College students at state universities in Florida can now not use a sociology course as a core possibility in the direction of commencement.
The Florida Board of Governors has removed “Principles of Sociology” from its accepted listing of core choices, changing it with “Introductory Survey to 1877,” which the 17-member board stated supplies a “traditionally correct account of America’s founding, the horrors of slavery, the ensuing Civil Conflict, and the Reconstruction Period.”
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 now not serves its meant objective as a basic data course for college students.”
“Below [Governor RonDeSantis],” he continued, “Florida’s increased schooling system will deal with making ready college students for high-demand, high-wage jobs, not woke ideology.”
The transfer to ban the sociology class as a core possibility 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 referring to gender or sexuality have to be excluded. The state ultimately reached a resolution over that problem, however many colleges scrapped the course nonetheless.
The state has additionally made controversial changes to elementary and excessive faculties with restrictions on what will be taught about every thing from race to sexual orientation. Its “Don’t Say Homosexual” 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 influence 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 stunned, given feedback from Diaz and others.