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

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 MachForm

Curriculum

Course Proposal Forms

• New Course Proposal (NCP) (DOCX)
• Change to Existing Course (CEC) Proposal (DOCX)
• Minor Change to Existing Program (MCP) Proposal (DOCX)
• LA&PS Curriculum Consultation (DOCX)
• Reactivate Lapsed Course Proposal (DOCX)

Active Course Proposals

• Hate Crime and Hate Speech (PDF)
• Animal Rights: Examining Socio-Legal Claims for Animal Justice (PDF)
• Law, Science, Proof (PDF)
• Religion, Governance and Law in a Global Context (PDF)

LA&PS Curriculum Toolkit

• LA&PS Curriculum Toolkit 

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)

Top 5 Reasons Why Course Proposals are Returned

• Top 5 Reasons Why Course Proposals Are Returned by CCPS (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: Unit 1 (PDF) and Unit 1 (DOC)
• Unit 2: 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

Teaching Assistant Workload Form

• TA Workload Form (PDF)

Hiring Policies

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

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Departmental Policies: Tenure and Promotion

Departmental T & P Standards and Procedures

• SOSC - T & P Standards and Procedures (2010) (PDF)
• SOSC - T & P Guidelines - Teaching Stream (2018 DRAFT) (PDF)

Resources & Toolkits

• LA&PS Tenure and Promotions Toolkit
• Secretariat Tenure and Promotions Toolkit
• Tenure & Promotions (Policy, Criteria and Procedures - Secretariat) (PDF)
• YUFA Tenure and Promotion Documents 2015-2018) (PDF)

Remote Teaching Information Forms

Remote Teaching Information for YUFA Members

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

Remote Teaching Information for CUPE Unit 2 Members

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

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Teaching Resources

Teaching Workload Policy for Full-Time Faculty Members

• 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)

Teaching Assistant Workload Form

• TA Workload Form (PDF)

Guest/Honorarium Form

• Guest/Honorarium Form (PDF)

Academic Honesty

• Academic Honesty - SOSC Procedures and Best Practices (PDF)

Course Evaluation & Exam Request MachForms

• Course Evaluation Request Form for Courses Ending in the Term Machform
  
• Permission MachForm (available only seasonally)

Resources for Teaching

• Academic Accommodation for Students with Disabilities (Guidelines, Procedures and Definitions)
• Senate Policy on Academic Honesty
• Foundations  
• Teaching Commons 

Conversion & LSTAs

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