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202 SOCIOLOGY (3) Survey of social groups; their fields and methods, their interactions and effects on the individual; consideration of culture, roles, socialization, social classes, institutions, and minority groups. Either semester. 301 MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY (3) The family as a social institution; historical development of the modern family; current trends in family structure and functions; problems of family life; analysis of American courtship and marriage patterns. 303 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY (3) Character, extent, and causes of juvenile delinquency; social diagnosis and case study; modern methods of treatment; personal and environmental conditioning factors; survey of methods employed in research . Spring semester. 304 CRIMINOLOGY (3) Social and psychological factors in criminal behavior; criminal law and criminal justice; prevention and control; trends in theory and correctional procedures, probation, parole. Fall semester. 305 ETHNIC AND MINORITY GROUPS (3) Analysis of ethnic and cultural minorities in the United States; theory and practice of intergroup relations. 306 POPULATION (3) Population theory, composition, distribution, growth, and migration with differential fertility and mortality rates of groups and nations; national and international migration and overpopulation problems. Fall semester. 307 SOCIAL CONTROL (3) The processes by which conformity of the individual to the group is obtained and by which social organization is established and maintained. 308 SOCIAL STRATIFICATION (3) Nature, theory, and functions of social stratification; criteria of social stratification dif­ ferentiation, status, and role; comparative systems of stratification. 309 URBAN SOCIOLOGY (3) The urban community and urbanization; its growth, institutions, values, and problems; scientific study of population from the spatial patterning and mobility viewpoint; effect of urbanization upon institutions; social relations and national economy. 310 METHODS OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH (3) Survey and evaluation of methods of collecting, classifying, and analyzing social data; detailed study of the scientific method; introduction to the use of experimental designs in sociological research; planning and conducting a minor research project. 311 INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY (3) Analysis of industry and applied problems; background, current practices and trends in labor management relations in the United States; group relations in industry. Alter­ nate years, offered 1970-71. 312 SOCIAL PROBLEMS (3) Major problems of social maladjustment from the viewpoint of the underlying processes of individual and social disorganization; deviant behavior, such as mental disorders, crime and delinquency, suicide and drug and alcohol addiction; social disorganization, such as population problems; family, poverty, and war. 99

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