Sociology: Feminist theory
Term-Paper Guidelines (A) Students are required to write a research or analytical paper, which should not exceed eight pages excluding references (see below for further guidelines). This paper is intended to help sharpen students’ research and critical-analytical skills. (B) before you can start writing your paper. You will need to provide an outline of your […]
Sociology: Children and family studies
Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to: LO1 On completion of the module students will be able to Evaluate working with children and families from a range of theoretical frameworks. LO2 Articulate and appraise the range of interventions employed in working with children and families who have experienced […]
Sociology 204 Writing Assignments
Sociology 204 Writing Assignment Option 1: Gender Socialization and Toys For this writing assignment you will be visiting a retail establishment to analyze one of the ways that gender socialization occurs in children. Specifically, you will visit a shop that sells children’s toys to better understand how toys reflect and communicate ideas about what it […]
Sociology 204 Writing Assignment Option 3: A Deviant Act
We can focus on four elements to understand deviance as a social construction: norms, contexts, interaction, and punishment. And the construction of deviance also always involves power. In this writing assignment you will identify a single, specific action that is defined as deviant and analyze it using this framework. The question that your paper will […]
Sociology 204 Writing Assignment Option 4: Socialization into
People inhabit multiple social worlds, and act differently in those different worlds. Socialization is one of the processes that allows this to happen, focusing on how we learn and internalize the norms, values, beliefs, habits, knowledge, behaviors, and modes of action that allow us to function in those different social worlds. In this essay, please […]
Sociology 204 Writing Assignment Option 6: Disaster!
In Unit One we talked about how disasters and accidents often need to be viewed in a broader perspective to understand the causes of the disaster and its effects. In this essay you are going to identify a specific disaster or accident (either one that has happened or one that may happen; please do not […]
Sociology 204 Writing Assignment Option 7: Nacirema Redux
For graded section three you read “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema.” In this writing assignment you will write an essay modeled on the Nacirema article (maybe an even better model is “Nacirema Celestial-Deer Worship” written by a student, Elizabeth Smith, for a similar writing assignment at her college; it is on Canvas). For your essay […]
Urban Sociology: Reading Reflection Assignment
Reading Reflection Assignment Each reflection should compare three readings. .Start by describing one of the major themes, you can get an idea from the title of the module or the titles of the topic. Then show how the three readings add to the conversation on that theme. You should critically address the material, including the […]
Sociology 300: REACTION PAPER
REACTION PAPER Read and write a Reaction Paper on the Ch. 3 “Cultural Variation in Emotion” from the book Emotion in Social Relations by B. Parkinson, A. Fischer, and A. Manstead. 2005. General page format: a) Double-spaced and font size scaled to 12; b) Page numbers on the upper right-hand corner of each page (starting […]
Sociology 204 Writing Assignment Option 5: Theme Song
Sociology 204 Writing Assignment Option 5: Theme Song Many of the issues that sociologists focus on exert a powerful influence over people’s lives and experiences. Because of this many sociological issues are reflected in pop culture, from movies and tv to novels to music. For this writing assignment you will identify a song (with lyrics) […]
