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 258 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

DES MOINES COLLEGE.

ELECTIVES.

I. Social science. An introductory course reviewing the general facts of society. A discussion of social forces and remedies. Text, Giddings's Elements of Sociology, with references to the works of Spencer, Ward, and Small.

DRAKE UNIVERSITY. SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.

PROFESSOR SHEPPERD.

I. Sociology. During the fall term the general subject of sociology is sketched in broad outlines. The method of study is illustrated by direct investigation of inter- esting problems, each student being assigned a special topic and asked to present before the class a written report, embodying methods and results obtained. After the first month the class will have one meeting per week additional in order to hear reports.

PARSONS COLLEGE.

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.

23. Sociology. An elementary course in which significant social phenomena and the problems involved are recognized and appreciated. An attempt is made to seek the principles upon which social well-being and progress depend, and the best means of applying them in order to secure the healthiest condition of the social organism. Special study is made of labor organizations, monopolies, pauperism, ignorance, crime, disease, the liquor traffic, and temperance reform. Lectures, discussions, and readings.

IOWA COLLEGE. APPLIED CHRISTIANITY.

PROFESSOR WYCKOFF.

The courses at present given in this department are sociological in character. Special attention is given, however, to those institutions and processes with which Christianity is to be chiefly credited. The ultimate aim of the work is practical in character, namely, education for good citizenship. No attempt is made to develop a science of society from the teachings of Christ, but it is hoped that good results may come from the effort to appreciate the spirit of Christ on the one hand, and on the other, modern society and its needs.

1. American social life. This course is intended as an introduction to the study of society. It is believed that the necessary training in statistics and other methods of descriptive sociology can be best given in connection with concrete investigations. So each student is expected to make a special study of the social life of a family, a community, and a city, and embody the results in carefully prepared papers. The same method is then extended to the study of Iowa and the United States, use being made of the census and other statistics of newspapers, novels, books of history or travel, describing or illustrating the life of different sections of the country. Attention is given to the influences upon society of physical conditions, race characteristicst scarcity or density of population, and voluntary socializing movements.

2. Industrial history and problems of labor. Beginnings of industry; Greece ; Rome ; mediaeval Europe ; English labor history; the guild system ; industrial revo- lutions ; modern factory system ; American industrial history; trade-unions ; factory legislation; co-operation; profit-sharing; communistic and socialistic ideals and experiments ; the capitalist system.