The Department of Sociology acquires and disseminates knowledge about society and human behavior. The Department provides high quality teaching
Objective
Teaching And Dissemination Of Knowledge
The Department of Sociology provides high quality teaching that disseminates knowledge on social life, social change and the social causes and consequences of human behavior.
Indicator
Evaluation Of Faculty Teaching
Each Sociology faculty member will prepare a Sociology Faculty Evaluation Form (FES 5) that contains his/her academic activities (Research, Teaching and Service). This form will be used to assess faculty production in teaching.
Criterion
Evaluation Teaching
A score of 3 or more in the teaching section of the FES Form 5 is considered satisfactory. It will be considered satisfactory if 80 % of faculty will obtain a score of 3 or more.
Finding
Findings: Evaluation Of Teaching
100 of faculty scored 3 or better in their teaching evaluations
Action
Actions For Evaluation Of Teaching
The chair will monitor more closely teaching. It is important that good student evaluations be obtained without watering down the content of the classes and the rigor of evaluations. Some faculty members tend to be more lenient in their evaluations in order to receive better evaluations from students. They also tend to use abundant extra credit. These two negative tendencies will be monitored and controlled.
Goal
Research
SHSU Sociologists investigate the functioning of society. The faculty produce high quality research.
Objective
Research
The Faculty will produce high-quality research that investigates the structure of groups, organizations, and societies and how people interact within these contexts.
Indicator
Faculty Research Performance
Each Sociology faculty member will prepare a Sociology Faculty Evaluation Form (FES 5) that contains his/her academic activities (Research, Teaching and Service). This form will be used to assess faculty production in research.
Criterion
Evaluation Research
A score of 3 or more in the research section of the FESs Form 5 is considered satisfactory. It will be considered satisfactory if 80 % of faculty will obtain a score of 3 or more.
Finding
Findings Of Research
100 percent of faculty performed satisfactorily in research
Action
Actions For Research
The department is performing extremely well in research. The next objective is to publish research in more prestigious domestic and international journals
Goal
Service
The Department provides service to the University, scientific community, and society
Objective
Provide Quality Service
Faculty will provide service to the department, university, profession and community.
Indicator
Evaluation Of Faculty Service
Each Sociology faculty member will prepare a Sociology Faculty Evaluation Form (FES 5) that contains his/her academic activities (Research, Teaching and Service). This form will be used to assess successful completion of service.
Criterion
Evaluation Service
A score of 3 or more in the service section of the FES 5 Form is considered satisfactory. It will be considered satisfactory if 80 % of faculty will obtain a score of 3 or more.
Finding
Findings Of Service
100 percent of faculty performed well in service
Action
Actions For Service
To improve the service performance of Faculty, the chair will closely monitor the activities of individual faculty members.