Social Issue The Social Concepts Report  

Weatherford College the Social Concepts Report

Social Issue The Social Concepts Report  

The Social Concepts Report is to consist of a cover sheet; a body of four or more double-spaced pages; and a bibliography page. That is a total of six or more pages. The report should follow the APA (American Psychological Association) format as follows:

Double spacing in the essay with 1 inch margins on all sides on a standard 8 2 inch x 11 inch paper. The fonts should be New Times Roman using 12 point font. Every page should have the title on the left hand top corner. Titles should be no more than 12 words.

The page numbers have to be on the top right corner of every page.

The title page will have the title of the essay in the center of the page in one or two lines followed on the next line by your name. Your name should not be prefixed or suffixed with any titles or degrees.

The use of information from other sources, must be documented using APA style. Be sure to document and give credit to others for information from them that you use in your report (e.g., Stokes, 1971) and then provide the full source in the bibliography (e.g., Stokes, John H., "Lead Poisoning in Paint”, Congressional Record, Washington, D.C., 1971).

You should follow the Grading Rubric for guidelines in writing your report. The Social Concepts Report should provide the following information:

1. Cover Sheet 2. The body of the Social Concept Report that includes:

A. An introduction that provides a synopsis of how your sociological perspective has been affected by this course this semester. This will require you to discuss your own knowledge and opinions about sociology at the beginning of the semester and compare it to your knowledge and opinions at the end of the semester. This segment will provide examples of some of the criteria under the Critical Thinking category.

B. An examination of at least one of the major issues (e.g., social stratification, healthcare, gender inequalities, etc.) explored this semester. This should include your knowledge about the issue, empirical data about the issue, and others' opinions, including those who might agree and those who might disagree with you. This examination will address Critical Thinking and Sociology Discipline Specific skills.

C. In exploring a social issue, you should identify and discuss at least one major sociological theory discussed in this course, discuss its major concepts (i.e., wealth, power, symbols, etc.); and how the theory applies to the issue you are discussing. This will address Sociology Specific Criteria.

D. In discussing the social issue and the theoretical framework you choose to explain the issue, you should provide information from scientifically relevant sources that support your framework as well as information from sources that oppose and support your framework. Your framework should provide empirical data such as a table or chart to highlight your discussion of the issue (i.e., scientific support of the sociological concept you see as best explaining the social issue). In doing so, be sure to explain the data contained in the table or chart provided in your report, and to take into consideration your own and others' opinions about the social issue (i.e., scientific analysis of sociological concept). This will assess some of the criteria under the Critical Thinking and Sociology Discipline Specific skills categories.

E. You should reach your own conclusions about the issue based on the data, and your own and others' opinions. This section will entail providing a scientific source to support your discussion. It will reveal your use of empirical investigation involved in the scientific process as you express in your own words, facts, opinions, and conclusions about a sociological issue. This segment will address some of the criteria under the Critical Thinking and Sociology Discipline Specific skills categories.

F. You should name one or more of the ways you will use what you have learned in this course to explain the world around you and how you will use that phenomenological knowledge to make your life and the lives of those around you better in the future. This segment addresses some of the criteria under the Critical Thinking category. G. Finally, you should provide any other information you care to share about this course and its impact on your sociological perspective and sense of social responsibility.

3. A Bibliography that lists the scientific resources you discussed in your report. You should use and identify at least four major scientific references in your report. Be sure to document them in your bibliography.