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Unit Assignments Unit I Scholarly Activity (My Educational Journey)

For the Unit I Assignment, you will be writing responses to questions on concepts you learned in this unit reading (sociological imagination, sociological perspectives, and research design) based on your decision to attend Columbia Southern University. For this assignment, complete both Part A and Part B as follows: Part A: Apply the concept of sociological imagination while answering the following question. What are at least two specific groups that you belong to (family, race, age, gender, ethnicity, class, level of education, work, etc.) that influenced your choice to pursue a degree at Columbia Southern University. Describe how relevant the functionalist view, conflict view, and interactionist view were in making your choice to attend college? Please make sure to address all three of these sociological views in your assignment. Hint: pp. 15-16 and 21 of the textbook explain the three different sociological views and p. 16 in the SOC THINK box provides specific questions students can use to apply the three sociological views to their choice to attend college. Part B: Imagine you are a sociological researcher studying academic dishonesty at Columbia Southern University. Identify at least one research question you would address. What type of sociological research design method that recognizes patterns of behavior would you use to study academic dishonesty at Columbia Southern University? Identify and explain at least one advantage and one disadvantage of the research method type you chose. Hint: A table of research design methods are provided on p. 36 of your textbook. For this assignment, ensure you follow the requirements below: 1. Answer ALL questions listed in both Part A and Part B of your essay. 2. Please answer the response questions in essay style format. You will not rewrite each question and answer it. You will create an essay that addresses the response questions. 3. Use sociological terms and concepts from the textbook reading in your essay to demonstrate you understand and can apply the concepts. 4. Cite the textbook at least one time in the assignment. The essay should contain one or more APA style in-text citations showing how the course textbook was used. Other sources may be used in addition to the textbook. An APA style reference list containing the textbook and any other sources cited in the essay is also required. The following tutorial from CSU’s Writing Center on in-text citations is a great helpful resource. Click on the link to view this tutorial: http://columbiasouthern.adobeconnect.com/intextcitations/ The assignment should be a minimum of two pages and should use the following APA style components: APA style title page, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, and 12-point font. Note: The rubric for this assignment contains a task section. Your task score is based on the following: (a) the page requirement is met; (b) whether unit terms and concepts are directly identified and specifically labeled; (c) all parts of each question are directly answered and clearly demonstrated; and (d) whether the textbook was cited. The rubric grading criteria involves relevant, informative, and on-topic content. The criteria are based on whether you use indepth critical analysis and remain on the topic of the questions being asked in the assignment instructions. Please contact your instructor if you have any questions about the assignment or the unit’s course material.

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Unit II Essay Exploring A Different Culture

For the Unit II Assignment you will be answering a series of response questions applying concepts you learned in this unit reading (culture and socialization) to a culture different from your own. For this assignment, choose a culture different from your own and complete Part A, Part B, and Part C as follows: PART A: Introduce the Culture and Identify Folkways, Values, and Taboos (Mores) What culture did you research? Provide a brief introductory and background about the culture you researched. Why did you choose to research that particular culture? What is at least one interesting folkway in the culture? What is at least one important value in the culture? What is at least one taboo or more in the culture? *Please make sure to use concepts and terminology found in your textbook about culture and remember to distinguish which things are the folkways, values, and taboos in your assignment. Part B: Identify Two Agents of Socialization What are at least two agents of socialization that are central in teaching some of the particular cultural folkways, values, and taboos you presented? *Please, make sure to use terminology and concepts found in the textbook regarding agents of socialization as part of your discussion. Part C: Reflection What impact did studying this culture have on you? For example, did it reduce stereotypes you held about the culture or give you a greater appreciation for the culture? Did it help you understand more about the differences and similarities between your culture and the one you researched and help to differentiate between the different types of norms? For this Unit II essay assignment, ensure you follow the requirements below: 1. Answer all of the questions listed in Part A, Part B, and Part C in your assignment. 2. Please answer the response questions in essay-style format. You will not be rewriting each question and answering it. You will be creating an essay that addresses the response questions. 3. Use sociological terms and concepts from the textbook reading in your essay to demonstrate you understand and can apply the concepts. 4. Cite the textbook at least once and cite a web source at least once in the essay, so the assignment requires two sources. APA style in-text citations are required to show how the textbook and the source were used in your essay. An APA style reference list containing the textbook, the web source, and any other sources you cited in the assignment is also required. The following tutorial from CSU’s Writing Center on in-text citations is a great helpful resource. Click on the link to view this tutorial: http://columbiasouthern.adobeconnect.com/intextcitations/ The essay should be approximately two to three pages and should use the following APA style components: APA style title page, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, and 12-point font. Note: The rubric for this assignment contains a task section. Your task score is based on the following: (a) the page requirement is met; (b) whether unit terms and concepts are directly identified and specifically labeled; (c) all parts of each question are directly answered and clearly demonstrated; and (d) whether the textbook was cited. The rubric grading criteria involves relevant, informative, and on-topic content. The criteria are based on whether you use indepth critical analysis and remain on the topic of the questions being asked in the assignment instructions. Please contact your instructor if you have any questions about the assignment or the unit’s course material. Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below

Unit III Scholarly Activity Exploring My Digital Footprint

For the Unit III Assignment you will be answering a series of response questions applying concepts you learned in this unit and the previous unit regarding social interaction, social structure, and presentation of self. The following concepts in the course textbook will be useful in helping you complete the assignment: Goffman: Presentation of the Self (pp.72-73); Mass Media and Technology (p.78); Statuses, Social Roles, and Groups (pp.97-101); and Online Social Networks pp.105-106). For this assignment, complete Part A, Part B, and Part C as follows: Part A: Google your name. What various places online did you find your name and personal information? Did you find anything surprising in your search results? In what ways can aspects of your digital footprint influence personal or professional opportunities? How does this illustrate that Goffman’s dramaturgy approach applies to one’s own digital SOC 1010, Introduction to Sociology 3

footprint? Note: It is acceptable if you found very little about yourself or found many websites with people with your same name. Just do your best to discuss what resulted when you tried searching your name online. Part B: To which achieved and ascribed statuses and primary and secondary groups do you belong? Please make sure to label which statuses are ascribed or achieved and which groups are primary or secondary in your assignment. How do these statuses and groups affect your digital footprint and shape self-expression online, which in turn shapes life chances? Please discuss at least three statuses and at least two groups in answering the above question. You may discuss more if you wish. Part C: Open your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or another online social media networking site. Discuss how Goffman’s theory or view on presentation of self applies to how you present yourself in social media? What statuses and roles do you choose to present on these online networking websites? Note: This is not asking you to discuss your Facebook status; it is asking about your achieved and ascribed statuses or roles in your life that you choose to highlight on social media. Discuss why you chose to include those statuses, roles, and identities but not others. How does the way you are managing your self-presentation on social networking sites influence your personal and professional opportunities? NOTE: If you do not use the above-mentioned social media, interview someone who does and get their responses to answer the questions in Part C. For this assignment, ensure you follow the requirements below: 1. Answer ALL the questions listed in Part A, Part B, and Part C in your assignment. 2. Please answer the response questions in essay-style format. You will not be rewriting each question and answering it. You will be creating an essay that addresses the response questions. 3. Use sociological terms and concepts from the textbook reading in your essay to demonstrate you understand and can apply the concepts. 4. Cite the textbook at least one time in the essay. APA style in-text citations are required to show how the textbook was used in your essay. An APA style reference list containing the textbook and any other sources you cited in the assignment is also required. The following tutorial from CSU’s Writing Center on in-text citations is a great helpful resource. Click on the link to view this tutorial: http://columbiasouthern.adobeconnect.com/intextcitations/ The essay should be a minimum of two pages and should use the following APA style components: APA style title page, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, and 12-point font. Note: The rubric for this assignment contains a task section. Your task score is based on the following: (a) the page requirement is met; (b) whether or not unit terms and concepts are directly identified and specifically labeled; (c) all parts of each question are directly answered and clearly demonstrated; and (d) whether or not the textbook was cited. The rubric grading criteria involves relevant, informative, and on-topic content. The criteria are based on whether you use indepth critical analysis and remain on the topic of the questions being asked in the assignment instructions. Please contact your instructor if you have any questions about the assignment or the unit’s course material. Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit IV Scholarly Activity Breaking A Norm Experiment

For the Unit IV Assignment, you will conduct an experiment in which you break a folkway, a norm governing everyday behavior, and answer a series of response questions applying concepts you learned in this unit and the previous unit regarding breaking norms. The following concepts in the course textbook will be useful in helping you complete the assignment: Chapter 2: Breaking Norms and Sanctions (pp. 56-58) and Chapter 6: Informal and Formal Social Control, Law and Society, and Deviance (pp.124-129). Begin by choosing which type of folkway (norm) you want to break. You may break a norm that results in a negative sanction (e.g., staring or exclusion). On the other hand, you may also break a norm that results in a positive sanction (e.g., extra attention or thanks). You can break the norm with family member, at work with a colleague, or in your community with a neighbor or a friend. After picking your norm, answer the questions in Part A. After completing the experiment (breaking the norm), answer the questions in Part B. You will write up your answers to the questions from both Part A and Part B in a two-page essay. Part A: (Before Breaking the Norm) What norm have you decided to break? Is it a formal norm or an informal norm? Why do you think this norm exists in society? How it is a form of social control? What reactions by others do you expect? How do you think you will feel while breaking the norm? Part B: (After Breaking the Norm) What were the reactions of others? How did the reactions of others strengthen the norm or act as a social control? SOC 1010, Introduction to Sociology 4

How did you feel during the experiment, and how did the reactions affect you? What did you learn about yourself in the breaking of the norm? IMPORTANT: Do not do anything that is legally or morally questionable or that could bring negative sanctions against yourself or the university while breaking the norm. Please just use common sense! If you have a question about the appropriateness of your experiment, please contact your instructor. Click here for Sample List of Norms and Other Tips to Help You Complete the Unit IV Assignment. For this assignment, ensure you follow the requirements below: 1. Answer ALL the questions listed in Part A and Part B. 2. Please answer the response questions in essay-style format. You will not be rewriting each question and answering it. You will be creating an essay that addresses the response questions. 3. Use sociological terms and concepts from the textbook reading in your essay to demonstrate you understand and can apply the concepts. 4. Cite the textbook at least once in the essay. APA style in-text citations are required to show how the textbook was used in your essay. An APA style reference list containing the textbook and any other sources you cited in the assignment is also required. The following tutorial from CSU’s Writing Center on in-text citations is a great helpful resource. Click on the link to view this tutorial: http://columbiasouthern.adobeconnect.com/intextcitations/ The essay should be a minimum of two pages and should use the following APA style components: APA style title page, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, and 12-point font. Note: The rubric for this assignment contains a task section. Your task score is based on the following: (a) the page requirement is met; (b) whether or not unit terms and concepts are directly identified and specifically labeled; (c) all parts of each question are directly answered and clearly demonstrated; and (d) whether or not the textbook was cited. The rubric grading criteria involves relevant, informative, and on-topic content. The criteria are based on whether you use indepth critical analysis and remain on the topic of the questions being asked in the assignment instructions. Please contact your instructor if you have any questions about the assignment or the unit’s course material. Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit V Project Photo Essay

For the Unit V Assignment, you will research poverty in the United States on the web and create a photo essay that depicts the struggles that many Americans in the underclass, working class, and lower middle class are facing today. Your photo essay should have a cohesive theme linking the photos in some way in the essay. Theme ideas: For example, you could create your photo essay on a certain area or region (urban or rural). Maybe you want to focus it on lost jobs, a personal story, the recession, immigration, economic impact of globalization, low-paying jobs, slums, kids and poverty, hunger, elderly and poverty, single parents and poverty, health care and poverty, drugs, or other social issues that go along with poverty. These are just a few ideas. You can pick any theme that depicts the economic struggles of Americans. You must provide a minimum of four photos in the photo essay with a 100-word (or more) description below each photo explaining what the photo represents. The descriptions should educate the reader in some way about the topic. Each picture must come from a different webpage, article, or source; in other words, do not find an article or photo essay online and then copy all four pictures from that one source for your project. The photos can be your own photos, photos you found online, or a combination of both. Please make sure to cite where the photos came from. Click here for instructions on how to cite and reference photographs in this assignment. At the end of your photo essay write a paragraph (at least 150 words) discussing the following: Discuss how social class as a social structure influences the opportunities (life chances) for the individual or individuals in your photo essay. Discuss what you learned from the photo essay assignment. Note: Please make sure to use terms and/or concepts from the textbook in your photo essay explanations or concluding paragraph. You must cite the textbook at least one time in the project showing how terms or concepts from this week’s unit were applied. For this assignment, ensure you follow the requirements below: 1. Follow the assignment directions of providing four photos with a 100-word description for each photo and a 150-word conclusion discussing what you have learned and how social class affects life chances. 2. Use sociological terms and concepts from the textbook reading in your photo description or concluding paragraph to demonstrate you understand and can apply the concepts. 3. Cite the sources for the photos, the textbook, and any other content used in the photo essay. APA style in-text citations are required to show how the textbook and other sources were used in your essay. An APA style reference list containing the sources you cited in the assignment is also required. The following tutorial from CSU’s Writing Center on in-text citations is a great helpful resource. Click on the link to view this tutorial: http://columbiasouthern.adobeconnect.com/intextcitations/ SOC 1010, Introduction to Sociology 5

The photo essay should use the following APA style components: APA style title page, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, and 12-point font. Note: The rubric for this assignment contains a task section. Your task score is based on the following: (a) the word count requirements are met; (b) whether unit terms and concepts are directly identified and specifically labeled; (c) whether or not four photos are provided with descriptions; and (d) whether the assignment contains a concluding paragraph discussing what was learned from the assignment and how life chances are influenced by social class. The rubric grading criteria involves relevant, informative, and on-topic content. The criteria are based on whether you use indepth critical analysis and remain on the topic of the questions being asked in the assignment instructions. Please contact your instructor if you have any questions about the assignment or the unit’s course material. Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit VI Scholarly Activity (Discrimination in Society)

For the Unit VI Assignment, you will be writing a three-page essay addressing discrimination in society by answering a series of response questions applying concepts you learned in this unit’s reading (gender and race/ethnicity). Please choose one of the following topics related to discrimination for your assignment: Gender discrimination that occurs at work, home, in the media, and/or in the community. LGBT discrimination that occurs at work, home, in the media, and/or in the community. Race/ethnicity discrimination such as racial profiling, hate crimes, white privilege, or institutional discrimination. You can also discuss discrimination against a subcultural group in society. For this assignment, complete Part A, Part B, and Part C as follows: Part A: Introduce the topic. What form of discrimination are you discussing? Where does it occur? Who is affected? How serious of an issue is this in the society in which you live? Include general information about the issue and also provide specific examples. Examples can be from your own experience and/or from research material. Part B: As part of introducing your issue, it is required that you apply one or more of the perspectives (functionalism, interactionism, or conflict theory) to help explain why this type of discrimination occurs. (See page 294 and 325 in your textbook for information on applying the perspectives to these topics.) Part C: Discuss solutions. What are some things that are currently being done to address this form of discrimination? If you were a community organizer tasked with creating a program to address this form of discrimination, what type of program would you create? What role can an individual take to help fight against this type of discrimination and promote equal treatment in his or her community? For this assignment, ensure you follow the requirements below: 1. Answer ALL the questions listed in Part A, Part B, and Part C in your assignment. 2. Please answer the response questions in essay-style format. You will not be rewriting each question and answering it. You will be creating an essay that addresses the response questions. You are required to write an introduction to your essay. The following tutorial from CSU’s Writing Center on introductions is a great helpful resource. Click on the link to view this tutorial: http://columbiasouthern.adobeconnect.com/introductionsandconclusions/ 3. Use the sociological terms and concepts from the textbook reading in your essay to demonstrate you understand and can apply the concepts. This will help reinforce social and cultural awareness for addressing social issues like discrimination in society. 4. Cite two peer-reviewed articles from the CSU Online Library. You may use your textbook and any other sources in addition to the required two article citations. APA style in-text citations are required to show how the peer-reviewed articles were used in your essay. An APA style reference list containing any sources you cited in the assignment is also required. The following tutorial from CSU’s Writing Center on in-text citations is a great helpful resource. Click on the link to view this tutorial: http://columbiasouthern.adobeconnect.com/intextcitations/ For helpful information concerning peer-reviewed articles and how to identify them, access this tutorial by the CSU Writing Center, which can be found at: http://columbiasouthern.adobeconnect.com/peer_reviewed_articles/ The essay should be a minimum of three pages and should use the following APA style components: APA style title page, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, and 12-point font. Note: The rubric for this assignment contains a task section. Your task score is based on the following: (a) the page requirement is met; (b) whether unit terms and concepts are directly identified and specifically labeled; (c) all parts of each question are directly answered and clearly demonstrated; and (d) whether two peer-reviewed articles were cited. The rubric grading criteria involves relevant, informative, and on-topic content. The criteria are based on whether you use indepth critical analysis and remain on the topic of the questions being asked in the assignment instructions. Please contact your instructor if you have any questions about the assignment or the unit’s course material. Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit VII Essay American Health Care Essay

In this unit, we learned about different institutions like family, education, religion, and health care that influence society. For the Unit VII assignment, you will answer a series of response questions applying concepts you learned in this unit and previous units regarding sociological perspectives, groups, and social structures. The following concepts in the course textbook will be useful in helping you complete the assignment: Three Sociological Perspectives (p.15), Social Class (pp. 221-234), Elements of Social Structure (pp. 96 -119), and Health Care in the United States (pp. 344 -346). For this assignment, complete Part A, Part B, Part C, and Part D as follows: Part A: Visit a government healthcare website and briefly discuss a current government healthcare program. Discuss at least three facts about this program. This information can be found on the government healthcare website, your textbook, or web resources. Part B: How would a functionalist, conflict theorist, and interactionist explain the government healthcare program discussed in Part A? Part C: Explain how two or more social structures (statuses, roles, groups, social networks, and/or social institutions) affect one’s access to quality and affordable health care in American Society. Part D: What are your personal beliefs about the current American healthcare system? In your discussion, explain how at least two groups you belong to (e.g., family, gender, race, class, religion, and politics) influenced the development of your beliefs concerning our current healthcare system. For this assignment, ensure you follow the requirements below: 1. Answer ALL the questions listed in Part A, Part B, Part C, and Part D in your assignment. 2. Please answer the response questions in essay-style format. You will not be rewriting each question and answering it. You will be creating an essay that addresses the response questions. 3. Use sociological terms and concepts from the textbook reading in your essay to demonstrate you understand and can apply the concepts. 4. Cite the textbook or a web source at least once in the essay. APA style in-text citations are required to show how the textbook was used in your essay. An APA style reference list containing the textbook and any other sources you cited in the assignment is also required. The following tutorial from CSU’s Writing Center on in-text citations is a great helpful resource. Click on the link to view this tutorial: http://columbiasouthern.adobeconnect.com/intextcitations/ The essay should be three to four pages and should use the following APA style components: APA style title page, doublespaced, 1-inch margins, and 12-point font. Note: The rubric for this assignment contains a task section. Your task score is based on: (a) meeting the page requirement; (b) whether unit terms and concepts are directly identified and specifically labeled; (c) all parts of each question are directly answered and clearly demonstrated; and (d) whether at least one source was cited. The rubric grading criteria involves relevant, informative, and on-topic content. The criteria are based on whether you use indepth critical analysis and remain on the topic of the questions being asked in the assignment instructions. Please contact your instructor if you have any questions about the assignment or the unit’s course material. Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit VIII Reflection Paper

In this unit, you are going to reflect on the different sociological theories and concepts you have learned in this course and use critical thinking to evaluate those concepts and apply them to your work, home, and/or community life. Draw from the readings, videos, lectures, discussions, and assignments to help you construct your reflection paper. Reflect on how sociological theories and concepts affect your work, home, and/or community life and influence your future learning opportunities. Discuss how you can apply at least three different sociological concepts or theories you learned from this course to your work, home, and/or community life. You are welcome to apply more than three concepts or theories. Some examples of topics/concepts/theories that you can apply to your own life include, but are not limited to: sociological imagination, sociological perspectives, elements of culture, breaking norms, deviance, role of socialization, agents of socialization, theories of self, social structure, roles/status, groups, inequality, social class, gender roles, perspectives of aging, life chances, race/ethnicity, social institutions’ (i.e., family, religion, education) role in society, social change, the environment, and population dynamics. For this assignment, ensure you follow the requirements below: 1. Apply at least three different sociological concepts or theories. 2. Use specific sociological terms and concepts from the textbook reading in your paper to demonstrate you understand and can apply the concepts. 3. It is required that you cite the textbook at least three times in your Unit VIII Reflection Paper. APA style in-text citations are required to show how the textbook was used in the paper. You can use web or library sources in addition to the textbook for the paper. An APA style reference list containing the textbook and any other sources you cited in the assignment is also required. The following tutorial from CSU’s Writing Center on in-text citations is a great helpful resource. Click on the link to view this tutorial: http://columbiasouthern.adobeconnect.com/intextcitations/

The paper should be a minimum of three pages and should use the following APA style components: APA style title page, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, and 12-point font. Please contact your instructor if you have any questions about the assignment or the unit’s course material. Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.