SOC Happiness

FIELD ASSIGNMENT 9

SERVICE

Goals and Skills: Students are asked to apply specific concepts, happiness theories, or research findings they have learned in class to life experiences and specific out-of-class activities. Using a concept in a new circumstance as well as connecting sociology to other relevant material in students’ lives allows for greater student understanding.

Specific Instructions: Find a service activity in which to take part for at least 1 hour. Describe what you did and then write about how it relates to happiness. You can do a nice thing for someone, volunteer for a local community organization, or simply do something that is for the benefit of others. Who benefited from the service and how was their happiness affected by your service? Did this experience have any effect on your happiness? What is the connection between service and happiness?

Substantive Discussion/Debriefing: On the class day after the assignment is due, there will be an in-class discussion about this assignment. Students should be prepared to talk about their paper.

DUE: A digital copy should be uploaded to D2L into correct folder by 11:59pm on the due date (exact dates are noted on the syllabus under Course Calendar and Assignments).

Feedback: Students will be given numerical grades using the rubric below:

FIELD ASSIGNMENT GRADING RUBRIC

POINT VALUE

GRADING CRITERIA POINTS

RECEIVED

1 Covered subject of assignment/stayed on topic

1 Included at least ONE direct quotation from a class reading that was appropriately cited using an ASA-style in-text parenthetical citation (Author Year: Page#)

1 Clarity of writing style/ease of reading

1 Grammar and spelling

1 Format (typed, double-spaced, 12 pt. font, 1 page minimum, 2 pp. max)

TOTAL SCORE (Out of 5):