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 552 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

UTAH UNIVERSITY OF UTAH.

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY. PROFESSOR CORAY.

Economics 5. Industrial problems. Study of the social questions i pertaining to modern industry, including socialism, trades unions, machine labor, woman and child labor, corporations, trusts, pools, subsidies, private monopolies, public utilities, land tenure, speculations, stock and produce gambling, etc.

Sociology I. Principles of social science. Study of prehistoric, uncivilized, ancient, and mediaeval societies, with special reference to the moral and intellectual progress of the race, and the development of social law as now comprehended and enjoyed by the higher types of civilization. One thesis required.

Sociology 2. Modern society. Study of modern social life. One thesis required.

VERMONT UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT.

SOCIOLOGY. PROFESSOR EMERSON.

1. Social theories. Examination of various social schemes. Plato's Republic, Cicero's De Republica, Augustine's Civitas Dei, More's Utopia. Modern theories : Comte, Spencer, Kidd, Gumplowicz, Fouille, Giddings ; collectivism, communism, socialism.

2. Industrial era. A study of modern society under the phase of industrialism. Industrial revolutions, inventions, factory, transportation, trade, the modern city; reaction upon state, culture, religion ; consequent reconstruction of society.

3. Social institutions. A historical investigation of their origin and develop- ment ; primitive and ancient society ; family, slavery, property, marriage, civil govern- ment, law, rights, classes, religion, philosophy, agriculture, industry, commerce. Lectures, with extensive collateral reading, research, and theses.

VIRGINIA HAMPTON INSTITUTE.

RICHARD M. ILVAINE.

Sociology. The second half of the year is spent in the study of the general prin- ciples of society and economy upon which our American civilization depends, with especial reference to such principles as condition survival and progress in the negro and Indian races. Fairchild's Rural Wealth and Welfare, Giddings's Elements, DuBois's The Philadelphia Negro, and Washington's Future of the American Negro constitute the principal reading of the course.

WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY. ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.

Advanced course, (a) Elements of sociology. An outline of the theory of society as most recently advanced.

(6) Limit of state activity. A study of the relation of the state to the organiza- tion of society and industry.

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.

PROFESSOR SMITH.

The work in this department emphasizes the duties and reponsibilities of citizen- ship. Its object is to inculcate worthy social ideals and lay the basis for sound and independent thinking on political and economic questions.