 24. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Hoffer.
A study of the maladjustments of children, of community and legislative measures
for child care, and of the movements under way to establish better understanding of the
problems and to promote better care for unadjusted children.
Sociology sC4-I. Introduction to the Study of the Family. First Term.
9:30; A. B. 23. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. House.
A preliminary inquiry into the general principles which have been suggested or established
for the explanation of family organization and the control of the family over its
members, with special reference to the family in primitive and historic times. The family
is studied in this course as a social institution. Some of the important works dealing
with the subject will be reviewed.
Sociology sC4-II. Family Disorganization: First Term. 8:30; A. B.
23. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Hoffer.
The study of the typical forms of family dissolution and tension. Divorce, desertion,
and the breakdown of the control of the family over its members, especially children.
The attempt is made to explain the various types of family disorganization as the outcome
of natural causes, rather than to assess moral responsibilities.
Sociology sC4-III. The Modern Family: Second Term. 8:30; A. B.
23. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Hoffer.
Tendencies toward the reconstruction of the social patterns of family organization and
control. The adaptation of the family to the conditions given by a modern economic
order. The family in the modern city.
Sociology sC7-I. Social Thought Before 1800: First Term. 11:30; A.
B. 23. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Lichtenberger.
The social philosophies of the ancients; social thought in the Middle Ages; and the
beginnings of scientific study of social and political phenomena in the early modern
period.
Sociology sC7-II. History of American Sociology: Second Term.
11:30; A. B. 23. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Lichtenberger.
Sociology sC7-III European Sociology Since 1800: Second Term. 9:30;
A. B. 23. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. House.
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