RATIONALE:
Anthropology redesigned the ANTH 111 course to better suit the perceived needs of the
new ISP program and to focus on some topics in greater detail (please refer to their course
and program proposal forms). The Sociology Major is simply acknowledging this
curricular change in its overall program design.
Sociology
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Sociology Program Change
Sociology Minor Program Proposal
RATIONALE:
Explain why this change is being made. Address the connection with institutional mission, and/or department, program, and course objectives.
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”. (Explained further in major proposal.)
SOC 260 Popular Culture
RATIONALE:
Last year we added two Integrative Studies courses, IS-Soc 225 and IS-Soc 260, as perspectives courses. At the time of the proposal, we weren’t sure if we wanted to delete the original titles from the catalog, because we thought that it could make sense to offer those courses from time to time outside of the auspices of Integrative Studies. After giving it further reflection, we do not foresee the need to offer either course under their previous titles. Therefore, we would just prefer to delete both courses, and only list the ISP versions of the titles for clarity sake.
SOC 234 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK
RATIONALE:
This change is made simply to align the pre-requisites of this course with the actual courses we plan to offer. Previously the pre-reqs were listed as SOC 101 and SOC 225. Since we intend to delete SOC 101 and replace it with SOC 201, and since SOC 225 will no longer be offered and will be replaced with IS-SOC 225, we want the listed pre-requisites to match the reality of our course offerings.
SOC 225 Social Problems
RATIONALE:
Last year we added two Integrative Studies courses, IS-Soc 225 and IS-Soc 260, as perspectives courses. At the time of the proposal, we weren’t sure if we wanted to delete the original titles from the catalog, because we thought that it could make sense to offer those courses from time to time outside of the auspices of Integrative Studies. After giving it further reflection, we do not foresee the need to offer either course under their previous titles. Therefore, we would just prefer to delete both courses, and only list the ISP versions of the titles for clarity sake.
SOC 203 SOCIOLOGY PROSEMINAR
RATIONALE:
Explain why this change is being made. Address the connection with institutional mission, and/or department, program, and course objectives.
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. We feel as a department that these changes will best serve both our major students and students who take sociology for Integrative Studies requirements.
SOC 201: Introduction to Sociology Major
RATIONALE:
Several years ago our department created a new course entitled “Soc 203: Sociology Proseminar”, which was intended to be a course that would introduce students majoring in sociology to the field and prepare them for upper-level courses as well as their future careers. Proseminar was originally 1 credit, but during the 4-credit transition, we decided to make it 2 credits. In the process of adapting the Integrative Studies Program, the Sociology faculty debated the future role of our department in the ISP, and whether we would convert our “Soc 101: Introductory Sociology” course into a perspectives course, or whether some other plan made more sense. In preparing our 4-credit model, we ultimately decided to leave Soc 101 and Soc 203 in place, while converting two of our courses, Soc 225 Social Problems and Soc 260 Popular Culture into IS Perspectives courses. After some experience with the ISP in place, we concluded that our department needed one additional course to meet the IS-Perspectives requirement, so we have proposed a new course “IS-Soc 125: Sociology Now”. That course will introduce students from across the campus to the field of sociology, with a focus on current events. Sociology Now will not, however, serve as an introductory course for students planning to major in sociology. Rather, we want to create the new course Soc 201: Introduction to Sociology Major, which will serve the combined purposes of our old Sociology 101 and Sociology 203, in a single 4-credit course. Previously students majoring in sociology would have had to take both 101 and 203, for a total of six credits.
(see attachment for more explanation on rationale)
SOC 101 INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY
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. We feel as a department that these changes will best serve both our major students and students who take sociology for Integrative Studies requirements.
IS SOC 125 SOCIOLOGY NOW
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, but will serve as a course for students from across the curriculum. The course will demonstrate to students how sociological knowledge informs discussions of a broad range of current event topics, such as popular culture, contemporary news, politics, science, or related subjects.
HGS 427/SOC 427 Sociological Topics in Genocide
RATIONALE:
Teaching SOC 327, Sociology of Genocide, has demonstrated that a number of different genocides can only be studied at a basic level. Students do not come into the course with enough historical and geographic background to permit in-depth study of a specific genocide. In this 400-level course, students will delve deeply into the study of a single genocide. The course also enables them to more thoroughly evaluate theoretical debates surrounding the genocide. In addition, this new course supports the proposed Holocaust and Genocide Major. Note that the experimental course SOC 490, Rwandan Society and Genocide, has been taught successfully several times.