Received: from sobek.Colorado.EDU (sobek.Colorado.EDU [128.138.151.62]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id UAA07075 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 1997 20:06:06 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from watterwo@localhost) by sobek.Colorado.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.5/Unixops/Hesiod/(SDM)) id UAA06823; Wed, 30 Apr 1997 20:06:04 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 20:06:04 -0600 (MDT) From: Jay Watterworth To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu cc: Sociology Graduate Students -- International Subject: Re: Discussion of job market for scientists today on NPR's In-Reply-To: <199704291251.IAA28346@sable.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Yes, Journal of Applied Sociology (JAS) is published annually. Jay On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Jeff Janosko wrote: > Jay, > That's a great idea...does SAS publish a journal? > > > At 09:31 PM 4/28/97 -0600, you wrote: > >I would strongly suggest that you contact SAS, the Society for Applied > >Sociology, which is devoted to the application of sociology in the "real" > >world. Stephen Steele is a good person to contact for information. > >Jay Watterworth > > > >On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Jeff Janosko wrote: > > > >> At 09:27 AM 4/26/97 CDT, you wrote: > >> >Jim, I heard something like that too, on the rumor mill. Our > >> >university (Our Lady of the Lake University) is instituting an M.A. > >> >in Sociological Practice. There is also a bill in our House and > >> >Senate (statewide) to initiate examination and certification of > >> >Sociological Practitioners. Our Department Chair, Dr. Thomas > >> >Langham, has been instrumental in this. He believes that > >> >Sociological Practitioners with an M.A. will soon be earning more > >> >than Ph.D.'s in Sociology. In case he's not on target, I'm going for > >> >the Ph.D. I can always pick up a Sociological Practice M.A. and > >> >certification if needed later. > >> >Kathi Rangel-Wrono > >> Hi Kathi, > >> Thanks for the info...the push for a "practical" graduate program is > >> being felt here at Virginia Tech also. Although there is no legislative > >> initiative to certify sociologists, the university administration (at the > >> behest of the State Council on Higher Education) is "encouraging" the > >> faculties of social science departments to development graduate programs > >> that are not exclusively oriented to careers in academia. The political > >> science department here recently developed an interdisciplinary MS program > >> that focuses on international policy. > >> At your school, what is the difference between a sociologist and a > >> Sociological Practitioner? > >> Jeff > >> ***************** > >> Jeff Janosko > >> Center for Public Administration and Policy > >> Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA > >> U.S.A > >> > >> > > > >