WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT DEFINING SOCIAL PROBLEMS

Go to the following site:

http://www.humansofnewyork.com/

http://www.humansofnewyork.com/

and explore several of the Stories of people featured under the home page "Stories" link. At this time, do not explore the "Countries" or "Series" links.

Referring to some of the social problems you noticed as operating in people's Stories, answer ONE of the following questions:

1) Apply the sociological imagination to one or more of the people's Stories as a way of understanding social problems relevant to them.

or

2)   Connect some of the key tenets of the feminist perspective toward social problems to an issue from one or more of the people's Stories.

Course Objectives:
 

The Week One forum will develop your ability to do the following:

Course Objective One

Identify specific social problems and their   cause-effect patterns.

Course Objective Four

Apply class concepts to support opinions   about social problems.

Course Objective Five

Illustrate how the sociological process   enables us to identify various social concerns.

Course Objective Six

Explain the role of culture in identifying   social issues as problems.

Course Objective Seven

Apply sociological theories to explain the   occurrence and scope of these problems.

Instructions for all Forums:

Each week, learners will post one initial post per week.  This post must demonstrate comprehension of the course materials, the ability to apply that knowledge in the real world.  Learners will engage with the instructor and peers throughout the learning week.  To motivate engaged discussion, posts are expected to be on time with regular interaction throughout the week.  All posts should demonstrate college level writing skills. To promote vibrant discussion as we would in a face to face classroom, formatted citations and references are not required.  Quotes should not be used at all, or used sparingly.  If you quote a source quotation marks should be used and an APA formatted citation and reference provided.