Proposed Program:
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RATIONALE:
Sociology is adapting to the Integrative Studies Program by adding a 100 level sociology course that will fulfill a Perspectives requirement for ISP. The new perspectives course will not be a requirement for our major, as Sociology 101 traditionally has been. Therefore, we have decided to eliminate Sociology 101 as a required course in our program and to replace that with a new course entitled “Soc 201: Introduction to Sociology Major”. This course will be available to students majoring in sociology, and will incorporate aspects of our current required course Sociology Proseminar. Therefore we are also deleting Sociology Proseminar from our list of required courses. One of the benefits of deleting Sociology Proseminar from our major is that the number of required credits for a B.A. in sociology will be reduced from 38 to 36, which is what the requirement was under the 3-credit model. We feel as a department that these changes will best serve both our major students and students who take sociology for Integrative Studies requirements.