Final Journal Assignment Journal Question: As you prepare to end this course with this final journal, reflect on and summarize the key lessons in this unit. Make sure you include evidence that you read the lecture notes and readings. Answer this question: What is the romance myth and summarize Professor Essig’s argument? How does it […]
How is your college experience gendered, if at all? How does this shape your experiences? Explain.
Higher Education as a Gendered Institution. We’ve introduced the idea that education is a gendered institution governed by norms and policies and that the salience of gender often ebbs and flows across different contexts, activities, and spaces. Consider the particular organization in which you are now embedded: college. Brainstorm the ways in which your college […]
Prepare a 10-15 slide PowerPoint presentation (no more than 15 slides) in which you analyze the article using one of the following theoretical perspectives: symbolic interactionism, conflict theories, or structural functionalism.
Final: Current Event Video Presentation A Sociological Perspective of Current Events Select an article that describes an event or situation that has occurred in recent years (2019 – 2023). The article must be from a major source, such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Baltimore Sun, Time Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, […]
Discuss how any theories of deviance, such as labeling, conflict, strain, differential association or other concepts related to the chapter on deviance help you to understand the experiences of your author.
Autobiography. ( Tyler Perry: Higher is waiting) Sociological Content. ( sociology 1-3 PowerPoint should help with the autobiograph Based on readings in your textbook, The Core, including such topics as sociological theories, socialization, culture, deviance, stratification, gender, the family and religion and other topics, elaborate on the content topics listed below and integrate these topics […]
What are the distinctions in sociology between the terms sex and gender? What importance does the differentiation between the terms have in modern society?
Journal Reflection Assignment Prompt: What are the distinctions in sociology between the terms sex and gender? What importance does the differentiation between the terms have in modern society? Also discuss gender stratification and provide examples of gender stratification from the U.S. or other societies. Find a recent news piece (within the last year) related to […]
Observe social dynamics of jaywalking. What are the characteristics of those, when they jaywalk, who seem to be followed by people who were previously waiting for the light to change?
Jaywalking Study Lab Exercise: Observing Jaywalkers Observe social dynamics of jaywalking defined narrowly: pedestrians crossing street against light at intersection Pick 2 intersections, & observe at each for 20 minutes. Notes and analysis should focus on two questions: Who jaywalks and who doesn’t? What characteristics describe each group? Who stimulates jaywalking by others? What are […]
What is the difference between a kinship unit and a consumption unit, and why is the difference important to an understanding of the family and household transition?
Demographic Trends Why do you think that race and ethnicity affect life chances in so many different societies? Discuss the ways in which each of the other components of the demographic transition lead up to and help explain the family and household transition. The United States is one of the countries reporting that there is […]
Research and explain the pros and cons of this debate. Determine your position, consider the qualities of the SLU core value, integrity, including honesty, justice, and consistency.
Debate Over The Legalization of Marijuana The debate over the legalization of marijuana in the United States has been raging for over a century, with both sides having clear points of view. Research and explain the pros and cons of this debate. After you have presented both sides of the debate, decide where you stand […]
Take the DEOMI – on-line Disability Awareness Course – access the course. Then write a summary of what you learned by taking the DEOMI course.
DEOMI Course 1) Take the DEOMI – on-line Disability Awareness Course – access the course here: https://www.deocs.net/public/edu-training/registration.cfm?cid=EL3 2) Upon completion of the DEOMI on-line Disability Awareness Course submit the following two items via “turnitin”. a) a summary of what you learned by taking the DEOMI course (Worth 4 points).
Assess the degree to which your findings support and/or challenge Bourdieu’s argument concerning the autonomy of school as an institutional mechanism of equality, and its simultaneous interconnection with family background and social class.
Bourdieu Success in school/college is one of the most trusted institutional pathways enabling children from low social class backgrounds to gain entry into the middle class. Yet, as Bourdieu argues, school culture is a culture that affirms and rewards middle-class culture, thus making success in school a more difficult challenge for those who come from […]