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COURSES

Sociology (Sociol)

1A-B. Principles of Sociology (3-3)
Principal concepts and problems, including personality, social groups, social change and social processes.

111. Race and Cultural Relations (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A or Anthro 2, or permission of instructor. Racial and cultural minority groups in the United States; problems of education, social adjustment, family life, relations in industry, race consciousness, race and cultural prejudice, tension areas, assimilation; race problems in international relations.

120A-B. Introduction to Social Work (2-2) or (3-3)
(a) History and philosophy of social work; social case work, group work, research. Field of social work: family welfare, child welfare, living conditions, recreation, industrial welfare, migrants, racial groups, rural. (b) Federal, state, and community organizations and social welfare agencies. 120A is not a prerequisite to 120B.

125. Social Welfare (2 or 3)
Developing skills in practical social welfare; practical social work for those already in the field and for students with sufficient background. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

126. Social Security Administration (2)
All phases of the Social Security Act including the social insurance programs and the public assistance programs; administration of each section of the act on federal, state, and local levels of government; public welfare administration.

131. Marriage and the Family (2-3)
(See Home Economics 131.)

132. Criminology (3)
(See Crim 132)

133. Penology (3)
(See Crim 133.)

134. Social Pathology (3)
(See Crim 134)

135. Probation and Parole (3)
(See Crim 135.)

140. Rural Problems (2)
Characteristics of rural life; rural problems; rural housing, health and recreation; rural social planning; migration and migratory labor.

141. Urban Problems (2)
Prerequisites: Sociol. 1A-B. Social organization and problems of the modern city; growth of cities; problems arising from congestion of population; segregation of social and economic groups; impact of urban environment upon human behavior

145. Social Psychology (3)
(See Psych 145)

150. Media of Communication (3)
(See Journalism 150.)

152. History of Social Thought (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A or permission of instructor. Leading social thinkers of the Western World from Plato to contemporary sociologists; comparative study of social philosophers of the East.

154. Adult Education (2)
History and philosophy of the Adult Education movement in the United States and certain foreign countries. Especial emphasis upon the California program, the forum movement in the United States and the Adult Education program in the Scandinavian countries,

155. Social Institutions (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1 or permission of instructor. Major social institutions -- domestic, economic, political, educational, religious; origin and development; functions and interrelationships in contemporary phases of development.

165. Public Personnel Administration (2)
(See Political Science 165)

180. Training in Public Service (1-2)
(See Crim 180.)

190. Independent Study (1-5)
See Regulations and Procedures-Independent Study.


280A-B. Seminar in Social Science (3-3)
(See History 280A-B)


Educ 300. Methods and Materials in Secondary Teaching (2)
(See Education)

Educ 332. Directed Teaching in Secondary Schools (1-6)
(See Education)

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