498 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
 SY. 551.-Seminar in American Culture. 3 hours. 3 credits. Not offered
1952-53.
 The background literature of regional sociology. Hobhouse, LePlay, Mukerjee,
Odum, Sorokin, Vance, and others. Readings and seminar reports on selected aspects of
contemporary American culture.
 SY. 554.-Seminar in Spanish American Cultures. 3 hours. 3 credits. Of-
fered 1.
 Intensive study of the peoples and cultures of Spanish American countries.
 SY. 555.-Seminar in Brazilian Culture. 3 hours. 3 credits. Offered 2.
 The peoples and institutions of Brazilian life today. Not open to undergraduates.
 SY. 560.-Special Topics. 3 hours. 3 credits. Offered 1, 2, 3.
 Special topics in sociology by arrangement with adviser.
 SY. 570.-Social Research. 3 hours. 3 credits. Offered 2.
 Advanced studies in the literature of methodology. Emphasis upon non-statistical
methods, sociometric methods, and experimental methods.
 SY. 580.-Seminar in the American South. 3 hours. 3 credits. Not offered
1952-53.
 Readings, seminar reports and supervised research in the culture and problems of
the Southeastern states.
 SY. 582.-Seminar in Criminology. 3 hours. 3 credits. Not offered 1952-
53.
 Readings and seminar reports, with research assignments, in the fields of penology,
criminology and sociological jurisprudence. Designed for advanced students interested
in criminology and in research in the fields of probation, parole and prison admin-
istration.

 SOILS
 Instructional Staff 1951-52
 Smith, F. B., Head; Caldwell, R. E.*, Edson, S. N., Fiskel, J. G. A., Forbes, R. B.,
Hammond, L. C., McCall, W. W.*, Rothwell, D. F., Spinks, D. O., Thornton, G. D.

 SLS. 201.-Forest Soils. 2 hours and 2 hours laboratory. 3 credits. Pre-
requisites: CY. 109-110 or CY. 121-122. Offered 1, 2. Open only to forestry
students.
 The nature and properties of forest soils. The fundamentals of soil science with
applications of the science of forestry. Subjects include soil genesis, morphology,
classification, fertility, chemistry, microbiology, physics and moisture relationships. Forest
Soils, Lutz and Chandler.
 SLS. 301.-Soils. 2 hours and 2 hours demonstration laboratory. 3 credits.
Prerequisites: CY. 109-110 or CY. 121-122. Offered 1, 2, 3.
 The nature and properties of soils with elementary treatment of genesis, morphology
and classification. Soil types and problems in Florida. The Nature and Properties of
Soils, Lyon and Buckman.



* On Leave.
The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2, second semester; 3, summer session.