SOC 100Introductory Sociology
- Faculty
- Arts
- Last listed
- 1968–69
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1963–64 to 1968–69; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
The sociological approach to social phenomena emphasizing analytical concepts and tools of investigation. 3 lectures.
As printed in the 1966–67 to 1968–69 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1963–64 to 1968–69, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1966–67 to 1968–69 3 calendars
The sociological approach to social phenomena emphasizing analytical concepts and tools of investigation. 3 lectures.
1965–66 1 calendar
The sociological approach to social phenomena emphasizing analytical concepts and tools of investigation. 3 lectures.
200.* Physical Anthropolgy. An introductory study with major emphasis on evolution as fact and theory; lectures and demonstrations on topics such as taxonomy, the place of primates, the preconditions of culture as related to the structure of behaviour of living primates, the nature of fossil evidence and the origin of Homo sapiens, anthropometry, race etc.
3 lectures, half course.
201.* Cultural and Social Anthropology. An introductory study of the nature of culture, its structural and dynamic aspects, variations; selected theories and case studies in cultural and social anthropology.
3 lectures, half course.
205G.* Social Problems. An analysis and interpretation of contemporary social problems and the dynamic forces creating them. 3 lectures, half course.
210.* Introductory Social Psychology. The place of interaction, language, and culture in the development of human identity. The analysis of interpersonal relationships in situational contexts. Determinants of definitions of situation, types of interpersonal strategies, representations and misrepresentations of self, empathy, role taking, and the imputation of motives.
3 lectures, half course.
211.* Social Structure and Character. The relationship between social organization and model as well 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.
3 lectures, half course.
230G.* Family and Kinship. 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.
3 lectures, half course.
240.* Collective Behaviour. The sociological analysis of the behavior of crowds, mobs, publics, and related phenomena and their relationships to social organization and social change.
3 lectures, half course.
241.* Social Movements. The sociological analysis of varieties of social movements and their relationships to social organization and social change. 3 lectures, half course.
250.* Crime and Society. Theories of criminal behaviour with emphasis on the relationship between the social structure and crime causation; patterns in criminal behaviour; review of significant research and statistics; prevention of crime and society's treatment of the criminal; the prison as a social institution. Although the orientation of the course is primarily theoretical some attention will be given to the field of applied criminology.
3 lectures, half course.
251.* Ethnic and Racial Relations. Relations between different racial and cultural groups; analysis of majority-minority group status. 3 lectures, half course.
260.* Population. The study of population as an area of sociological investigation; population size, composition, and distribution; population trends and problems. Special attention is given to the population of Canada.
3 lectures, half course.
261.* Human Ecology. Factors influencing the distribution and movement of populations with special emphasis on the community level. 3 lectures, half course.
270.* Communication. An analysis of the role of language and other symbol systems in social interaction; the interplay between communication and the social systems; the formation of attitudes through language; social and individual disorders as caused by, and reflected in, the breakdown in the communication process.
3 lectures, half course.
300.* Human Communities. A comparative analysis of different types of human communities from sociological and anthropological points of view mainly: primary emphasis on types of communities found in non-literate, folk and pre-industrial societies; major theories concerning communities of these types. 3 lectures, half course.
301.* Urban Sociology. The comparative study of urbanization as a process; the culture and social organization of cities, urban problems; special attention given to industrial cities of Western societies.
3 lectures, half course.
1964–65 1 calendar
Another title: Introduction to General Science, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
A survey course for Arts students the first half of which is designed to give a basic grounding in the principles of physics and chemistry, and the historical development of scientific concepts and methods. The second half of the course is devoted to a study of science in the Twentieth Century, an examination of some of the more important recent developments, such as relativity, the quantum theory, nuclear physics, organic and biochemistry, genetics and evolution.
3 lectures per week.
Department of Sociology
W. G. Scott, B.A. (Western), M.A. (Toronto) Assistant Professor and Acting Chairman of Department J. W. Fretz, A.B. (Bluffton), M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago), B.D. (Chicago Theol. Seminary) - Professor G N. H. High, M.S., Ph.D. (Cornell) - Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts W. L. Sauer, B.A. (Wayne State), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan State) Associate Professor G. Campbell, B.A. (British Columbia), M.A. (Toronto) - Assistant Professor T. E. Traynor, B.A. (Ottawa), M.A. (Washington) - - - Lecturer J
Sociology
Sociology 100, or its equivalent, is a prerequisite for all courses in the department beyond the 100 level. Courses at the 400 level are open only to Honours students. History, Mathematics and Science are desirable matriculation subjects for students proposing to major in Sociology.
1963–64 1 calendar
An introduction to the study of human beings in their group relationships including interaction within and between groups of people. 3 lectures.