Money and Happiness (SOC Happiness)

FIELD ASSIGNMENT 6

MONEY AND HAPPINESS

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: You should address the question: What is the relationship between money and happiness? You should think about your financial situation and financial goals as they relate to your current and future happiness. How is money and happiness related in your family? With your friends? What three (3) things would you buy or do if you won the lottery (that is, if money were not an issue) and explain why you think this would make you happy.

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):