Sociology [SOC]

Alteration of Existing Program (Effective 2024-25)

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  • GETTING STARTED

    Be sure to complete Steps 1 - 6

    All fields marked with an asterisk are required and must be completed prior to Validating and Launching the proposal

    Uploading files:  Select Files icon (in the vertical strip to the far right); click Browse to locate your file, the click Upload

    You may select Save All Changes at any time while working on this proposal. You may also exit out of Curriculog and return at a later time to complete the proposal

    Finally, don't hesitate to call the Academic Affairs Office if you need help along the way (ext. 2206)

  • 1. Select your department

  • Department*
    Click in the Select an option field and scroll to select your department. Save All Changes will populate the appropriate department/school information for the approval process.

  • STEP 2.  Complete the next four fields

    • select Program if you are making changes/edits within your entire program

    • select Shared Core if you are only making changes to a programmatic core that is shared among several academic programs, or shared among other programs within your own department

    • select Undergraduate or Graduate option

    • select the level of change (Level III requires SUNY/SED approval).  Please refer to the Curriculum Change Guide to determine your level of change, or call the Academic Affairs Office at ext. 2206

    • select the appropriate action being requested

  • Program Type*
  • * Select One
  • * Level of Change
    Please refer to the Curriculum Change Guide to determine if your proposed alteration is a Level II or III change. Level II requires local approval only and does not need SUNY or NYSED approvals.

  • If this program alteration will be submitted to SUNY/NYSED for approval, you will need to complete the 4 Year Program Schedule form and attach it to this proposal.  The form will be included, as a requirement, with the SUNY/NYSED submission.

    Click on this link, then open the 4 Year Program Schedule form.

  • * Action requested
    Requests for deactivation, discontinuance or offering a program online (50% or more) is considered a Level III change and will require SUNY and NYSED approval.

  • Discontinue vs. Deactivation (Level III Curricular Change)

    Discontinue:  A campus no long offers the program nor awards a credential for completion of the program.  The program is removed from the State Education Departments Inventory of Registered Programs.

    Deactivation:  A campus makes a decision not to admit any more students to a program but wishes to maintain the programs registration.  This option allows to reassess the need for the program or to restructure a program.  This action is internal to SUNY and limited in duration to no more than three years.  The institution must notify SUNY within three years of the deactivation date to either reactivate this program or to discontinue the program.

  • STEP 3.  IMPORT PROGRAM INFORMATION

    DO NOT type in your program or core name.  You must Import current program/core information.  After importing, all current courses will be displayed, as well as all the cores (sections) and courses within each core.

    • select the Import option (scroll up to top of proposal to locate in this pane);

    • select the respective in-process catalog; in the pop-up window select Sesarch Available Curriculum.

    • Scroll down and choose next (if appropriate) to find your progam; once you find your program click on it, then select Import This Item.  This will populate all courses (by section) into your proposal.

  • Program Name (Must Import Program)*
    Sociology [SOC]
    Sociology [SOC]
  • Program Description/Information

    This major in the  provides students with a broad degree of flexibility in choosing a career after graduation, the opportunity to explore careers in the human services, public administration and management, and a general background for graduate work in the social sciences, public policy, law and social work. In a rapidly changing world, students who major in sociology obtain a solid liberal arts education that fosters versatility in the world of work and good citizenship.

    Student Learning Outcomes

    Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

    1. Understand and apply the basic sociological concepts. These include the sociological imagination, social structure, institutions, social stratification, culture, and power.
    2. Understand the role of social structure, culture, and social processes in the causation and amelioration of social problems.
    3. Develop a thorough knowledge of the major sociological theories and theorists.  Important theoretical perspectives include functionalism, the conflict perspective, and symbolic interactionism.  Important social theorists include C. Wright Mills, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and George Herbert Mead.
    4. Collect information necessary to address a research topic or hypothesis through library research, analysis of electronic data sources, and both quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques.
    5. Conduct basic quantitative data analysis employing computers.
    6. Communicate their ideas and the ideas of others clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing.
    Make edits to the program's description as it appears in the catalog.
  • * Expected Learning Outcomes. Program SLOs are not able to be imported at this time, however they are located in the Program Description field above. Copy and paste the SLOs into this field, then make your edits (if applicable).*

    Student Learning Outcomes

    Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

    1. Define and apply the basic sociological concepts.
    2. Explain the role of social structure, culture, and social processes in the causation and amelioration of social problems.
    3. Evaluate the major sociological theories and theorists.
    4. Design sociological research projects.
    5. Describe and analyze different kinds of datasets, including surveys, longitudinal data, and single measures.
    6. Evaluate and argue their ideas and the ideas of others clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing.
  • * Provide summary and justification for each change being requested.*

    Additional changes were made as part of the course exception email (Pam)

    Over the past several years, the Sociology and Criminology faculty have developed a proposal to improve the Sociology major to better reflect the current strengths of the faculty as well as the needs of the students.

    A summary of the changes for the Sociology major outlined in the proposal is below:

    1) Reduce the total degree credits from 124 to 120 to better align with the other majors in the Sociology/Anthropology Department

    2) Increase the credits required in the major from 36 to 39 to create space for a new CORE class.

    3) Increase the credits required for core classes from 12 to 15.

    4) Add the “Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender” (SOC 231) to the CORE required classes.  This class has been proposed.  It will be a WI course that students take after SOC 150 (Introduction to Sociology). The goal is to extend the foundational knowledge of Sociology for our majors as well as creating a way for students to improve their writing earlier in their college careers.

    5) Remove SOC 492 (Sociological Theory) from the core classes and transition it to an upper level elective theory course.

    6) Add SOC 300 (Introduction to Sociological Theory) to the core courses.  This will bring the SOC major in line with our current CRM major curriculum.  Having all of our SOC/CRM students take the same theory course will make it easier to consistently offer the required theory course.

    7) Delete SOC 100 as this course is essentially a duplicate of SOC 150 and is currently being deactivated in a separate course level proposals.

    8) Remove the categories (e.g,, “A: Social Institutions”) from the major.  The categorization of courses has become unwieldy.  Consistently making sure the department is offering the current categories is logistically difficult and creates barriers for students progressing to graduation.  These categories also reflect an understanding of the major from the generation of faculty who have all retired.  For example, what makes a course category A versus B is no longer clear.

    9) Organize the electives by course level (see below).  This allows for greater flexibility in the content of what courses are taught, allowing the faculty to reflect their expertise into their course offerings. The new structure also encourages students to take increasingly specialized courses which should improve their skill development. The new structure should also make it simpler for students to progress towards an on-time graduation.

    Choose 24 credit hours as outlined below:

    •   12 cr. hr @ SOC 300-499

    •   6 cr. hr. @ SOC 400-499

    •   6 cr. hr. @ SOC 200-499

    10) In other Curriculog proposals launched in Fall 2023, the following courses are having their numbers changed to better reflect the content of the courses and their place in the new credit categories outlined in point 9.

    CRM/SOC 392 (Incarceration & The Family) —> SOC/CRM 421

    CRM/SOC 399 (Sterilization, Reproductive Technology, and Abortion) —> SOC/CRM 426

    CRM/SOC 462 (Juvenile Delinquency) —> SOC/CRM 232

    CRM/SOC 477 (Social Control) —> SOC/CRM 321

    SOC 401 (Sociology of Gender) —> SOC 323

    SOC 451 (Social Stratification) —> SOC 324

    SOC 464 (Political Sociology) —> SOC 326

     

  • * Is this program part of a teacher education program?*
  • * Have all departments that provide courses to this program been notified of the alteration(s) or deletion?

    If yes, upload comments by these departments regarding the impact, if any, to the program alteration or deletion.

  • STEP 4.  You may Validate and Launch Proposal 

    The proposal will remain at your level for editing after launching. You can exit Curriculog and return to continue working on your proposal. Your proposal will be located in the My Proposals tab; click on your proposal to open it.

    To Launch: scroll to the top or bottom of this pane and select Validate and Launch Proposal. Please note that all required fields must be completed before you can launch. 

    You may continue to edit your proposal. When editing existing information within a field, you may be prompted to Save when done.

  • STEP 5.  BUILDING (EDITING) YOUR CURRICULUM

    The Curriculum field has three icons:

    • View Curriculum Courses (current default view). This is a cumulative listing of all course currently listed in your program

    • Preview Curriculum.  This is a view of how your program will appear in the catalog.  Make sure it looks okay before moving on.

    • View Curriculum Schema.  This view shows the cores (and the respective courses) outlined in the catalog.  Make sure it looks okay and all the credit hours add up before moving on.


    1.  If you are adding courses (new or existing) to the program, you will want to add these first.  This will add new or existing courses to the cumulative list so they can be added to sections in the program.

    Click on the View Curriculum Courses icon to start your build.  You should click on Add Course (to add new courses), or click on Import Course (to add existing courses). Now that courses have been added to the cumulative course list, you may add them to your program cores (sections).

    2.  You can now edit the existing cores in your program.  This includes:  1) adding new or existing courses to a core; 2) removing courses within a core; 3) editing core name and associated descriptiove text. 

    Click on the View Curriculum Schema icon to start editing or building. 

    • To add a core:  click on Add Core to starting building a new core/ sections.  Once the cores are created, you can add courses that you have updated from the cumulative list.

    • To edit a core:  click once on the desired core name (this will expand).  Here you are able to 1) edit the name or description, if needed; 2) click on Add Courses to add courses (from the cumulative course list).  When adding a course to a core, the course will, by default, be listed last. Click and drag on the course to place it in its proper alpha/numerical order.

    • To remove a course from a core (section):  click on the appropriate core name to expand that area; hover over the course and click the trash can icon.

    • To delete a core:  locate the core to be deleted, then click on the trash can icon. click once of the desired core name (this will expand). Delete appropriate course(s) within the core (hover over course then click blue "X".  After the courses are deleted you may delete the core. You can add a deleted course into another section(s)

  • Prospective Curriculum*

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  • STEP 6.  Approve your proposal. 

    When you have completed your proposal you must Approve the proposal.  By approving your proposal, this will move it to the next step in the approval process. You will no longer be able to make edits after you approve, so be sure it is complete.

    To approve: select the Decisions icon on the far right vertical strip, then in the Your Decision area, click Approve, then Make My Decision. 

  • User Tracking

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    Help: Show Current with Markup: This option displays the proposal with all of its current content marked to show different editors. Text fields that include imported content are indicated by a blue highlight, and may also include additional changes within, indicated by each editor’s unique color. Fields containing selects, checkboxes, radio buttons, or widgets (such as the curriculum) provide an activity log above the field, indicating each editor’s selection and unique color.

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