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Superior unit: [[subordinate to::Brigham Young University. School of Arts and Sciences]] ([[date::1920]]-[[date::1921]])
 
Superior unit: [[subordinate to::Brigham Young University. School of Arts and Sciences]] ([[date::1920]]-[[date::1921]])
  
Earlier unit: [[earlier unit::Church Teachers College. Dept. of Economics and Sociology]] ([[date::1919]]-[[date::1920]])
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Earlier unit: [[earlier unit::Church Teachers College. Dept. of Economics and Sociology]] ([[date::1920]])
  
Later unit: [[later unit::Brigham Young University. College of Arts and Sciences. Dept. of Economics]] ([[date::1921]]-[[date::1923]])
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Later unit: [[later unit::Brigham Young University. Dept. of Economics]] ([[date::1921]])
  
Later unit: [[later unit::Brigham Young University. College of Arts and Sciences. Dept. of Sociology]] ([[date::1921]]-[[date::1954]])
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Later unit: [[later unit::Brigham Young University. Dept. of Sociology (1921-1960)]] ([[date::1921]])
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Revision as of 09:56, 30 October 2009

The Dept. of Economics and Sociology was established and made a department within the School of Arts and Sciences in 1920 when the Church Teachers College was split. Russell Swenson was appointed as the Department Chairman and served in the position until the abolition of the School of Arts and Sciences in 1921. The department was then split into the Dept. of Economics and Dept. of Sociology and each was placed in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Variant Names

Brigham Young University. School of Arts and Sciences. Dept. of Economics and Sociology

Description

Established: 1920

Abolished: 1921

Location: Provo, Utah (1920-1921)

Functions

The Dept. of Economics and Sociology was responsible for teaching courses of: Elementary Economics, Economic History of the United States, Ocean and Railway Transportation, Public Finance, Money and Banking, Corporate Industry, Labor Problems and Legislation, and Elementary Sociology.

Assets and Administrative Structure

The Dept. of Economics and Sociology was a department within the School of Arts and Sciences. Russell Swenson was the Department Chairman and was under the direction of the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. School of Arts and Sciences (1920-1921)

Earlier unit: Church Teachers College. Dept. of Economics and Sociology (1920)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Economics (1921)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Sociology (1921-1960) (1921)

Sources

Brigham Young University Annual School Catalog, 1920-1921: p. 32 (Dept. of Economics and Sociology was a part of School of Arts and Sciences) p. 69-71 (courses taught by the department).

Brigham Young University The First One Hundred Years, 1975: v. 4 p. 496 (Russell Swenson was Department Chairman).

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2009-00182

Creator: UPB