Final Essay
You will be required to write an essay between 7 to 8 pages (you may go over 8 pages). You are required to use class sources (discussion posts, e-lectures, class reading links, class videos, etc.). You may use outside sources but only in addition to class sources.
Grading Rubric for All Essays & Writing Assignments:
1) COMPOSITION (20%): grammar, syntax, spelling, organization
2) CONTENT (20%): information & data
3) CREATIVITY (20%): originality of approach and ideas
4) CRITICAL ANALYSIS (20%): sociological imagination
5) CITATION(20%): sources; references of each textbook, each film clip, online Canvas posts, class lectures/discussion, bibliography/works cited -page.
Select two sociological and/or social scientific studies that have already been conducted. You may use studies from the class readings. Compare and contrast these studies. What are the purposes of these studies? What were the hypotheses of these studies?
How did the researchers define the problem. What variables were being examined? How did he/she/they conceptualize and operationalize his/her/their variables? What research method/methods were used to collect data? Did he/she/they use qualitative or quantitative methods? What were they? Were they effective? Were the research projects valid? reliable? What ethical questions were they grappling with, if any? What types of measures did they use? Did they utilize inductive and deductive reasoning? How did they analyze their data? Did they use primary or secondary sources (or both)? Were these studies empirically-based? Did they include human subjects? What were the main findings? How important were these findings? What societal implications did these studies have? How would you do your study differently if you were to select a similar topic? Or how would you build on the studies already conducted? What were the findings of these studies?
ALL CLASS SOURCES:
WEEK #1: January 2nd – January 8th
TOPICS: Familiariize yourself CANVAS; The Sociological Imagination & Human Inquiry; Getting to Know Your Classmates
Required Reading for Week #1:
*The Syllabus
* https://www.thoughtco.com/sociological-imagination…
* https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology2nded…
WEEK #2: January 8th – January 12th
TOPICS: Way of Knowing; The Limitations of Science and Positivism & Research Ethics
Required Reading for Week #2:
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-sociol…
* https://sites.google.com/a/narrativebioethics.com/…
* http://www.drjkoch.org/Intro/Readings/Humphreys.ht…
* https://www.simplypsychology.org/zimbardo.html
* https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/…
* https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html
* https://www.sociologylens.net/topics/crime-and-dev…
Slides to Watch:
https://www.slideshare.net/CherylVierheiligMBAM/th…
Suggested Film to watch (the following is the trailer, not the film itself):
The Stanford Prison Experiment – Official Trailer I HD I IFC Films
WEEK #3: January 15th ~ January 19th
TOPICS: Conceptualization, Operationalization, & Research Methods & Design
Required Reading For Week #3
* https://courses.lumenlearning.com/sociology/chapte…
WEEK #4: January 22nd ~ January 26th
TOPICS: Quantitative & Qualitative Research Methods
Required Reading for Week#4:
* https://www.orau.gov/cdcynergy/soc2web/content/pha…
* https://www.aiuniv.edu/blog/2012/october/qualitati…
Final Paper Guidelines will be posted on Week #4. (under “Assignments”)
WEEK #5: January 29th ~ February 2nd
TOPICS: Generalizations & Limitations
Required Reading for Week#5:
* https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology/chap…
https://www.asanet.org/sites/default/files/savvy/i…
WEEK #6: February 5th ~ February 9th (Course Review)
Required Reading for Week#6:
https://open.lib.umn.edu/sociology/chapter/2-1-soc…
https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-sociology…
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/subje…
