Overview
This assignment aligns with the following course objectives:
- evaluate the importance of social institutions including marriage, family, the media, criminal justice, educational, political, and economic structures in a diverse and global society;
- evaluate major sociological theories by focusing on the main concepts, ideas and critical assessment of each theory from a historical, social, and political context;
- use appropriate technology to evaluate and validate research sources while applying the sociological perspective;
- apply the steps of the scientific research process to a research project;
- evaluate the nature and significance of social inequalities in a global society focusing on social class, race, age, gender, and other areas of diversity, and
- find, evaluate, use, and cite appropriate academic resources related to sociological topics.
Assignment Details:
Your research paper is an extension of the research proposal that you submitted earlier in the term on a form of social inequality within a specific social institution. Thus, you should review and expand your research with additional material and citations in support of your thesis. Your instructor will provide details regarding completing the final version of your research paper. In addition, library instruction may be scheduled, by your instructor, regarding American Psychological Association (APA) formatting.
The link below will provide information regarding in text citations and the reference page.
APA Citation Guide: https://libraryguides.ccbcmd.edu/Citations/apa7
Paper Outline:
Page 1.... Title page
Page 2... Abstract: This is a 75-120 word summary of your paper. Although the abstract is officially on page two in an APA paper, it is typically written as the final step in the research process. The abstract can only be completed after you know the details of your research.
Pages 3-7... Body: These pages will be the body of your paper. Be sure to use in text citations throughout the body to support your paper.
Page 8.... Reference Page