54 courses in the 1967–68 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
SOC 357Hunting and Gathering Cultures of North America
Archaeological and ethnological data on various prehistoric and historic groups are presented. Emphasis is on hunting and gathering cultures as a distinct type.
Prerequisites: 101 and 102, or permission of the instructor.
3 lectures, alternate years.
444*, Method and Theory in Archaeology. An advanced course in archaeology with emphasis on method and theory.
Prerequisites: 101, 102, 222, or permission of instructor.
A first course in sociological statistics; sampling. central tendency, probability, co-variance, as illustrated in specifically sociological data. 3 lectures.
An examination of cultural forces that create social
problems and failures in personal and institutional adjustments. Specific attention is paid to the problems of emotional disturbance, addictions, delinquency and crime and crime. oe ee es SD 1eCltures
216%. (Psychology 253°) Introductory Social Psychology. The contribution of psychological processes to social interaction. Analysis of selected interpersonal events, such as the self, communication, and bonds, with special attention to the problem of social influence and social control. 3 lectures. Fall.
The reiationship between sociai organization and modal as weil as deviant personality types. Differential processes of socialization, and the effects of personality types on social organization. Social structures considered will include occupational, fraternal, and kinship groupings.
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.
The sociological analysis of the behaviour of crowds, mobs, publics, and related phenomena and their relationships to social organization and social change.
SOC 248(History 248*, Political Science 248*) The Legal Process
An analysis of the manner in which the Common Law functions together with an examination of the courts as a social institution.
3 lectures. Fall term only.
249*, (History 249*, Political Science 249*) Administrative Law. Discusses the issues raised by delegation of legislative and executive authority and the proliferation of administrative boards.
An analysis and criticism of the major theories of criminal behaviour. Emphasis is given to the relationship between social structure and criminal behaviour; types of criminal behaviour such as drug addiction; statistics and contemporary research. A sound knowledge of sociological concepts is advisable.
3 lectures.
251*,. Ethnic and Racial Relations. Relations between different racial and cultural groups; analysis of majority-minority group status. 3 lectures.
A systematic analysis and criticism is presented of biological, psychological, psychoanalytical and sociological theories of juvenile delinquency. Attention is given to statistics and contemporary research with special emphasis on the distribution and types of delinquent subcultures. Students should posses a sound knowledge of basic sociological concepts.
The study of population as an area of sociological investigation; population size, composition, and distribution; population trends and problems. 3 lectures.
An analysis of the role of language and other symbol systems in social interaction; the interplay between communication and the social system; the formation of attitudes through language; social and individual disorders as caused by, and reflected in, the breakdown in the communication process.
SOC 271The Functions and Effects of Mass Communication
The study of mass communication is viewed as embedded in a social context. The role of the larger social system in shaping systems of mass communication is considered, and the place of groups in mediating the impact of mass communicators on individuals in society.
SOC 300Human Communities (non-literate, folk and rural)
A comparative analysis of different types of human communities from mainly sociological and anthropological points of view: primary emphasis on types of communities found in non-literate, folk, and pre-industrial rural societies; major theories concerning communities of these types.
The comparative study of urbanization as a process; the culture and social organization of cities, urban problems; special attention is given to industrial cities of Western societies.
The relation between social organization and personality is here explored in the context of communal societies, modern bureaucratic organization, a comparison of Latin-American and Anglo-American slavery, and the concentration camp.
SOC 312Art and Society. Art is studied as collective representation, as a mode
of work with particular career patterns, as evolving leisure and play focus. The affinity of some forms and styles for certain types of social organization; the professionalization and bureaucratization of art in education, publishing, the museum, theatre, and other mass media.
A systematic treatment of the logic and practice of methods basic to social research. Examination of problems of experimental design, sampling, data gathering, and analysis in the context of case studies of research. Students will be given laboratory experience in sevéral techniques of research.
Major European and American sociologists and “schools” from Comte to the present. Emphasis will be less on history and biography than on the ideas, and their application to an understanding of major issues generated in human societies. 3 lectures.
General theoretical and methodological issues facing comparative sociology; comparative methods at work in the treatment of Western and non-Western societies.
A systematic review and analysis of major theories of social change with particular attention to evolutionism, historicism and functionalism. Theoretical problems are then examined within a specific context, such as social organization, social stratification, economic institutions, urban structures, etc.
Most sociological theories have been developed based on studies of Western societies. This course deals with the application of these theories to the analysis of Oriental social structures and social processes. 3 lectures.
The study of science as an institution; its historical development and contemporary relationships with other institutions including government, education, and industry.
A survey of theory and research on formal organizations making use of selected contributions from the scientific management and human relations approaches, but with emphasis on the structure and functions of large scale organizations. The nature and types of formal organizations; control techniques and leadership; relations of the organization to its clients and publics; informal aspects of the organization; organizational tensions and pathologies of bureaucratic systems; how the organization adjusts to change.
The sociological study of occupations as an aid to understanding the social structure; social and demographic aspects of the labour force; the meaning of work; the relation of work and leisure; career and occupational mobility patterns; occupation and status; professionalization; trends in occupations.
The analysis of religion as a social institution; its relationship to culture, personality and social change with consideration given to theories of religious behaviour and contemporary research findings.
A sociological analysis of contemporary Soviet society focusing on the patterns and functions of its basic institutions including the family, government, education, and industry; consideration of class formation and distribution of power.
The structure and processes of health and welfare services are examined as parts of the institutional network of North American society. Professionalization and bureaucratic organization as aids and obstacles toward institutionalized goals. The impact of scientific and technological changes on the structure of health and welfare services and careers.
The structure and processes of education are examined in relation to those of community and society. Schools as sources, recipients, and modifiers, and professionalization of personnel in relation to the institutionalized goals of education in North American society.
SOC 450Seminar: Problems in Contemporary Theory and Research
Examinations of current frames of reference and theories in sociology and related disciplines. Their utility in sociological problem formulation and their test by current methods and techniques.
SOC 470Seminar: Practicum in Theory and Methodology
A preparation for advanced undergraduate students for an independent, sophisticated orientation to graduate study. The practicum provides opportunities for.
(1) developing research designs on the basis of extant theory, and
(2) theorizing on the basis of the reanalysis and reinterpretation of extant data. 1-3 hours.
A stock-taking. of the present fund of conceptual equipment for handling distinctively social phenomena, with proposals for its refinement for purposes of measurement.
Design of theoretically oriented research; gathering, processing, and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, including field methods, use of documents, laboratory observation, and punched-card techniques. Problems of statistical inference, causality, and measurement.
Systematic review and analysis of major theories of social change, with particular attention to evolutionism, historicism and functionalism. Theoretical problems are then examined within a specific context such as social organization, economic institutions, social stratification, urban structures, etc.
This course will deal with class, status, and power groups in an industrial society as they strive to maximize their share of wealth, prestige, and power. In order to do so, cross-cultural materials treated as historical examples will be used to develop general principles.
The. course is devoted to the comparative study of Western vs. non-Western societies with their institutions, structure and change in them. Modern sociological theories which have been developed on the basis of studies of Western societies are to be applied and modified for analysis of non-Western societies.
Relationship between social structure and the process of socialization. The course is focused on comparing family structures in Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft; and on examining the possible effects of differential socialization process on child’s behaviour patterns.
An analysis of the social and cultural determinants of thought and its various forms of expression including ideology, science, and religion. The relationship between thought and social change.
A theoretical approach to the problem of deviance/conformity in society. A theoretical discussion of the following concepts will be undertaken: social organization/disorganization, institutionalized norms, anomie, social system, social roles, etc. Some systematic theories of delinquency will. be studied.
Selected topics in the sociological analysis of industrialization. Emphasis on the structural and processual aspects of industrialization as a change in the whole way of life. Comparison between stages of industrialization in Western and “underdeveloped” societies and the social problems associated with each.
A review of the latest research findings dealing with formal organizations, including a consideration of problems of methods and the relevance of both to organization theory.
An analysis of the theoretical and selected empirical, sociological studies of community power structures and their practical implications. The sociological material will be supplemented with relevant contributions from the fields of anthropology and political science.
Religion is considered as an activity generated by the social process itself. The significance of its recoil and attempted recovery in secular society is considered, as well as the encounter in the forum of secular society of the different faiths.
Family and kinship are viewed as the rudimentary structures of society from which other structures differentiate. They are shown to persist in modern society as a reinforcement structure beneath the specialized institutions.
Community is considered as an affinity bond rather than place (Durkheim’s “mechanical solidarity”; Toennies’ “Gemeinschaft”). The competitive strengths of the following in generating community are considered: kinship, territory, race, class and faith.
SOC 670(Psychology 634*) Selected Topics in Social Psychology
Empirical and theoretical analysis of interpersonal relations and of the interaction between psychological and social structural processes. Winter term.