SOC 100 Introductory Sociology
An introduction to the study of human beings in their group relationships including interaction within and between groups of people. 3 lectures.
Sociology (SOC)
10 courses in the 1963–64 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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N. H. High, M.S., Ph.D. (Cornell) Professor and Chairman of the Department, Dean of the Faculty of Arts
Faculty listed in 1963–64
J. W. Fretz, A.B. (Bluffton), M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago), B.D. (Chicago Theo. Sem.)
Professor G G. Campbell, B.A. (British Columbia), M.A. (Toronto) - Assistant Professor W. G. Scott, B.A. (Western), M.A. (Toronto) ‘- - - Assistant Professor W. I. Brown, C.R., B.A. (Western) - - - ee eee Lecturer F
With the exception of 360, 450, 470, which are open to Honours students only, the following courses are open to both General and Honours students.
15, Sociology. A general introduction to the subject covering the main concepts, theories, and ideas and how they relate to the study of groups in society. 3 lectures, half course.
SOC 250 Criminology
The study of the development of criminal or unlawful behaviour, its causes and treatment. 3 lectures.
SOC 260 Population and Human Ecology
The causes of population growth and decline, the composition and disposition of population, problems of fertility and longevity, optimum population analysis, prediction of trends with special application to Canadian problems.
3 lectures.
SOC 270 Communication
An analysis of the role of language and other symbol systems in social interaction; the formation of attitudes through language; the problem of ‘expectancy set’; social and individual disorders as caused by, and reflected in, the breakdown of the communication process; the transmission of culture; the contributions of ‘General Semantics’ to Communications.
3 lectures.
SOC 350 Industrial Sociology
The study of the social processes and social systems in business and industrial organizations and a consideration of the human relations problems which exist in them.
3 lectures.
SOC 360 Methods of Sociological Research
Research techniques and problems including the use of questionnaires, interviews, attitude scales, and sociometric approaches. ectures.
370, Sociology of the Family. An evaluation of the origin and growth of the family
as a social institution; its structures and functions in primitive and modern societies.
the effect of modern technology on the family; trends and contemporary problems. ectures.
SOC 450 History of Sociological Theory
A review of the important contributions made in the past to the understanding of human society including the ideas of Bentham, Comte, Cooley, Spencer, Durkheim, Gumplowicz, Marx, Pareto, Simmel, Weber and Thomas.
3 lectures.
SOC 460 Social Organization
The structure and function of various institutions, classes and kinship groups within society and their relationships to one another. 3 lectures.
SOC 465 Sociology of Religion
An examination of religion as a social institution and its place in human societies. The course seeks to develop an understanding of the universality of religion and its effect on man’s social relations and human behaviour. 3 lectures.
SOC 470 Seminar
Research problems and assignments.