Task Force on the Master's Degree in Sociology
Background and Charge
On February 6, 2005, the ASA Council voted unanimously to establish a new task force focusing on The Master’s Degree in Sociology. This task force will assess the current state of MA degree programs generally and will undertake the following work:
- Identify key components and characteristics of a professional MA program (collaborating with the Council of Graduate Schools on a project of the same name);
- Identify the key components and experiences of applied MA programs (working with the Society for Applied Sociology and the Sociological Practice Association);
- Link the BA degree guidelines (in the Liberal Learning and the Sociology Major II report) to possible MA requirements;
- Examine how departments are developing an understanding of and an expansion of local/regional employment opportunities for MA sociologists;
- Describe various interdisciplinary MA programs in which sociology is the host department or plays a key role;
- Develop a network of MA-only department chairs and directors of graduate study to review issues and concerns raised during a meeting of MA Department Chairs at the 2004 Annual Meeting.
Members:
William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University
Marie Cornwall, Brigham Young University
Juanita M. Firestone, University of Texas - San Antonio
Dustin Kidd, Temple University
Judith K. Little, Humboldt State University
Carole L. Seyfrit, Radford University
James L. Sherohman, St. Cloud State University
James A. Wilson, Fordham University |
