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Soc 542. Power and Influence in Community and Society. 3 hours.
Critical exatnination and evaluation of studies of power structures and the
decision-making process, particularly at the community level, in terms of
theoretical and methodological considerations. Pellegrin.
Soc 560. Analytical Problems in Social Institutions. 3 hours.
Core course providing basic graduate orientation to conceptual and theoretical
problems in the area of social institutions. Prerequisite: regular graduate
standing, 9 hours of sociology, including one upper-division course in institutional
area. Foskett.
Soc 561. Values and Social Structure. 3 hours.
Examination of value and belief systems as related to socially patterned behavior;
consideration of major theoretical perspectives, methods of classification,
and selected empirical studies. Prerequisite: 9 hours in sociology.
Johnson.
Soc 570. Analytical Problems in Sociological Theory. 3 hours.
Core course. The nature and purpose of scientific theory, with special reference
to sociology; critique of existing theoretical models in the field. Prerequisite:
regular graduate standing; at least two of the following: Soc 571,
Soc 572, Soc 573. Johnson.
Soc 571. History of Social Thought. 3 hours.
An historical analysis of Western social thought in terms of its recurrent
problems, its basic concepts, and its relation to contemporary sociological
theory. Foskett.
Soc 572. Development of American Sociology. 3 hours.
The emergence of American sociology in the nineteenth century; the problems,
concepts, and theories of leading American sociologists to 1930. Foskett.
Soc 573. Contemporary Sociology. 3 hours.
Analysis of the work of leading contemporary sociologists, with special emphasis
on the problems, concepts, and methods of sociological inquiry. Price.
Soc 575. Theory Building in Sociology. 3 hours.
Analysis in relation to theories in the behavioral sciences: the components of
a scientific theory; the relationship between theory and research; the nature
of scientific tests of theories. Dubin.
COURSES OFFERED ONLY IN SUMMER SESSIONS AND EXTENSION
SOC 346. Social Case Methods in Nursing. 3 hours (extension).
Soc 347. Social Welfare Resources and Organization. 3 hours (extension).
Soc 508. Workshop. Hours to be arranged (summer sessions).
SW 507. Seminar. Hours to be arranged (extension).
SW 511, 512, 513. Social Case Work. 3 hours each term (extension).
SW 516, 517. Personality Development. 2 hours each term (extension).
SW 521. Social Group Work. 2 hours (extension).
SW 556,557. Medical Information for Social Work. 2 hours each term (extension)
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SW 572. Community Organization for Social Welfare. 3 hours (extension).
SW 580. Introduction to Public Welfare. 3 hours (extension).
SW 581. The Child and the State. 3 hours (extension).
SW 582. Administration of Social Insurances. 3 hours (extension).
SW 584. Public Assistance: Policy and Method. 3 hours (extension).