College students at state universities in Florida can not use a sociology course as a core choice in the direction of commencement.
The Florida Board of Governors has removed “Principles of Sociology” from its accepted checklist of core choices, changing it with “Introductory Survey to 1877,” which the 17-member board stated supplies a “historically accurate account of America’s founding, the horrors of slavery, the resulting Civil War, and the Reconstruction Era.”
The information comes as Florida’s ‘war on woke’ continues unabated. Final month, Florida Training Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. took particular aim at sociology classes on Twitter/X, saying the science “has been hijacked by left-wing activists and no longer serves its intended purpose as a general knowledge course for students.”
“Under [Governor RonDeSantis],” he continued, “Florida’s higher education system will focus on preparing students for high-demand, high-wage jobs, not woke ideology.”
The transfer to ban the sociology class as a core choice comes simply 5 months after the state tried to enact strict guidelines about what could be taught in Advanced Placement Psychology courses, saying any subjects regarding gender or sexuality have to be excluded. The state finally reached a resolution over that subject, however many colleges scrapped the course nonetheless.
The state has additionally made controversial changes to elementary and excessive faculties with restrictions on what might be taught about every thing from race to sexual orientation. Its “Don’t Say Gay” order catapulted the state into the nationwide highlight and kicked off a long-running feud with Disney, the state’s largest employer, that continues to this present day.
The choice by the board of governors will affect 12 schools and over 43,000 college students. The motion was first proposed in November and adopted a two-week remark interval.
Sociologists are decrying the transfer and urging the state to reverse the choice, however say they’re not shocked, given feedback from Diaz and others.
