spirituality (SOC Happiness)

FIELD ASSIGNMENT 7

SPIRITUALITY

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: How do spirituality, religion, church, beliefs about morality, etc. relate to happiness, if at all? What is your point of view on happiness and spirituality? What does your religious (or non-religious) background or upbringing have to say about happiness? How does this affect your behavior regarding happiness? What do you know about how other religions think about happiness? Write about these questions in one page (two pages maximum).

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:

1

1 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):