SOC 326, ASSIGNMENT 2 (30%) – Essay: Explanation, review and opinion regarding the video 'Auguste Comte' Auguste Comte was strongly influenced by Enlightenment thinking. Despite this, he set up a religion. There’s a fascinating video (8.43) all about this: Summaries and comment upon this video. Write about 600 words. Some things to think about: Why […]
Explain specific ways in which reading the Douglass text and the Johnson text have impacted your intellectual development and personal growth.
Review chapters 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Douglass and Johnson texts. Then compose and write an essay in which you use 1 MLA citation from each chapter of each text (10 citations in total) as evidence in an expository essay response to the following prompt: Explain specific ways in which reading the […]
Describe ethnographic methods and the problems anthropologists might face during their research.
12 point font, double spaced, Time New Roman, one inch margins. Include at least two sources from in-class texts (lectures, readings, etc) to support your argument. Feel free to use more than two sources. For this assignment you do not need a Works Cited Page. You should NOT include outside research. I c. Prompt: Describe […]
Explain the ways in which technology and industrialization and the attendant changes in American social structure altered the lines of the three following groups.
This is from Out of Many: A History of the American People 5th edition. “Assess the ways in which technology and industrialization and the attendant changes in American social structure altered the lines of the three following groups: the New South, the urban population, and workers.”
Discuss in your analysis how this poem uses poetic conventions to tell a story, describe a mood, or dramatize a situation.
In an essay of approximately 750-1,000 words (3-4 full typewritten pages, not 2 ¼), double-spaced, analyze one of the poems from the poetry we read in class. Choose one of the following poems: 1) William Shakespeare’s “Sonnets,” WRITE ABOUT ALL SONNETS ATTACHED BELOW. USE QUOTES AND SET UP PAPER IN MLA FORMAT You may choose […]
Discuss higher education impact on human capital and economic growth.
Higher education impact on human capital and economic growth. Historically, higher education was driven by the individual states with a purpose of creating scholarly gentlemen and had little concern of producing graduates with the skills desired by the labor market. A shift toward producing skilled workforce came in 1862 with the creation of the Morrill […]
Explain Dr. Keith Fowler’s study of primates in East Africa that was published in nature in 1998.
Primates use communication systems.1.Primate sense are similar to humans. a)Dr. Carl Hoffman, a researcher at the UC Berkeley Primate Center,explained in a personal interview conducted in April 1992: “Primates are one of the few species that use their senses likehumans do… They actually see, tough, hear, smell and taste likewe do”. b)Show and explain visual […]
Describe how you would communicate your position, to whom, why, and desired path to a positive outcome.
• Essay will be a position paper on one of the following scenario, all based on real events: 1. You are a junior pilot in the flight department. You are typically assigned late night/early morning flights with the company’s King Air. You think you are being passed over on the opportunity to fly the company’s […]
Explain the notions “social fact” and “social action” and show how they define the field of sociology.
Explain the notions “social fact” and “social action” and show how they define the field of sociology. 2. Sociology is often called the “science of society.” Explain some of the ways in which sociology is scientific and some of the ways in which it is not. 3. How would a sociologist respond to the often-expressed […]
Describe your organization as a closed or open system.
Describe your organization as a closed or open system. Discuss how thinking differs between the two. Is there a difference in systems thinking in traditional healthcare versus complex adaptive systems? Part 2: With Your Group Systems thinking allows a more holistic perspective on decision making. Share examples of the types of decisions that occur at […]