Soc Sci 1 May Enroll Additional 300 in Fall

Andrew G. Jameson, chairman of Social Sciences 1, said yesterday that he expects up to 700 students to enroll in Soc Sci 1 next year as a result of the unusual paucity of lower level Soc Sci courses.

Because of the probable discontinuation of three existing courses, only three Soc Sci's--Soc Sci 1, Soc Sci 3, and Soc Sci 8--will be offered next year. Of these, Social Sciences 3 is restricted to 200 students and Soc Sci 3 to 300.

If Social Sciences enrollment next year equals the present 1387, Soc Sci 1, the only course of the three which is not limited, may have to accommodate almost 900 students. At present, 385 people are taking the course.

Among the discontinued courses, Social Sciences 5 will be altered to become the new Soc Sci 3, "Selected Topics from Modern European History." Soc Sci 6 will be permanently eliminated because of the departure of John J. Conway, lecturer on History.

Social Sciences 2, which probably will not be given in 1963-64 because of the Fall Term sabbatical of Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government, will resume the following year.

However, Beer said yesterday there was still a "faint possibility" that the course would be offered next year if he could find someone to give the fall lectures.

Despite the probable imbalance in course enrollments, it appears unlikely that either Social Sciences 3 or Social Sciences 8 will raise their quotas. Mack Walker, chairman of Soc Sci 3, said that he did not anticipate any enlargement, which he felt might alter the present ratio of about 20 students to each section man.

Soc Sci 8 officials said that the course enrollment will definitely remain at 300 students because a larger number of students had proved disadvantageous in the past.

Jameson said that the General Education Committee will increase the ten-man Soc Sci 1 teaching staff by at least five section men and will add others if enrollment rises above 500.