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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - SYA7980
Tracking Number - 2362

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Current Status: Approved, Permanent Archive - 2011-07-17
Campus: Tampa
Submission Type: New
Course Change Information (for course changes only):
Comments: to GC 4/4/11. Desc. Too long; corrected 6/3/11. GC approved 6/3/11; approved effective 8/1/11. posted in banner


Detail Information

  1. Date & Time Submitted: 2010-08-02
  2. Department: Sociology
  3. College: AS
  4. Budget Account Number: 126300000
  5. Contact Person: Sara Green or Doni Loseke
  6. Phone: 9742893
  7. Email: sagreen@usf.edu
  8. Prefix: SYA
  9. Number: 7980
  10. Full Title: Doctoral Dissertation
  11. Credit Hours: 1 - 3
  12. Section Type: G - Graduate Dissertation
  13. Is the course title variable?: N
  14. Is a permit required for registration?: Y
  15. Are the credit hours variable?: Y
  16. Is this course repeatable?:
  17. If repeatable, how many times?: 0
  18. Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): Doctoral Dissertation
  19. Course Online?: C - Face-to-face (0% online)
  20. Percentage Online: 0
  21. Grading Option: Z - Z/U Only
  22. Prerequisites: Permission of Major Professor
  23. Corequisites: None
  24. Course Description: The dissertation represents the culmination of the research experience for Sociology doctoral students and will involve the creation of an original book-length study with many interrelated parts.

  25. Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: Needed for new program/concentration/certificate
  26. What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a required sequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service? In order to complete the PhD in Sociology, students must complete 18 dissertation credit hours.
  27. Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? No
  28. What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.) PhD in Sociology and an active record of scholarship related to the dissertation topic.
  29. Objectives: 1. To conduct original research in the student's specialty area;

    2. To communicate the findings of this research in a manor consistent with the highest standards of the discipline.

  30. Learning Outcomes: 1. To collect orignal data in accordance with the standards of the discipline;

    2. To analyze data in accordance with the standards of the discipline;

    3. To communicate findings in accordance with the standards of the discipline.

  31. Major Topics: Topic will be determined in consultation with the major professor and doctoral dissertation committee.
  32. Textbooks: None
  33. Course Readings, Online Resources, and Other Purchases: Readings will be determined in consultation with the major professor and doctoral dissertation committee.
  34. Student Expectations/Requirements and Grading Policy: The dissertation represents the culmination of the research experience for Sociology doctoral students and will involve the creation of an original book-length study with many interrelated parts.
  35. Assignments, Exams and Tests: Not applicable
  36. Attendance Policy: Not Applicable
  37. Policy on Make-up Work: The highest standards of academic integrity will be expected in accordance with the University Policy on Academic Integrity.
  38. Program This Course Supports: PhD Program in Sociololgy
  39. Course Concurrence Information: Not applicable


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