Faculty Resources

Faculty Resources & Research Support

Research Release Plan (RRP)

• SOSC Research Release Plan Criteria (DOCX)
• Research Release Plan Form Application

Research Support Initiatives

• Research in LA&PS
• Research Digest
• SOSC News
• yFile Research News 
• SOSC Publications 

Administered by the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies

• Internal Funding Opportunities 
• Resources for Researchers 
• Research Accounting
• Faculty Affairs

Administered Outside the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies

• Strategic and Institutional Research Services

Office of Research Ethics

• Office of Research Ethics 
• YU Link Research Ethics Forms

YUFA Conference Travel Funds

• YUFA Conference Travel Application - Microsoft Forms
• Steps on how to submit your YUFA travel conference fund request (PDF)
• Conference Travel Application Process (DOC)
• Concur - Expense Forms

Sabbatical Request Form

• Statement of Intent to Proceed to Sabbatical Form

Curriculum

Course Proposal Forms

University Undergraduate Degree Level Expectations (UDDLES) by Program

• African Studies (PDF)
• Business & Society (PDF)
• Criminology (PDF)
• Health & Society (PDF)
• Interdisciplinary Social Science (PDF)
• International Development Studies (PDF)
• Law & Society (PDF)
• Urban Studies (PDF)
• Work & Labour Studies (PDF)

Resources

• Top 5 Reasons Why Course Proposals are Returned by CCPS (PDF)

Hiring Policies and Procedures

• Department Hiring Procedures (PDF)
• Affirmative Action and Equity Plan and Recruitment Procedures (PDF)
• Conversion & LSTA Process and Criteria (2016) (PDF)
• Conversion & LSTA Appointment Self-Identification Form (2019) (PDF)
• University Academic Appointments Process

Remote Teaching Information Forms

Remote Teaching Information for YUFA Members

• YUFA 2020-2021 Teaching Declaration Form
• YUFA 2021-2022 Teaching Declaration Form

Remote Teaching Information for CUPE Unit 2 Members

• CUPE Unit 2, 2020-2021 Teaching Declaration Form
• CUPE Unit 2, 2021-2022 Teaching Declaration Form

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Teaching Resources

• Teaching Workload Policy for Full-Time Faculty Members (PDF)

Grades Spreadsheets

• Courses over 32 students (XLSX)
• Courses & Tutorials under 32 students (XLS)
• Courses with 150 pt scale (XLS)

Forms

• TA Workload Form (PDF)
• Guest/Honorarium Form (PDF)
• Academic Honesty - SOSC Procedures and Best Practices (PDF)
• Course Evaluation Request Form for Courses Ending in the Term
• Permission Form (available only seasonally)

Resources for Teaching

• Academic Accommodation for Students with Disabilities (Guidelines, Procedures and Definitions)
• Senate Policy on Academic Honesty
• Teaching Assistants & Course Directors Resources
• Instructor Resources

Conversion & LSTAs

• Conversion & LSTA Process and Criteria (2016) (PDF)

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CUPE

For all Department of Social Science CUPE Units 1 & 2 matters, please contact Lucy at SOSCCUPE@yorku.ca.

Blanket Application Forms

• Unit 1 (PDF) and Unit 1 (DOC)
• Unit 2 (PDF) and Unit 2 (DOC)

Returning Unit 1 TA Form

• Returning Unit 1 TA MachForm

TA Office Hours Forms

• Unit 1 MachForm
• Unit 2 MachForm

Forms

• Teaching Assistant Workload Form (PDF)
• CUPE Unit 1 and 2 Research Interest Form
• CUPE 3903 Additional Resource and Replacement Request Form