Overview
Write an essay (not including title and references pages) in which you will apply, analyze, and synthesize sociological concepts to a social issue related to your future career. In the essay, you will need to clearly identify your future career path and why you have chosen it, and then explain how what you have learned in sociology will enhance your future career path.
Instructions:
How will you use sociology to understand a social issue related to your future career? To successfully answer this question, you must be able to analyze and synthesize sociological theories, concepts, and research and be able to apply them to your social issue. In your essay, you will also need to clearly identify your future career path and why you have chosen it, and explain how what you have learned in sociology will enhance your future career path.
Select your career path.
Research a social issue that is relevant to your career.
Select a theory that is discussed in the textbook.
Use this theory to explain the cause of the social issue.
- Use your TWO instructor-approved, empirical journal articles to identify and explain the effects and potential solutions to your social issue.
- Reflect on how your sociological understanding will enhance your career path.