Florida is making sociology an elective as university faculty cry foul

Sociology no longer required for graduation at Florida’s public universities

Sociology is ‘social and political advocacy,’ chancellor says Students at all 12 public universities in Florida will no longer be required to take an introductory sociology class to graduate beginning next semester. The State University System’s Board of Governors approved the “sweeping, systemwide ban that reflects years of Republican criticism of the discipline” on Thursday… Source

Florida is making sociology an elective as university faculty cry foul

This is a culmination of the state's battle over sociology as a discipline. It comes months after the state required professors to use a new textbook edited by state officials.