No matter which option you chose, this summative final paper will have you considering what you learned in this course. Each topic will make you consider your thoughts on sociology when you started this course and what you have learned. While evaluating how your beliefs have changed since the beginning of the course, you will need to reassess your standing with the sociological perspectives. Note that these two activities go hand in hand: You are unlikely to reassess something without considering how your beliefs may have changed. Although the topics are different, they overlap.
look forward to reading about what you learned in this course.
Instructions
1. Choose one topic for your assignment:
(a) Compare your thoughts about sociology now to your thoughts on sociology when you started the course. How have your thoughts or beliefs changed?
(b) What in this course stood out to you the most? What made you stop and reassess your values, beliefs, or perspectives?
2. Prepare a paper that addresses the topic, integrating scholarly sources.
Due
End of Week 15
Assessment Guidelines and Rubric
Your paper should be a minimum of 3 full pages. Integrate at least two scholarly sources and one coursework source to back up your stance on the topic.
The UNE Library Services has Sociology Resources which includes databases, tools, and websites that may be helpful.
Scholarly sources are peer-reviewed journal articles, college-level books, websites for collegiate-level institutions, government websites, and other websites with collegiate-level, peer-reviewed, academic information.
Wikipedia, Quora, eHow and similar sites are not considered scholarly sources.
Newspapers and news sites are not considered scholarly sources for this course.
The paper should be written in a clear, concise, formal, and organized manner. Information from sources should be paraphrased appropriately and accurately referenced and cited in APA (7th ed.) format.
The paper should be in Times New Roman 12 point font with a standard 1” margin on all sides. An abstract is not required.
Do not use any stylized templates in your word processor. All typing must be in black color.
For detailed grading criteria, refer to the Assignment Rubric.
This assignment is worth 200 points toward your final grade .
