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The Study of Sociology in Institutions of Learning in the United States. IVAuthor(s): Frank L. TolmanSource: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Jan., 1903), pp. 531-558Published by: The University of Chicago PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2762055 .
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532
TIE AMERICAN
JOURNAL
OF SOCIOLOGY
49.
Sociology.
A
study
f
socia] institutions,
ith pecial
reference
o American
conditions.
Social
problems
nd their
roposed
olutions.
Among the
subjects
dis-
cussed
are
immigration,
roblems
of city ife, mployment
f women
and children,
factoryegislation, efective nd delinquentclasses, socialism. References:Ward's
Outlines
f ociology,
airbanks's ntroduction
o
ociology,Wright's
ractical
Sociology,
Blackmar's
History
nd
Sociology, pencer's
Principles of Sociology,
iddings's
Ele-
ments f
Sociology,
mith's
tatistics nd
Sociology.
BROOKLYN
POLYTECHNIC.
DEPARTMENT
OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Sociology.
Outline study
f social
evolution,
nvolving
nalysis
of past
and pres-
ent
societies,
f
projected
ideal
societies,
and a
determination f
the requisites
of
social survival,
ocial
efficiency,
nd
social control.
COLLEGE
OF
ST. FRANCIS
XAVIER.
Special
ethics ncludes
private
ownership,
ommunism,
ocialism, grarian
ocial-
ism,
Henry
George's
theories.
The combination f
capital
and labor organizations.
Domestic
society:
Matrimony,
ivorce,
elibacy,
ducation.
Civil
society: The
nature
nd
scope
of
civil
society.
Hobbes,
Rousseau,
the
schoolmen.
Aim and
scope
of civil government.
Hobbes,
Rousseau,
Kant.
CANISIUS
COLLEGE.
Special
ethics includes,
t.
at.,
the following opics:
society
n
general
nature
and constituentlements fsociety, ocial activity; hefamily.
ST. LAWRENCE
UNIVERSITY.
SOCIOLOGY.
PROFESSOR
IsHER.
Elective.
Students
nterested
n social
science
and
already
well
grounded
n
the
principles
of
political
economymay,
on
application
approved by
the
instructor,
e
admitted
o the course
n
sociology.
(See
also Canton
Theological
School.)
CORNELL UNIVERSITY,
PHILOSOPHY.
I4a.
Social
psychology.
Dr. Washborn.
In the
first
art
of
this course
the
psychological
spect
of the
development
f the human
ace,
ncluding
the
growth
of
language,
the
origin
nd
development
f
myth,
f
custom,
nd
of art and
science,
will
be
considered.
In the second
part
the
psychological
haracter
f
civilized society
will
be studied.
HISTORY
AND
POLITICAL
SCIENCE.
The
course
n
elemeritary
ocial economics
ims
to show
the
significance
or
the
students
f
economics
and social
life of the theories
f evolution.
Attention
s
cen-
tered upon
the
social
group
rather
than
upon
the individual.
The
family,
s the
simplest
nd
most
mportant
ocial
group,
s first tudied
n itshistorical
evelopment
and
its
present
rganization
nd life. The
study
dvances
from
his
to the
elementary
study
f
the
more
complex
nd ill-defined
ocial
groups,
uch
as races and
the
several
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STUD
Y
OF
SOCIOLOGY
/N
UNITED STATES
533
classes
of
social
dependents. Emphasis
is laid
upon the statisticalmethod as
an
aid
in
the study f social groups nd the measurement f social forces.
The course n elementarytatistics s an introductiono statistics s a method of
studying ocial groups nd social life. Emphasis s laid upon the resultsreached by
this
method n the simplest ieldswherethe chances of error n observation r inter-
pretation re least. Special attention s given, herefore,o the simple statistics f
population and the elementsof vital statistics. The methods of the United States
census
office ill be presented n detail, and a critical analysismade of the resultsof
the
twelfth ensus. The statistical aboratorys furnished ith nearly ll the elec-
trical
and
mechanical devices to facilitate tatisticalworkwhichwill be found n a
modern
census office. Two hours week of laboratory orkwill be required, n the
course
of
which tudentswill gain some familiarity ithpresentmethods f statistical
work.
The course n advanced statistics ives greater ttention o statistical heory, nd
aims to introduce he students o writers ike Galton and Pearson,whose work is of
especial importance s laying the statistical asis for he theories fevolution.
D. POLITICAL ECONOMY AND POLITICS.
36. The modern
6gime.
An analysis of the present ndustrial nd social order
as
contrasted iththatof the eighteenth entury.
(a) The industrial eorganization,he centralization f wealth, he growth f cor-
porations, he development f credit, peculation, tc.
(b) The effect f these changes on morality, ntelligence, ocial and political
ideals and institutions.
(c) Socialism and other plans for social reconstruction. Assistant Professor
Powers.
37. Social interpretationf art. A study of the evolutionof art, particularly
painting
nd
sculpture,
ith
special
reference o the
conditions, ocial,political,
nd
economic, revailingduring
he
periods
of
exceptional
rt
activity.
Assistant rofes-
sor Powers.
40. Seminary.
The
evolution
f
society.
A
study
f the
principles
of
organic
evolution s manifested
n
the formation f
groups.
(a) Causes determining he formation f groups and the conditions affecting
their
fficiency
nd
permanence,
ocial
organization,
he
nature
nd function f social
classes, group selection,
tc.
(c) Modificationsffected
n
individual haracter
s
the result of life
in
a
social
state,
ocial
sensibilities,
ocial
instincts,
he moral
sense, conscience,
tc.
Assistant
Professor
owers.
E. POLITICAL ECONOMY AND STATISTICS.
4I. Elementary
ocial economics.
An
introductory
ourse
upon
the
relation of
evolutionary
heories o
the
social
sciences,
with
pplications
o the
tudy
f
the
family,
race relations, mmigration,
tc. ProfessorWilcox.
48. Elementary
tatistics.
An
introductory
ourse
in statistical
methods,
with
practical
work
n
investigation
nd tabulation.
Special
attention s
given
to census
statistics
nd vital statistics. Two
laboratory
ours week. ProfessorWilcox.
49.
Advanced
statistics.
Open
to
those
who
have
taken
the
elementary
tatistics
or can
show
that
they
re
qualified
to
enter
the class.
Readings
and discussion
of
variousbooks
in
statistical
heory
nd results.
Professor
Wilcox.
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534 THE AMERICA
N
JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY
F.
POLITICAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE.
55. Methodsn modern
hilanthropy.o acquaint he student
ith he
char-
acter nd
extent fcharitable,orrectional,nd certain ther ocialproblems,
nd the
methodsmployedn dealingwith hem. Nottechnical,ut ntendedor hegeneral
enlightenmentfthe itizen. At
east wodays ach semester ill be spent
n
visit-
ing nstitutions. rofessoretter.
35. Municipal overnment
n
Europe
and the United
tates.
A
study
f
the
governmental,inancial,nd social
problems resented y the modern ity. Lec-
tures,ssigned eadings,eportsn
selected ities.
Mr.
Brooks.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
FACULTY OF
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
SUBJECT
A
-ECONOMICS.
Economics
2.
Theories fsocialreform. rofessorlark. Thiscourse reats
of
ertain lansfor hepartial econstructionf ndustrialociety
hat ave
een
dvo-
cated
n
the
United tates,
nd endeavorso
determine
hat
reforms
re
in
harmony
with
conomic rinciples.
t treats fthe
proposedingle ax,
f he
measuresdvo-
cated
by
heFarmers' lliance
nd
of
those
roposed y
abor
organizations,
nd
the
general elation f the tate o
ndustry.
SUBJECT
B-SOCIOLOGY
AND
STATISTICS.
Sociology
5.
Principles f
sociology.
Professor
iddings.
This is a
funda-
mental
ourse,
ntendedo
ay
a
foundationor
dvanced
work.
In
connection ith
a text-booktudy f heory,ecturesregiven n the ociologicalystemsfAristotle,
Hegel, Comte, pencer, chaffle,
e
Greef, umplowicz, ard, Tarde,
nd
other
writers. tudentsre
required
o
analyze
nd
classifyociological
material f ive
interest
btained
rom
ewspapers,
eviews,
nd
official
eports.
Sociology
6. Racial
demography.
r.
Ripley. Two hours week,
econd
half-year. eing
n
analysis
f
population
n the
basisofgeography
nd
physical
anthropology;omparing
acial
phenomena ith
hoseof a
sociological
haracter.
It
is
primarilyoncerned ith he
nthropologynd ethnologyf he ivilized
eoples
of
Europe
nd America.
t
is
intended
o
subserve
hree
urposes,iz.: i)
as
an
introduction
o
advanced tatisticalnd
demographicesearch;
2)
as an
outline
f
the
acial nd
cultural
istory
f
Europe uring
he
prehistoriceriod;
nd
3)
as
an
essay nsocialgeography.With his, ractical emonstrationnd laboratoryork
in
graphic tatistics
ill
be
combined: eginning ith he echniquef
cross-hatching
by
hand nd
machine;
he
pplicationf color-shadingn both mall cale and
wall
maps;
the
reparation
nd
nterpretation
f
urves, iagrams,
nd shaded
maps
f ll
kinds;
and
the
description
f
processes
f
reproduction,y photo-engraving
nd
lithography.
Sociology 7. Statistics
nd
sociology.
This
course s intendedo train tudents
in
theuse
of
tatistics
s an
instrument
f
nvestigationn social cience. The
topics
covered
re:
relationf statisticso
sociology,riteria
f
tatistics,opulation,opu-
lation
nd land, ex, ge, and
conjugal ondition,irths, arriages,eaths,ickness,
andmortality,ace ndnationality,igration,ocialposition,nfirmities,uicide, ice,
crime,
ature
f tatisticalegularities.
Sociology
8.
Statistics
nd
economics.This
course overs
hose tatisticsf
most se in political conomy,ut
which ave lso a direct earing n theproblems
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STUDY
OF
SOCIOLOGY
IN
UNITED
SYA
TES
5 3 5
of
sociology.
These
include
the
statistics f
land, production
f
food,
ondition
f
labor,
wages,
money, redit,
prices,
commerce,
manufactures, rade, imports
nd
exports, ational
wealth,public
debt,
and
relative
ncomes.
Sociology
9.
Theoryof statistics. This course tudiesthetheory f statistics,
averages,mean
error,
aw of
probabilities,
ules
for
collecting,
abulating,
nd
pre-
senting
tatistics,
raphical
methods,
he
value of the results
btained
by
the
statistical
method,
he
possibility
f
discovering
ocial
laws.
Sociology
0. Social evolution.
Professor
Giddings.
The
advanced
study
of
general
ociology
s
begun
n this
course.
It
includes three
parts,namely: (i)
a brief
preliminary
ccount
f
the
scientific
osition, cope,
concepts,
roblems,
methods,
nd
empirical aws
of
sociology; 2)
a
study
f
origins and early
history f
society,
with
special
attentiono the
early
forms nd
later
development f the
family;
o
the
origin,
structure,
nd functions f
the
clan; to the
organization f
the tribe, nd to the
riseof
tribalfederation; 3) a study f the origin, stablishment,nd nature of civilization,
with
special
attention o
the influence
f
ethnic
elements,
o
developments
f
social
feeling
nd
prevailing
eliefs,
o
the
policies by which ivilization as
been
extended,
and
to the
conditions hathave
produced rrested
ivilizations.
Sociology I.
Progress
nd
democracy.
Professor
Giddings.
The
phenomena
of
progressive s
distinguished rom
tationary ivilizations re the
subject
of this
course,which
ncludes three
parts,
amely: (I)
a
study
f the
causes
and
nature f
progress,
with
pecial attention
o
the
rise of
discussion,
o
the
growth f
public opin
ion, and to the
policiesby
which
ontinuing rogress s
assured;
includingmeasures
for
he
expansionof
ntellectual
reedom, or
he
repression
f
collective
violence, nd
forthecontrol f collective mpulseby legality nd deliberation;
2)
a study f the
genesis,
he nature,
nd
the
social
organization
f
modern
democracies,
nd
of
the
extent to
which
non-political
ssociations,
s
business
corporations,
abor
unions,
churches,
nd
associations for
culture nd
pleasure,
re
more
or
less
democratic,
with
special
attention o the
rise of
an
ethical
consciousness nd of
philanthropic
ndeavor,
and
to the
democratic deals of
equality nd
fraternity
n their
elations
o
social order
and to
liberty; 3)
a
study
f
the
conditions
nd laws
of social
survival,
with
pecial
attention
o
the nfluences f
character,
ccupation,
mental nd
social
activity,
hat
are
shaping
the
destinies f
the
American
people.
Sociology
2.
Pauperism, oor-laws,
nd charities.
Professor
Giddings.
This
coursebeginswiththe study f theEnglish poor-law, ts history, racticalworking,
and
consequences.
On this
foundation s built
study
f
pauperism
n
general,but
especially
s
it
may
now
be observed
n
great
cities.
The
laws of
the
different
om-
monwealthsn
regard
to
paupers,
out-relief,lmshouses,
nd
dependent
hildren re
compared.
Finally
the
special modern methods f
public
and
private
philanthropy
are
considered,
with
particular
ttention
o
charity
rganization, he
restrictionf
out-
door alms, nd the
reclamation fchildren.
Sociology23.
Crimeand
penology.
Professor
Giddings. The topics
taken
up
in
this
course re the
nature and
definitions
f crime,
he
increase of crime
nd its
modern
orms,
riminal
nthropology,he ocial
causes
of
crime,
urroundings,
arental
neglect,
ducation, he question of
responsibility,
istorical
methodsof
punishment,
the
history
f
efforts
o reform
rison
methods,modern
methods,
he
solitary ystem,
the
Elmira
system,
lassification f
criminals,
lasses of prisons,
reformatories,nd
jails.
Sociology 24.
The
civil
aspects of
ecclesiastical
organizations. Dr.
Bayles.
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536
THE AMERICAN
JOURNAL
OF
SOCIOLOGY
The
purpose
of thiscourse
s to define
hepresent
elations
f theecclesiastical
nsti-
tutes
to the
other nstitutes
f American
ociety;
the state,
he government,
arriage,
family,
ducation,
nd public wealth.
An
analysis is made
of the
guarantees f
reli-
gious liberty ontained in the federaland commonwealth onstitutions;f thecivil
statusof churches
n terms f constitutional
nd statute aw;
of the
methods f ncor-
poration;
of the functions
f trustees; f egislative
nd judicial control;
f denomina-
tional
polity according
to
its type; of the
functional
ctivity
f churches
n their
departments
f legislation,
administration,
djudication,
discipline,
nd mission;
of
the influence
f churches
on ethical
standards;
of the
distribution
f nationalities
among thedenominations;
f theterritorial
istribution
f denominational
trength; f
therelation
f polity
o density f
population;
and of the
current
movementsn
and
between
variousorganizations
ending
oward
hangesof
function
nd structure.
Sociology
29.
Laboratorywork
in statistics.
In
connectionwith
Courses
17,
i8, and
I9.
The object of the laboratorys to train he studentn methods fstatis-
tical
analysis
and computation.
Each student
will pursue
a course
of laboratory
practice
dealing with
the
general statistics
f population,
he relation
f
classes, the
distribution
f
wealth,
nd the statistics
f crime,
ice, and
misfortune.
He will
be
taught
how
to
judge
current tatistics
nd to detect
tatisticalfallacies;
in short, o
become
an expert
n
judging
of the value
of sociological
evidence.
Each
year some
practicalpiece
of work
on an
extensive
cale is undertaken
y the
class.
Sociology30.
Seminar
n
sociology.
ProfessorGiddings.
Discussion
and papers,
theses,
nd
dissertations resented
n the seminarmay
be upon
any ofthe following
topics:
i.
Population: The distribution, ensity,and growth of population in the
United
States;
including
studies
of
birth-rates
nd death-rates,
f
immigration
nto
the United States,
of
the
migration
f
population
within
he
United
States, nd
of
the composition
f the
population
by age,
sex, nationality,
nd color.
2.
The social
mind:
Studies of like
response
to stimulus,
.
g.,
to a
call
for
volunteers,
r an
awakening
to some common
nterest;
studiesof mental
nd
practi-
cal resemblance,ncluding
types
of mind and of
character,
nd their
eographical
distribution;
tudies
f the consciousness f kind;
studies of conflict,mitation,
nd
the
progress
f
assimilation;
and
studiesof concerted
olition,
ncluding xamples
of
spontaneous
o-operation,
f
panics,
crazes,
mob
violence,
nd
insurrection;
xamples
ofdeference o tradition nd to authority; xamplesof thegrowth f public opinion,
of
the formation
f social
values,
and of deliberate ocial
action.
3.
Social
organization:
Historical
or statistical studies
of
family
rganization,
and
descriptive
r
historical tudies
of
peculiar,
xceptional,
r otherwise
oteworthy
communities
r
sections, specially
essays
in
the
sociological
treatmentf local
his-
tory.
Studies
of
voluntary rganization,
ncluding eligious
nd
other ultural
asso-
ciations,
business
associations
nd trades
unions,
uristic rganizations
nd
political
parties.
4.
Social
welfare:
Studies
of
the
growth
f
public
security
nd
of
social
order;
of
the
development
f
liberty
nd
equality,
f the formation
nd the distribution
f
socialeconomicclasses,
and of the
social life and
organization
f the
self-supporting
poor;
of
the
distributionf
culture;
historical
tudies f
the
origin,
rowth,
nd
forms
of
pauperism;
statistical
tudies
f the
extent nd
causes of
pauperism;
historical
nd
comparative
tudies
f
poor-laws
nd
public
relief;
historical nd
comparative
tudies
of the
methods
f
private
harity;
historical
tudies
of the
origin,
ncrease,
nd
forms
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SYUDY OF SOCIOLOGY
IN UNITED STATES
537
of crime; statistical
tudies of the extent and causes
of crime;
critical studies of
criminal nthropology r criminal
ociology; historical
nd comparative tudies of
punishmentnd
reformation.
STATISTICAL LABORATORY
AND SEMINAR.
29. Two hours. Fortnightly,
ive members. The
work of the year devotedto
developing he
mathematical heory
f statisticswithpractical xercises.
SEMINAR IN SOCIOLOGY.
PROFESSOR GIDDINGS.
30. Two
hours. Fortnightly,welvemembers.
The following apers
were
read
and discussed:
Types of Mind and Character n Colonial
Massachusetts;
Types
of
Mind
and Character n Colonial
Connecticut; Types of Mind and
Character n
Colonial New
York; Types of
Mind and Character n Colonial Pennsylvania;
Types of Mind and Character in Colonial Virginia; Types of Mind and
Character n the
Early Days of North Carolina;
Types of Mind and
Character
in
the Early
Days of Kentucky; Types of Mind
and Character in the Early
Days of Indiana;
Types of Mind and Character
in the Early
Days of Wis-
consin; An Analysisof the Mental
Characteristics
f the Population of an
East-
Side New York CityBlock;
A Statistical Study
of the Responses to Lincoln's
FirstCall forVolunteers; The
Charities of the
Five Presbyterian
hurches
n
Harlem; The
Poor-Laws of Connecticut;
Parochial Settlements
n England;
A
Critical nd
Statistical tudyof Male and Female
Birth-Rates.
WORK
OF FELLOWS.
THOMAS
JESSE JONES.
Mr.
Jones
worked under he
direction f ProfessorGiddings upon
his doctor's
dissertation:
A Sociological Study of the Population
of a New
York City
Block.
Professor
Giddings reportsthat this dissertation romises
to be
one of
the
most
minute
nvestigations
f modern city ife yet undertaken.
Mr.
Jones
lso
made the
annual
revision
of the list and
description f social settlements n
New York city
which s
regularly
xpected of a fellow n sociology.
MANHATTAN COLLEGE.
DEPARTMENT OF
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Sociology.
Psychology
f social and historicalaspects of social
organization,
ancient nd modern.
Studyof concrete ocial problems.
HISTORY
DEPARTMENT.
English
social
history. Organization
f earlyEnglish society,
nd subsequent
changes
n
social
development.
NEW
YORK UNIVERSITY.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE-DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL
SCIENCE.
Principles f sociology.
Professor ohnson.
UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL
-DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIOLOGY.
PROFESsoR RUSSELL.
I.
Introductiono sociology.
An
introductiono
social science,with
n elemen-
tary
ourse
n
the origin f civilization nd the early
history
f institutions,
n
prepa-
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538 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY
ration for the scientific tudy f political and social economics. Spencer's Studyof
Sociology,umner's ocial Classes, eschel's Races
of
Man as text-books.
2.
Principles of sociology. In part a study of the Spencerian philosophy
f
evolution n the sociological aspects. A monograph n an appropriate heme equired
of each student.
ProfessorJohnson's ourse s with he sophomores, nd is intended o give some
conception f the meaningof social laws and progress, nd of the scope and methods
of modern elief nd reform gencies.
ProfessorRussell encourages research and original investigation, articularly
along the ines of housing f the poor, moral tenements,orrectional nd charitable
plants and enterprises,odging-houses,ramps, tc. Local strikes ave been investi-
gated,and something as been done, but not much, n thisdirection.
SCHOOL OF PEDAGOGY.
DR. MONTERIER.
Sociology
n
relation o education. The aim of this course s to lead the student
to view society s a vast and complex organism, o study
n a
general way
ts
struc-
ture nd functions,nd to see the relation f education o the other reat divisions f
social activity. Some of the topics treated re: the need of a social science,espe-
cially
from
he teacher'spointof view; preparation or uch
a
science;
the school as
a
social institution; he organic concept of society; in what sense
is the school
an
organism? he family s the primaryocial group, ts history, unctions,
nd
pathology;
social aggregates; structuralignificance f the public-school ystem;
the
school as a
social communicatingpparatus; its relation o the other ommunicatinghannels, s
the
press,public platform,nd social psychology; ocial reform;
are
of the
depend-
ent,delinquent, nd abnormal classes, with pecial reference o the treatment
f chil-
dren.
Throughout he course the observation f the student's wn
social environment
is stimulated, nd history,s well as current vents, s largelydrawnupon
for
llustra-
tions,with view of givingthe student clear and concrete rasp of the
fundamental
principles f the science. Dewey's Pedagogical Creed,whichgives
an
excellent
tate-
ment of the nature of education nd the school,viewed from he social side,
s read
and
discussed. Spencer'sStudyofSociology nd Small and Vincent re
also
used.
Social Psychology, rofessorMacDougall.
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER.
2. Special topics
n
economics.
5. Capital
and labor.
IO. Economic functions f the state.
The
sociological pointof view
s
largely dopted n connectionwith
the histori-
cal
studies, specially n connectionwith the study f the Roman
law in its
genesis
and
growth.
UNION
UNIVERSITY.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HISTORY
AND
SOCIOLOGY.
The
mutual relations f men
n
society
xamined
historically
o learn how
pres-
ent
conditions ave
resulted
from
past experience.
Present social
forces
nd
needs
consideredwith
the
purpose
of
training
he
student
for
good citizenship. Lectures,
collateral
eading,
nd
practical ociological nvestigation.
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STUDY OF
SOCIOLOGY
IN
UNITED STATES
539
SYRACUSE
UNIVERSITY.
SOCIOLOGY.
PROFESSOR HAMILTON.
The following ourses n sociology re designedto introduce hestudent oboth
the theoreticalnd
applied phases
of
the subject. They
are
open
to
juniors,
eniors,
and graduate
tudents.
I.
3. Practical
sociology. The more mportant f familiar ocial questions
as
immigration,he
integrityf the family, elations
between
labor and
capital, and
devicesfor he
encouragement f provident abits are examined n the ectures, nd
collateral
eading s required.
II. 3.
Degenerate social classes. Problems f pauperism nd crime re
studied.
The lectures re
supplemented y collateralreading and visits o institutions.
III.
Introductiono social theory. Lectures nd elementary eading.
IV. 3. Literatureof sociology. Critical reviews of publications by the best-
knownwriters. Studentswho desire to do so may elect
this course
for
wo semesters,
i.
e.,
n
both he
unior and senioryears.
V. 3.
Research. Students who have had sufficient reparation may
have
researchworkwith
the instructor. Among the subjects
investigated n recentyears
are: the
consumption f liquors n the United States, and the charitable
nstitutions
of
the cityof
Syracuse. The workfor he nextyear will
be announced
t
the
begin-
ning of the first
emester.
POLITICAL ECONOMY.
MR.
HAWKINS.
V. 2.
Socialismand social reform.This coursepresents he various chemesfor
reforming odern
ociety, nd attempts o examine each one in the ightof
economic
and political
science. The topics discussed are: the
origin and development
f
property; ealthdistribution nder lavery, erfdom,
agedom; the modern heory
f
wealth distribution;
nequality n wealth; the social problem
nd the different
olu-
tions; socialism, ts eaders, history,nd economic
tatement; criticism;how to
solve
the
social problem.
PEDAGOGY.
PROFESSOR STREET.
IV. I. Social
phases of education. A studywill be
made of the relations
that
existbetween heschooland thecommunitynd the state. During a portionof the
timeDutton'sSocial
Phases of Education in
tze
School nd
theHome,Vincent's
ocial
Mind and Education,
and Dewey's School nd Societywill
be read.
NORTH
CA4ROLINA-
UNIVERSITY
OF
NORTH CAROLINA.
POLITICAL
AND
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
PROFESSOR
BATrLE.
I.
History
nd
principles
of
political economy
nd
sociology.
Text-books nd
lectures. Theses on
assigned topics.
2.
Current uestions. Seminarymethods n the
studyof economic and social
questions.
DAVIDSON
COLLEGE.
Much work s done
in
sociology
n the
department
f biblical
nstruction,
hich
is
a
three-years'ourse n the English Bible, with three
recitations week. Much
work s
also done in the
courseof economics.
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540
THE
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY
TRINITY
COLLEGE.
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL ECONOMY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.
PROFESSOR DOWD.
ib.
Giddings's Principles f Sociology.
2a. Lectureson practical ociological problems, uch as charity, he saloon, sani-
tation, enement ouses,child abor,etc.
2b. Same continued, overing such subjects as crime, ocial influences f art,
civilization f present nd past contrasted, tc.
4. History fPoliticalEconomny,lanqui;
Tariff
History f United tates, aussig;
Zistory
f
Currency, haw; Socialism, ly; Social Statics, pencer; Taxation, Selig-
man. Original papers required n topics assigned.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY.
PROFESSOR BASSETr.
9.
Social
development
n
America.
This
coursewill begin with he colonies
and
come down to
the present-day onditions. It will be the purpose to considerwith
some detail the chief forceswhich have entered nto the development f American
society.
The
colonies will be studied eparately, nd thenthe processby whichthey
were knit
nto one nationwill be followed ut. Special attentionwill be given to
the
conditions
f southern ife.
GUILFORD COLLEGE.
We are
doing nothing
n
sociology xcept
such
reference
o
it
as
grows
out of
political cience, psychology, nd ethics, nd an occasional lecture n the subject.
NOR
TH DA KO
TA-
FARGO COLLEGE.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
E. Sociology. Principles f social evolution. A study f the development f the
various
forms
f
human ssociation,with ome attention
o such
practical problems
s
pauperism, rime, he slums, nd divorce. Professor nowlton.
UNIVERSITY
OF NORTH
DAKOTA.
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL
SCIENCE.
PRESIDENT
MERRIFIELD,
PROFESSOR
PETERSON.
Sociology. A scientific nd historicalstudyof social forcesand phenomena,
with
analytic treatment of institutions
nd
origin and progress
of
civilization.
Giddings'sElements f Sociology.
Social
problems.
A
critical
study
f American social
conditions,
with
special
reference
o existingdangers
and
evils,
as
pauperism, rime, mmigration,
he concen-
tration
of urban population, etc. Wright'sPractical Sociology,
nd
Henderson's
Dependent, efective nd Delinquent
Classes.
OHIO-
BUCHTEL
COLLEGE.
POLITICAL ECONOMY
AND
SOCIOLOGY.
PROFESSOR
ORTH.
(b) Sociology. An elementary ourse designed
to
introduce he student
o the
elementary rinciples
f human
ssociation
and to
develop
the
power
of
observing
and
analyzing
ocial facts. Fairbanks's Introduction
o
Sociology
s
read; essays
and
library
work.
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STUDY
OF SOCIOLOGY IN UNITED
STATES
541
OHIO UNIVERSITY.
HISTORY, ECONOMICS,
AND POLITICAL
SCIENCE.
Historys regarded as a recordof the social, economic,moral, nd political life
of
the
people.
Immigration
nd its effect pon
the country. ProfessorHigley.
PHILOSOPHY AND PEDAGOGY.
2. Ethics.
Sociology or social
psychology. Thiswork is intended to
supple-
ment he ndividualistic
oint of view assumed n Ethics
I.
Professor oan.
UNIVERSITY OF
CINCINNATI.
SOCIOLOGY.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HUBBARD.
Ia.
The dependentand defectiveclasses. The causes of poverty; theEnglish
poor-law; public
relief
f destitution
n
American ities; alms-houses; homes
for he
aged; old-age
pensions;
the care of
dependent
children;
modern
rganizedcharity;
the
blind;
the deaf; the insane; the feeble-minded;
he epileptic. Text,
Warner's
AmericanCharities.
2b.
Criminology.
Criminal nthropology; unishment
nd reformation; rison
systems;
Elmira
Reformatory;convict abor; juvenile
courts; care of discharged
prisoners. Text,
Wines's Punishment nd Reformation.
3c.
Remedial measures. Social
settlements; tenement-house mprovement;
rapid transit; parks
and
playgrounds;
vacation schools; substitutes
or
the
saloon;
the mmigrationroblem; organized abor; factory egislation; the eight-houray;
the
negro problem;
treatment
f
tuberculosis;
he
protection
f
the
family;
marriage
and divorce; the church nd the social
problem; and other
opics.
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY.
Ethics ncludes, nt. l.. ethics
and socialism; ethical doctrine
n
its bearing
on
the
conception
f
society,
n
the
several divisions
of home
government,
nd
religious
observance.
There
is also
a
universityettlement.
WESTERN
RESERVE UNIVERSITY.
ADELBERT
COLLEGE. PHILOSOPHY.
PROFESSOR CURTIS.
7.
Graduate ourses.
Sociology
n the
ight
of
anthropology.
The
main
problems
and
bearings
f
anthropology
ill be discussed
n
systematic
rder nd their
ociologi-
cal
import
noted
in
such
works
as those
of
Morgan,
Brinton,Quatrefages,
aylor,
Pritchard,
arwin, Wallace, Ranke,
and Ratzel. Then
a course of lectureswill out-
line
a
more
ystematic
reatment
f
sociology
based
upon
anthropology,
fter
which
certain
spects
of the works
of
Comte, Buckle, Spencer,Sch-affle,
ilienfeld, tein,
Ward,
and
Giddings
will be discussed.
HISTORY, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.
ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR
WATKER.
I7.
Statistics.
Theory
nd
method. General
survey
of the field
of
economic
and
sociological
statistics,
ith
study
f
important
tatistical ocuments.
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542
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL
OF SOCIOLOGY
OHIO
STATE UNIVERSITY.
ECONOMICS
AND SOCIOLOGY.
The university,hrough he effortsnd generosityof its friends,s possessed
of
a
unique equipment
or
tudypurposes
n these
lines.
This
equipment omprises
a large
collection f
railroad,municipal,
nd school
bonds;
of stocks of
all
kinds;
of
letters
f
credit, rafts, oreign
illsof
exchange,
bills of lading,
checks, nclosures,
statements,nsurance policies,
trust
certificates, otes,mortgages,
nd all theneces-
saryforms
f
business
paper;
also
collections
of coins
illustrative
f various periods
in our monetary
istory,
oreign oins,
nd
scrip; also sets of maps
and charts, nd a
Kiepert-Commercial
lobe
8ocm.
in
diameter. Ample facilities or tatisticalwork
are provided,
nd a
seminary
oom et
apart
for
he use of laboratorymaterial,
ocu-
ments, tc.,
s
always open
to advanced students. It is the
policy
of the department
to make
the
statistical
nvestigations
nd
research
work
of
advanced
students ontribu-
tory
to the
permanent
quipment
of
the
department,
hus enriching he facilities
from ear to year withmaterial f
scientific nd
pedagogical value.
DEPARTMENT OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
PROFESSOR STONER, AsSOCIATE PROFESSOR SOUTHER.
5.
Lectures
on the industrial
nd
artisticevolution of society.
History f the
early
races
considered
with
special
reference o the
development
n culture
ained
through
andwork.
Practice work:
Preparations
of a
series
of models
comprising
the
different
titchesused
in
plain
hand-sewing;
ornamental titches nd
simple
embroidery.One
lecture
nd
three
practice
periods
each
week.
DEPARTMENT OF
ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY.
PROFESSOR LARK,
AssIsTANm RoFESsoRHAGERTY.
SOCIOLOGY GROUP.
2.
The history
f industrial
ociety.
A
general
view of
the evolution
f
ndustrial
society; involving
a
study
f
the manorial and
guild systems;
of the rise
of
class
interest;
the formation
f
trading companies; land-holding;
the
development
f
capitalistic nterprise
nd
the
economic
egislation
nd
theories
hat
grew
out
of
these
conditions,
with
pecial
reference o
England.
Lectures and
assigned readings.
3.
Industrial
and financial
history
f the
United States.
A
complete urvey f
American
ndustries,
inancial
esources,
nd
policies.
4. Transportation.
A
study
f
the
development
nd
present
economic tatusof
roads, canals,
and railroads
n
their elation o
industry
nd to the state.
5.
Practical
problems: immigration,
oney,
and.
6. Practical
problems:
railroads, ariff,
rises.
7.
Practical
problems:
of
abor
and
capital.
ii.
Sociology.
Text-books, ectures,
nd
original investigations. Through
the
kindness
f
the various
officers
f
the Godman
Guild-House,opportunity
ill be
pro-
vided students
n
this
courseof
doing practical
work
at
the
guild.
The
course,
s
to
time
and subject-matter,
ill
be
arranged
to
suit
those in the city
who
may wish
scientific rainingalong the lines of charity nd philanthropicwork, nd thestate
board of charities
s well as the officers
f
the
Associated Charities
of the
city
re
enlisted
n
the
work
of this
course.
First term
Giddings's
Elements
f Sociology.
Second
term:
Henderson's
Dependent, efective
nd
Delinquent
Classes.
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STUDY
OF
SOCIOLOGY
IN UNITED STATES
543
I2. The historynd theory f socialism.
A complete tudy f the
subject n its
historical, conomic,nd critical aspects. The socio-economic
octrines
f the phi-
losophers, heutopias
of Plato, More, Campanella, Cabet, etc., and the
theses of the
variousGerman, rench, ndEnglish schoolsofsocialists,will be treated. The origin
of privateproperty,heright o abor, ights
f ndustrial lasses, and the
fundamental
principlesof industrial ocietywill be analyzed.
Syllabus,
ectures,
nd collateral
readings.
I3. Sociology nd statistics. Lectures
and laboratorywork.
I6. Thesis work.
In this work,
as
far
as possible, only original sources are
used, and investigations ade from eal life.
The aim is to set before
ach student
the accomplishment f the task of extending
n some degree,however
slight, he
boundariesof economic
and sociological knowledge.
Meetings are arrangedwith
the
instructorhroughout
he year.
2I.
Growth nd development f social thought nd institutions.AssistantPro-
fessor
Hlagerty.
GRADUATE COURSE.
I7. Advanced economics.
The
aim
of
this course is to offer he student an
opportunityo specialize
to any degree he may desire along the various
ines within
the
field of the department.
Elections will naturally
all
underone of
the following
heads: (a) Theoretical
roblems. (b) Historical problems. (c) Practical
problems.
(d) Finance. (e) Commerce.
(f) Sociology theoretical
r
practical).
(g) Statistics
(h) Teacher's course
nd training orfellowship.
When several students
elect
the same
line
of
work, heymay
constitute hem-
selvesa group, nd a seminary ill be organized s a nucleusfor uchwork. A semi-
nary
n
sociology
i7f)
was announced
for he
year
9OI-2.
22.
Primitive
ociety.
Assistant
rofessor
agerty.
OHIO
WESLEYAN
UNIVERSITY.
DEPARTMENT
OF HISTORY.
D. Sociology.
An
introductory
ourse to
the
study
f
sociology.
The
various
schools
will be
presented
n
lectures.
Both
theory
nd
practice
will
receive
due
attention. Professor
tevenson.
HIRAM
COLLEGE.
DEPARTMENT
OF POLITICAL
AND SOCIAL
SCIENCE.
In
course we require only
one
term
n
sociology. However,
other
tudies,
s
industrial
history
f
England,
are made
to bear
much
on
social
study,
nd
text-book
work
s
supplemented
y
lectures. Professor
. B. Wakefield.
In sociology
nd
political
science the
problems
f the
day
in
municipalgovern-
ment
nd
the various
reformmovements
re studied
n
the
ight
of historical
llustra-
tions
and the
social
phenomena
f
the
past.
Lectures
are
given
on the
pathology
f
society,
ommunistic
deals,
and
other
opics.
MARIETTA COLLEGE.
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY.
Introduction
o
sociology.
A
study
f the
principles
nd methods
f
the
science,
with
consideration f
some of
the
practicalproblems
of social reform.
Small
and
Vincent, upplemented
y readings, eports,
nd
essays.
President
Perry.
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544 THE
A
MERICAN JOURNAL
OF
SOCIOLOGJ'
OBERLIN
COLLECE.
I.
Sociology.
Two hours.
Associate
Professor ogart.
A
study f
the
elemen-
tary
principles
of human
association and the
development
f
the
differentorms
f
association. The purposeofthecourse s to develop n themind of the studentthe
powerto
observe and
analyze
social
facts,
nd
to
enable him
to trace
these
facts
o
the
elementary ocial motives and
forces,
aws,
and
causes.
Differentwriters re
studied each
year;
last
year
Fairbanks's
Introduction
o
Sociology
was
used,
and
in
19OI-2 Spencer's
Principles
of
Sociologywas
read.
A
comparative tudv
is also
made
of other
works.
I
I. Socialism
and
social
reform.
A study f
the
fundamental haracteristics f
industrial
ociety,
nd an examination
f the
proposed
plans
of social
reconstruction:
(i) those
that
propose
a
reconstructionf
society n
a
fundamentally
ifferent
asis
from
he
present;
2)
those whichare
merely alliative
n
their ims
and
tendencies;
(3) thosewhich propose the progressive mprovementnd rehabilitation f society
without
estroying
ts
present
oundations.
Morely's
deal
Commonwealthsnd
Ely's
French
and
English
Socialismwill be used
as
texts,
upplemented
y
ectures.
12.
Practical
sociology;
charities. A
study of the
problems
of pauperism and
its
relief;
causes of
poverty,
methods of
treatment,
haritable
nstitutions
nd
agen-
cies.
Visits will be made
by
the class
to
institutionsn
the
neighborhood f
Oberlin.
Warner's
American
Charities
will be
used as a
text,
upplemented y
lectures and
papers.
Practical
sociology;
criminology.
A
study
f
theproblems f
crime,
unishment,
reformation,
nd
criminal
nthropology. Wines's
Punishment and
Reformation
s
usedas a text. Lectures nd papers.
OTTERBEIN
UNIVERSITY.
ECONOMICS
AND
POLITICAL
SCIENCE.
5.
Sociology.
Some
attentionwill
be
given
to the
historical
development f
society.
The
greater
part
of
the term
will be
given to the
consideration f social con-
ditions
nd problems. Small and
Vincent's
ntroduction.
Professor
navely.
WITTENBERG
COLLEGE.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HISTORY AND
POLITICAL
ECONOMY.
PROFESSOR PRINCE.
5. Sociology nd socialism.
UNIVERSITY OF
WOOSTER.
DEPARTMENT
OF HISTORY,
MORALS,
AND
SOCIOLOGY.
I.
Sociology. Special attention
will
be paid
to the history
nd
principles of
socialism,
o various
questions
f
reform
nd
administration,nd
to the
amelioration
of
social conditions.
Text-books,
aried
according to the
growing
iterature f
the
subject,
will
be
used.
Text-book
work
will
be
varied by ectures.
Professor covel.
ANTIOCH
COLLEGE.
PHILOSOPHICAL
DEPARTMENT.
Sociology. The numerousocial questions hat are nowclaiming ttentionmake
this
tudy
ne of
great mportance.
OREGON-
ALBANY
COLLEGE.
Professor harles
J.
Bushnellgives
courseson
social economics
nd
sociology.
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STUDY OF
SOCIOLOGY
IN UNITED
STAfES
545
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON.
ECONOMICS
AND SOCIOLOGY.
PROFESSOR
YOUNG,
MR. WHITTLESEY.
GroupV. Society is
confronted ith great
problems
that
challenge
a
recon-
struction
f
the
social organization
nd
a
revision f
the fundamental onclusions n
all the
ocial sciences. These
problems
re
appropriately
made the
subject
of
univer-
sity
nvestigation.
I. General
ntroductoryourse. The theory f
evolution n its
applicationsto
society;
the
process
n
connectionwith he new
elements
n
the
human
sphere; the
genesis
of
social life, mind, and institutions
onstitutes he scope of
this
course.
Lectures nd readings.
The
general ntroductoryourse
gives the student
he point of view of modern
thought
n
the
economic,
olitical,
nd
social
sciences, nd
outlines
he
generalcourse
of
progress
n
each line of social
achievement
hrough
he
ower
tages
of
civilization.
2. Modern industrial
organization.
The tendency oward
corporateorganiza-
tionsof industrynd
centralization, ith
resultingmodificationsf
the
conditions f
competition.
I.
Economic problems.
Labor and
capital,profit-sharing,
orporations,ocialism
I. Elements of
society. Society
s an
organization
nalyzed
for a
determina-
tionof
its
characteristics. Text-book
nd
collateral
eading.
I.
Principles of sociology and
theory
f
social
forces.
As
conceived of
by
leading
modern ociologists.
2. Anthropology. An
introduction o the
methods and
conclusions of
anthro-
pology nd ethnologyn their elations o the social sciences.
3.
The
social debtor classes.
Studies of questions connected with charities
penology,
nd
criminology.
4. Democracy. Its characteristicsnd
tendencies.
PACIFIC
UNIVERSITY.
DEPARTMENT OF
HISTORY
AND
POLITICAL
SCIENCE.
Sociology. Introduction nd study
f some
eading problems, uch as
charities
penal institutions,tc.
Giddings,
mall and
Vincent, pencer,
nd
others.
McMINNVILLE
COLLEGE.
Introduced sociology nto courses
three years
ago. Elective
in
senioryear of
collegecourses, wo
credits. Use
C.
R. Henderson's Social
Elements s a
class
guide
and
outline
f the work. Work limited
n
amount,
ut of
great
interest nd
value
Class
of
five this
year. Subject grows
in
interest
and
popularity. Teach it in
connection
with
political economy
nd
ethics.
Cover
the ground overedby
Professor
Henderson's
book.
WILLAMETTE
UNIVERSITY.
SOCIAL
SCIENCE,
ECONOMICS.
Course
125. Second
semester.
Sociology, study
f the
general
principles
of
sociology. Giddings, rincifles f Sociology.
GRADUATECOURSES
FOR
THE DEGREES OF DOCTOROF
PHILOSOPHYAND
MASTER OF ARTS.
Group :
Tylor, Anthropology;
Quatrefages,
The Human Species; Le
Fbvre,
Race
and
Language; Lubbock,
Origin of
Civilization; Starcke, The
Primitive
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546
THE
AMERICAN JOURNAL
OF SOCIOLOGY
Family; Westermarck,
istory
ofHuman Marriage;
Lubbock,
Prehistoric
Times;
Fontaine,Ethnology;
Peschel,
Races ofMan and
Geographical
istribution;
Demker,
Races of Man.
Group I: Cox, Mythologyf theAryan Nalions; Tylor,Early History f Man-
kind; Maine, Village
Communities; aveleye,
Primitive
Properly;Giddings,
Prin-
ciples
of Sociology;
Spencer,
Principles of
Sociology;
Mayo-Smith,
Statistics
nd
Sociology;
Wright,
raclical
Sociology;
Ward, Dynamic Sociology.
PENNSYLVANIA-
DICKINSON
COLLEGE.
SOCIOLOGY
AND
ECONOMICS.
Sociology.
One hour week
in
sociology
s
elective
throughout
he senioryear.
The
subject
is taught
n
its
broadest
and most practical
aspects.
The text-book s
essentially
he
text
upon
which the
body
of the work is based. Monthly
ectures
uponthe most mportantactors f thesubjectare given by the head of the depart-
ment,
nd these re
open
to the
public
as well
as
to the class.
Concrete problems
n
social
science are assigned
to members
f
the
class for
nvestigation,
evelopment,
and
report.
Professor
ilcher.
HAVERFORD
COLLEGE.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Economic problems.
The labor
problem,
ocialism,
nd
monopolies.
A
study
is
made
of
the
factory
ystem,
abor
organizations,
abor
egislation,
ourts f arbitra-
tion,
tc. The
history
f
socialism,
nd
the aims and methods
fsocialistic rganiza-
tions
are
investigated.
The
growth
f ndustrial
ombinations,
ffecting
abor,capital
publiccontrolndmanagement,s considered. Professor arrett.
iob. Ethics.
This course
considers urrent
uestions
n
practical
thics
nd soci-
ology,
uch as
politics,
emperance,
war, charity,
nd
prison
dministration,
he
labor
question,
tc.,
on their
moral side. President harpless.
FRANKLIN
AND
MARSHALL
COLLEGE.
DEPARTMENT
OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.
General
sociology.
An
elementary
ourse
dealing
with
he
structure
nd
function
of
contemporary
ociety
nd the conditions
nd forms
f social
progress.
Designed
also
to
acquaint
the student
with
existing
social
problems.
Giddings's
Elements;
lectures nd collateralreading. ProfessorHiester.
(See
also
Theological
Seminary
f the Reformed hurch.)
BUCKNELL
UNIVERSITY.
DEPARTMENT
OF LOGIC AND SOCIOLOGY.
PROFESSOR
WILLIAM
EMMETT MARTIN.
7.
Sociology,principles
nd
theory.
8.
Charities
nd
reform.
9. Criminology
nd
penology.
IO. Sociology.
A
course of lectures on
sociology
from the
Christianpoint
of
view is giveneach yearbyLemuelMoss,LL.D., to the wholecollege.
ALLEGHENY
COLLEGE.
DEPARTMENT
OF POLITICAL AND
SOCIAL
SCIENCE.
In
social
science
the
main
attention
s
given
to the study f the development
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STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY IN
UNITED
STAT ES
547
of economic life and
institutions,
merican
conditions
being
specifically nalyzed.
Students re
encouraged
o
individual
research.
Sociology.
This is
a continuation
f economics.
The
text-bookwork is
based
on Giddings'sElementsof Sociology. Lectures and investigations f various social
problems. This coursewill be
alternated with
one on socialistic heories. Professor
Smith.
ALBRIGHT
COLLEGE.
Sociology.
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE.
In
sociology we use a text-book, ollowing
with
it
immediately
fter
political
economy,
nd
taughtby
the
professor
f
economics.
Sociological
matters
re
also
largely aken up by himwith
the history f
civilization. So, also, with the study
f
general ethics.
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, PHILADELPHIA.
In this chool teach
sociologyto the
senior lass,numbering hisyear
about
140. It gets
four monthsof lectures on
social ethics. Then
come fourmonths
f
social
economics, ased
on
myPolitical
Economy
or
High
Schools.
To the
senior lass of our
department
f
pedagogy give
fourmonths f his-
toric
ociology
nd
four
months
f
ethical
sociology,
he
atter
devoted especially to
current thical
problems.
Both
by
ectures. PresidentR.
E.
Thompson.
UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA.
SPECIAL COURSE IN SOCIAL WORK.
3. Social historyf England. A study f the organizationof society n early
England,
and of
the
subsequent
conomic
changes
nd
social
development.
Lectures
and
required
eadings.
7. Development f Englishcivilization.
A
study
f the
social progress f Eng-
land
during the
ast
three
enturies. The facts
in
regard
to each
great
industrial
epoch
are
presented,
nd their
nfluence
n
national
ife, hought,
nd
activity
onsid-
ered.
Special attention s
given
o those
phases of
English development
which hrow
lightuponthe trend f American civilization.
ASSISTANT PRoFEssoR
INDSAY.
20.
Sociology.
I. Study
of
ancient
nd
modern social
ideals, and of the pro-
jected types
of an ideal
society.
Social elements
nd
history
f
sociologicaltheories;
modern heories
oncerning
ocial
organization.
Plato's
Republic,
Aristotle's
olitics
and
Ideal
Commonwealths
onstitute
art
of
the
required reading
of the
course. II.
Study
and
analysis
of
historical
nd
existing
ocieties.
Special
reference o the
gen-
eral
stages
of social
evolution,
o
the factors n
social
psychology,
o the
requisites
f
social
survival,
ocial
efficiency,
nd
social control.
Lectures
follow
Manual
and
Outlines.
Assigned
readings.
23. Charities
and
correction.
A
study
f social
failures,
nd
of
the efforts
o
restore
ocial debtor lasses and individuals o social
efficiency.
The
causes
of
pov-
erty;
the
problems
f
pauperism;
the
development
nd
administration f
charities;
penology; publicand private genciesin dealingwithpauperism nd crime.
24. Social
reform
n
the nineteenth
entury.
A
study
f
the
writings
f four
groups of social reformers:
a)
the
utopists: Saint-Simon,
ourier,Owen, Bellamy,
Hertzka; (b)
the
moral and ethical
group: Kingsley, Maurice,
Carlyle, Ruskin,
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IN
UNITED STATES
549
emphasize
heir
ociological rather han their trictly echnical ide, and thus
a
good
deal of nterests kept alive in current s well as permanent
ociological questions.
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.
HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.
PROFESSOR
WILLIAM I. HULL AND
DR.
GUSTAV A.
KLEENE.
Course . Elementsof economics. Industrial roblems f today, ncluding abor
organization; strikes and arbitration; co-operation nd
profit-sharing; ndustrial
betterment;aborers' nsurance; immigration; he unemployed; the eight-hour ay;
women
nd children n industry;monopolies nd trusts.
Course
3. Socialism; ts historynd claims. Industrial
eformersfthenineteenth
century. Municipalproblems. One hundred nd forty-four
ours.
Course4. Elementsof sociology. Social problems f today,ncluding rime and
punishment; he nsane nd feeble-minded; auperism nd charity;
enement ouses;
womanhood and the family; the childrenof the poor; social settlements; ntem-
perance and methods f temperance eform; he Salvation
Army's ocial work; the
negro; the ndian. In connectionwith he work in social science
visits re made to
neighboring haritable nd correctionalnstitutions.
RHODE ISLAND-
COLLEGE OF ST. THOMAS
OF VILLANOVA.
PHILOSOPHY.
5. Sociology. Definition nd origin f he ocial questions;the lementsfnatural
justice and morality n the acquisition of property;
socialism
defined;
different
schools of socialism; social democracy
n
Germany;
critical
xamination f the
origin
of socialism; social order
from
Christian tandpoint;
the
labor
question
nd
other
questions f the day.
BROWN
UNIVERSITY.
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
SCIENCE.
PROFESSORS WILSON AND DEALEY,
AND
DR.
WILLETT.
I2. Elementary
ourse.
I.
The principlesof sociology. Nature of society, ocial forces,
nd
environ-
ment.
2, 3. Social problemsand conditions. Relating
to
charity, riminology,tc.
4.
Social
philosophy.
Aims and
ideals
in
social
life,
ocial
well-being.
5.
Developmentof social theory. Tracing important heories, ancient and
modern,
n
regard
o social
conditions nd
development.
7, 8, 9.
Current ocial
theory
nd
practice. Throughout
he
year.
Elective for
graduates.
Practical
ociological investigations.
IO. Social institutions. heir development, orms,
nd
importance.
The
family,
church, tate,
tc.
I I. Demography. Dispersion
of
races.
A
social
study
f
race characteristics.
I3. Socialism. Ancient and modern,
with
especial
attention o
presentphases
of
the
theory.
14. Social statistics. Method
of
gathering
nd
handling
data
in the
study
f
social
problems
nd
conditions.
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550
THE
AMERICAN JOURNAL
OF
SOCIOLOGY
SOUTH
CAROLINA-
COLLEGE OF
CHARLESTON.
i. General
sociology. The
organiccharacter nd
physicalbasis
of
society;
the
social mind;
the courses
and modes of social
activity; processes
of social
develop-
ment,
tc. Fairbanks's
ntroductiono
Sociology,
r Small
and
Vincent's ntroduction
to
the tudy f Society.
NEWBERRY
COLLEGE.
Introduction
o sociology
(Fairbanks). Two
hours a week, three
months,
n
department f
political science
about same
work
as
we require
n
political
conomy.
SOUTH DAKOTA-
UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTH
DAKOTA.
SOCIOLOGY.
PROFESSOR
OUNG.
I. Theoryof sociology. A study f the principles fsocial organization, istory
of social
theory,
lements and
structure
f
society,
historical volution
f
society,
function
f the
state, ogether
with
a
considerationof
some
of the more
important
social
problems
f
the
present,
s the labor
question,
o-operation, harity rganiza-
tions,
he
iquor
problem,
tc.
II.
Criminal
ociology. A
study f
the psychology
f
criminality,
ith
psycho-
logical definition
nd
analysis
of
criminal
ypes. The data of criminal
nthropology
are
reviewed,
with
an
analysis
of
criminal
tatistics
rom
whichdeductions re
made
relative o
crime,
ts
punishment,
nd
its
remedies.
Practicalreforms
n
the
treatment
of criminals re
discussed,
and
recent
experiments
nd
modern
theories
xamined.
Critiques nd reports ponlibrarywork re a feature.
III.
Charities
nd
corrections.
A
study
f
hedefective nd
dependent lasses,
nd
the
problems
f social
organization
or
their are and relief.
The causes of
pauperism
are
discussed, ogether
with
n
attempt o
discriminate etween
proper
nd
improper
methods f
relief. The variousforms
f
charity rganizations nd theirmethods re
reviewed. The
history
nd
theory
f
public
philanthropynvestigatedbyextensive
library
work. Observation
nd
study
f
local
institutions o far
as time nd
oppor-
tunity ermit.
YANKTON
COLLEGE.
DEPARTMENT
ECONOMICS, POLITICAL
SCIENCE, AND
HISTORY.
Elements f sociology. An introductionothescientifictudy f society, esigned
to
furnish basis
for
he
ntelligentnvestigation
f
social
problems,
specially
on
the
part
of
those
who
propose
to
enter he
ministry
r the
work of
organized
charities.
Small
and
Vincent; Crafts;
and
Bascom,Social Theory.
TENNESSEE-
UNIVERSITY OF
TENNESSEE.
ECONOMICS.
PRESIDENT
CHARLES W. DABNEY.
5.
Problems
of
economics, ncluding
questions
arising out of the
relationsof
capital
and
labor,
ndustrial
rbitration,
nd
conciliation,
rofit-sharing,nd co-opera-
tion.
9. Principles
of
sociology. The
social theory, methods,
and problems
of
sociology;
the
structure f
society; the evolution f
society;
civilization;
progress;
democracy;
he
social
teachings
f
Christ; the nature
nd end of
society.
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STUDY
OF SOCIOLOGY
IN
UNITED
STA TES 551
ROGER WILLIAMS
UNIVERSITY.
DEPARTMENT
OF
CIVICS, SOCIOLOGY, AND
ECONOMICS.
REV. PETER BUELL GUERNSEY.
Sociology. Presenting general
outline
of the subject,with pecial
study f
the
social condition
f
the negro race
in
city nd
country.
CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY.
PHILOSOPHY.
6. Sociology.
An
introductoryourse
n
the
subject.
ProfessorWeir.
VANDERBILT
UNIVERSITY.
HISTORY
AND ECONOMICS.
PROFESSOR
MOORE AND MR. DYER.
II. (a)
An
introduction
o
sociology.
The object of
this course is to give
the
student
synthetic iew
of social
phenomena,
nd to
acquaint
him withthe current
theories
f
social interpretation.
Text-books:
Small and
Vincent's
ntroduction
o
the
tudy f
Society;
Wright's
ractical
Sociology.
(b)
Democracy
n the United tates.
Text-books:
Hyslop's
Democracy; Godkin's
Unforeseen
endencies. Second term.
Two courses
in economics were
conducted
during
the year I900-OI, which
together
ounted
for
ne three-hourourse.
I.
More thanhalfthe timeof the class was devotedto a groupof problemswhich
may
be conveniently
ndicated
by
the
titles
of
the text-booksused:
Goodnow's
Municipal Problems,
haw's Municipal
Problems
n Great
Britain,
and
Bemis's
MunicipalMonopolies.
The workconsisted
f
ectures,
he
study
f
the
texts,
nd
the
investigation
f one
or more
questions
by
each student under the
directionof the
instructor.
Where
possible,
ocal
questions
were
selected.
SOCIOLOGY.
Introduction
o
the
study
f
sociology.
Half
course
n
Christian
ociology.
See
also
under
Theological
Schools.
UNIVERSITY
OF
THE
SOUTH.
SCHOOL
OF
HISTORICAL
AND
POLITICAL
SCIENCE.
I. Principles
f
sociology.
Ward's
Sociology.
Dr.
Ramage.
(See
also
under
Theological
Schools.)
TEXAS-
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY.
ECONOMICS
AND POLITICAL
SCIENCE.
ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR ROBERT
HousToN
HAMILTON.
E.
Social
science.
An
introductorytudy
f
society,
he
origin
of
civilization,
nd
the growth f social institutions.Map-drawing,llustratingocial growth,equired.
Small
and
Vincent.
In
the various ourses
offered
n the
department
f
history
heuse of the
socio-
logical
point
of
view
s
verypronounced.
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IV, V,
VI.
Industrial
problems. Competition;
abor; monopolies
and
trusts;
socialism;
taxation.
Lectures.
VII. Elementsof
sociology.
Lectures.
The work in this department s mainly economic, houghan efforts made to
present
t
from
sociological point
of view.
Pedagogy. Social
pedagogy.
Professor
oder.
WEST
VIRGINIA- UNIVERSITY
OF WEST
VIRGINIA.
SOCIOLOGY.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
CLARK.
Students
aking
ociology
s their
major
are
required
o have nine courses nd
a
thesis n this
subject. Their
minor of six
courses may
be taken in
economics or
political cience
or
history r philosophy.
i.
Anthropology.An elementary ourse on man as the unitof society, nd on
the
evolution f society nd social institutions.
The
general
purpose
of
the course s
to
point
out how
man has
developed
nto
his
present
ocial
state,
what the
nfluences
were
which caused this
development,
nd how these influences hemselves
have
evolved.
The general
subjects
discussed
are:
first,
he
antiquity
f
man,
and
the
place man occupies
in nature; second, the origin and early development f institu-
tions
whichhave made man what he is, and upon which
ontemporaryociety
s
based,
such
as language and
writing, he
arts
of life and of
pleasure,religion
and
science,
mythologynd
history,
he
family
nd
social
structure.
Tylor's Anthropology,upple-
mentedby ectures nd assigned readings.
2.
Elements ofsociology. A courseon the structurend functions fcontempo-
rary society.
Existing society
s
studied
as
an
objective
reality,
he
student'sown
world
being
his
aboratory.
The course
begins
with series
of
elementary
ectures
n
the
methods
f
scientific ocial
study;
the relation
of the
individual
o
society;
the
social
organism; the
physical and psychical
bases
of
society;
the social
forces;
the
field f
sociology
nd
its
relation o social reform.
Meanwhile
the ndividual
members
of
the class have been
assigned certain ocial
institutions
or
personal
observation nd
study, pon which
theyreport ully
n
the class.
The
purpose
is to
bring
out
promi-
nently he eading
features n the associated ife of humanbeings as it actuallyexists.
Lectures, ssigned
readings,
nd
reports.
3. A historical urveyof sociological thought. This coursetraces the gradual
development
of
sociological thoughtfrom antiquity
hrough
he
Hebrew, Greek,
Roman,
and
mediaevalwriters own
to
our
own
times,
he
larger part
of the
course
being
devoted
to
the
teachings
f
the most mportantmodern
ociologists. Lectures
and
assigned readings.
4. Contemporary
harities.
The
causes and conditions of
poverty,
methodsof
relief, istorical nd contemporary; pecial classes,
children,
he
aged, unemployed,
defective; charity rganization. Lectures, esearch
work.
5. The treatmentf delinquents. Causes of crime,
riminal nthropology, istory
of
methods of
treatment, reventivemeasures, uvenile
delinquents, egal factors.
Lectures
and
assignedtopics.
6.
Social movements
f
the nineteenth
entury.
A
study
f
organized
efforts
or
social
betterment,heir
principles and results.
This
includes
the
investigation
f
movements ffecting
very phase of social life,hygienic, conomic, artistic, duca-
tional,religious.
Lectures, eadings, nd the development
f
assigned topics.
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THE AMERICAN
JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY
7. The family. The historical evelopment f the family;
its significance s a
social institution;
ts
organization;
pathological conditions
nd suggested remedies
for hese.
Inductive tudies, ectures, nd librarywork.
ECONOMICS.
6. Practical
economic
problems.
A
study
f
proposed
schemesof social reform
and methods
f social
improvement.
Trades
unions,
building nd loan associations,
insurance associations, profit-sharing
nd
co-operation.
Relation of the state and
municipalities
o
monopolies. History
f the
socialistic
movement nd a discussion
of the principles
f
socialism.
The economic
nfluence
f education nd Christianity.
8. Methods
of social reform. A
study
of
the
fundamental
haracteristics
f
industrial ociety
nd
an
examination
f
the proposed plans of social regeneration:
(i) Those
which
propose
the
reconstruction
f
society
n a fundamentally ifferent
basis from hepresent.
(2)
Those which re merely alliative n their ims and tend-
encies.
(3)
Those
which
propose
the
progressivemprovement
nd
perfection
f soci-
etywithout estroying
ts
present
oundations. Lectures and
library
work.
9. Economic legislation.
In
this course each student s expected to study ne
concrete problem thoroughly,
nd to
present
to the class a bill
drawn up
as if
for
legislative nactment. Upon presentation,ach
bill is to
be criticised,nd
the
framer
is to defend t against
all
comers. After horough riticism
nd discussion vote of
the class
is taken.
Among
the
subjects
so
treated
will be
trusts, ailway pooling,
banking,
he
standard f
value, employer'siability, actorynspection, ramps, trikes,
etc.
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY.
4. Ethics.
A
review
f
the
mental
processes
hat
control onduct;
fundamentals
of
morality,
he
moral
faculty, round
of
obligation,
moral
standard,
moral
aw,
moral
sanction;
moral
culture; practical
morality, ersonal
and
social
duties. Recitations
and
notes
by
the nstructol.
5. Applied
ethics.
A
study
f
the relation
f
ethics
to
religion, olitics,
conom-
ics, and individual
nd
social
culture. Lectures, ecitations,
nd collateral
reading.
WISCONSIN
-
LAWRENCE1UNIVERSITY.
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.
PROFE:SSOR FREEMAN A. HAVIGHORST.
6.
Municipal problems.
9. Sociology.
This course reats
f
the
fundamental
rinciples
of
social
organi-
zation and
the aws of
progress.
Giddings's
Elements
fSociology
s
used as text.
io.
Applied sociology.
Seminar
n
sociology
or
politics.
BELOIT
COLLEGE.
POLITICAL
AND
SOCIAL
SCIENCE.
PROFESSOR CHAPIN.
c.
Sociology
and social
problems.
The
principles
f
social
organization
as
seen
in its historic
orms, ollowed by
a consideration
f
current
ocial
problems,
uch
as
the wage system,monopolies, auperism.
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STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY
IDV
UNITED
STA TES
5
5 5
UNIVERSITY
OF
WISCONSIN-SCHOOL OF
ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL
SCIENCE.
SOCIOLOGY.
PROFESSOR
ELY, ASSISTANT
PROFEISSORMEYER, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
SHARP,
MR.
Down, AND
SPECIAL
LECrURERS.
I. The
elements f sociology.
2.
Modern
ociological
thought.
A
criticaldiscussion
f
the works of
the
prin-
cipal sociologicalwriters
rom
omte
to
the
present
ime.
3. The
psychological
ociologist. This coursedeals
with
that
group
of
sociolo-
gistswho
approachsociology
from
psychological oint
of
view.
4. Charities nd correction.
The
course
will include
lectures
by specialists and
excursions o
state
and
local
institutions. This
course should
precede
Courses
5
and 6.
5.
Public
and private harity.
A
comparativetudy f
poor-relief
n
the
United
States, ngland,and theprincipal ontinental ountries.
6.
Charity
organization.
A
study of
poverty
n
American cities,
with
special
referenceo the work of
charity-organizationocieties.
7. Social ethics. This
course
treats
the
philosophy f
legal
institutions,
ith
special
emphasison the ethical
point
of
view.
It is
accepted as
a study
n
the politi-
cal-science
group.
8.
Seminary
n
sociology. Designed
particularly or graduate students
and
others f
suitable preparation.
Topics in
theoretical
nd
practical
ociology
will
be
selectedwith
reference o
the
needs
and
interests
f
the student.
9. Field
work.
Studentsare
encouraged to
study haritableand
correctional
institutionsn Madisonand vicinity,nd opportunitys afforded or continuouswork
during the
summer
months.
During past
years studentsfrom the
university
ave
engaged
in
fieldwork, nd
several of these tudents ave
taken
up
work
of thiskind
as a
career.
It
is
believed that
thismethod of
continuous
tudy, ollowed by field
work,yieldsthebest results. It
is the aim of this
department o furnish
ecretaries f
charity-organization
ocieties,
nd
other
rainedworkers.
ECONOMICS,
PUBLIC
FINANCE, AND STATISTICS.
PROFESSOR
ELY, PROFESSOR ScoTr,
ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR MEYER, ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR JONES,
DR.
KLEENE, MR. YOUNG.
5.
Economic problems.
Special attentionwill
be
devoted to the problem
of
labor.
Such
topics
as the
sliding
scale,hours of labor,
weat-shop and
tenement-
house
production,rades
unions,
o-operation,
rofit-sharing,nd labor legislationwill
be
considered.
Text-bookwith lass
reports
nd
lectures.
12.
The economic
functions f the state.
This
courseconsists f a
series of lec-
tures,
istorical nd
critical, n the state n
its relation
o industry,rade, nd the
pro-
fessions,
with
pecial reference o
pharmacy.
I8.
The
distributionf wealth.
Part I.
This course deals
chiefly ith
the fun-
damental
nstitutions
n
the
existing social
order and
their relation to
the
present
distributionf
wealth.
Open
to
graduate tudents nd
undergraduates
ho
have
had
suitable
preparation.
I9.
Distribution fwealth. Part I. A discussion f theseparate factorsn dis-
tribution,
uch as
rent,nterest, nd
wages, and
monopoly
ains;
the
equilibrium
f
the
factors
n
distribution;
ndividual
fortunes nd differential
ains;
modifications
in
the
distribution
f wealth, ctual and
proposed, ncluding
discussion
f
socialism;
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Y
the distributionf wealth nd social
progress. May
be taken by thosewho have not
had Part , Course
I8.
22. Theories
of production nd consumption.
Theories of social
prosperity,f
population, nd of capital, and the theorieswhich concernthe operationof physical
forces, nd
the nfluence f the consumptionf wealth
on production nd
distribution.
23. Theories
of rent,wages,
and profits.
32. Government
tatistics.
The activity aken by variousgovernments
n the col-
lection f statistics
will be studied, pecial attention
eing given to the
growth f the
United States census.
33. Social statistics. The study
f the structure
nd the movements f the popu-
lation will be
followed y a summary
f the data contributed y the statistical
method
to the solution
f social problems.
34. Laboratory
work n statistics. Facilities will
be provided for the
pursuance
of originalworkunderproperguidance,with the aim of securingexperience n the
construction
nd criticism f schedules,the arrangement
f statistical
proofs, nd
graphic llustration.
SPECIAL TRAINING COURSES
IN THE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND
POLITICAL
SCIENCE.
In
order
o offer pportunity
or areful nd systematic raining
n practicalpur-
suits,
he studies ffered
y
the school, ogetherwith
number f
allied
subjects,
have
been arranged
o as
to form our
pecial courses in economics
and political science,
viz.,
a course
n
statistics;
a
course
n
practical
ociology;
a
course
n
preparation
or
public service;
and a
course
n
preparation
or
ournalism.
The course in statisticswill give special training n the use and collection of
statisticalmaterial,with view of fitting he student
for practical
statistical
work
in
connection
with
public
administrationr
with the business of
railway
nd insurance
companies.
Numerous
tatistical
xperts
re at
present
mployed y
the
government
and by arge corporations. Consequently
he completion
f a thorough nd consistent
course
in
statistics
may
be
made
the
starting-point
f
a
successful
nd influential
career in
these
lines.
It is
also intended
that
the
students n this course should
familiarize hemselves
with he eading social, political,
nd industrial
nstitutions
nd
conditionswhich
furnish
he material or tatistical
work.
The course
in
practical sociology
onsists
of studies
n
modern
ocial and
eco-
nomicproblems,ocial theory,nd practical charitynd reform. The class workof
the
student s
to
be
supplementedby
the direct study
of social conditions,
nd
reformatory
nd
charitable institutions. The
course
is
primarily
ntended as
a
preparation
or
pastoralwork,
nd the activities onnectedwithorganized
charity
nd
other meliorative
gencies.
THE
COURSE
IN
STATISTICS.
Junior.-Economic
statistics,
ocial
statistics,nalytical geometry
nd
calculus,
drill in numerical
work,
conomic
geography,
American
ndustries,
conomic
prob-
lems,money
nd
banking,
lements f administration.
Senior.-
Railway
and insurance
statistics,government
tatistics, heory
of
probabilities,xpert ccounting,
nsurance, ailways,
ocial and economic egislation,
state
and
federal
dministration,
arkets
nd
securities.
Graduate.-Actuarial
science,
distribution
f
wealth, public
finance,
conomic
seminary,
eminary
n
administration,aboratory
work n
statistics,
ailway conomics,
public accounting.
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OF SOCIOLOGY IN
UNI1ED STA TES
557
THE
COURSE
IN
PRACTICAL
SOCIOLOGY.
junior.-
Charities
nd
crimes,
ield
work, lements
of
sociology,
history
f
edu-
cation,
municipal
overnment,hysiology, sychology,
thics,moral
education.
Senior.-Social ethics, ocial statistics, sychology nd sociology,modern social
thought, ieldwork in charities,
harity rganization,
ommunicable
diseases, biology
of
water upplies,Americanhistory.
Graduate.-
Seminary
n
sociology, advanced
ethics, anthropology, bnormal
psychology
lternating ithcomparative sychology,istributionf
wealth,
history
f
political hought,ocial and economic
egislation, conomic
nd
social
history,
abora-
torywork n statistics.
UNIVERSITY OF
WYOMING.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
PROFESSOR MERZ.
The aimof thedepartments to familiarize tudentswiththe historyf social
development,nd
to encourage nvestigation f the
principles n which ocial
progress
depends. After
thorough
rounding n thefundamental acts he tudents
expected
to
observe he
social phenomena bout him
and to study he various problems
n
an
independent
manner. Inasmuch as
sociology is a study of recent
birth, nd its
theories re
constantly xpanding,muchof
the class workwill consist f ecturesand
theses.
I.
Principles
of sociology.
Small and Vincent, Giddings's
Elements,
Kidd's
Social Evolution.
Recitations, eadings, ebates, nd
theses.
2.
Social
problems. Study of crime,
punishment, nd reform;
poverty
nd
charities; the labor movement
wages,
strikes, co-operation, trusts, ocialism.
Lectures,
eadings,
iscussions, nd
theses.
Social philosophy. Lectures on social
theory, ld
and
new,
and on the
aims of
society. Discussionsand theses.
ADDITIONS AND
CORRECTIONS.
ARKANSAS-
UNIVERSITY OF
ARKANSAS.
DEPARTMENT OF
ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY.
PROFESSOR
MILLIS.
9. Principles f
sociology. This
course considersthe elements and conditions
of social growth nd progress. Recitations, ectures, nd readings of assignedchap-
ters
fromSpencer's
Princifles
of
Sociology nd Giddings's
Princiziles
f
Sociology.
Text-book: Fairbanks's ntroduction o
Sociology.
IO.
Problems
of social growth.
Trade-unionism,
rbitration,nd conciliation;
communism,
o-operation,
nd
profit-sharing. ectures and reports. For
reference:
Ely, The
Labor Movementn America,
nd Ely, Frenchand German
ocialism.
Courses
in
genetic sociology,
nd
in
charities
and
correction, ill probably e
offeredater.
CALIFORNIA-
LELAND
STANFORD
JUNIOR UNIVERSITY.
ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY.
Courses
6 and 8
are withdrawn nd the
following
ourses dded:
7.
Socialistic
theories.
History
f
the socialistic
doctrine nd
agitation, nd of
socialistic
xperiments; riticism f the doctrine,
specially n the light of
received
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economic heories f value and distribution; istory nd theories f private
property;
study f the extension f state
activities nto the realm of ndustry; eadingfrom ead-
ing socialists nd their ritics.
Associate ProfessorHoward.
9. Problems f Americandemocracy. Discussions of the ballot, direct egisla-
tion,proportional epresentation,
he machine,political parties,
tc. Associate Pro-
fessorHoward.
PSYCHOLOGY.
6. Psychology f the social
relations. AssistantProfessorMartin.
EDUCATION.
Education and society.
The function f the school as
related to the home,
church,
nd
other educational nstitutionsnd agencies of the
community. Special
phases of education
n
large
cities and in ruralcommunities,nd special problems
n
connectionwith social education,
as relatedto defective nd criminalclasses, for-
eigners,negroes,
tc. Mr.
Snedden.
DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA-
COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY.
Social integrationnd disintegrationn mediaeval nd modern
urope.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
TEACHERS COLLEGE.
The science of education
s
recognized as having ts basis
in psychology, thics,
biology, ogic,
and
sociology,
ince each of
these
sciences
has
significance
or
duca-
tion
n
so
far as it
throws ight
upon the nature f man both as an individual
nd
as a
member f
society. Pedagogy, herefore,
s
treated
not
simply
historically,
or
simply
systematically,
n a
general course,
but special courses nd lectures are provided
in
each
of
the
mportant
rancheswhich ie
at its
foundation.
History f education ncludes
also an account
of
the political
and social
theories
of
the
seventeenth,ighteenth,
nd nineteenth enturies,
n so
faras
they
ffected du-
cation.
Sociological pedagogy.
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT.
Sociology.
FLORIDA- FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE.
ETHNOLOGY AND
SOCIOLOGY.
2.
Sociology.
A
study
f the evolution of society
nd its present
state.
Pro-
fessor
Williams.
FRANK L.
TOLMAN.
THE
UNIVERSITY
OF
CHICAGO.