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Purpose of the Assignment

• This project gives you the freedom to express your learning in the way that best fits your learning style, your personal identity, and allows you to showcase the knowledge you have gained in the class. Additionally, your creativity is used to engage in real-life applications of sociological theories and concepts.
• The project focuses on your ability to apply sociological theory and concepts, demonstrate relevance to course content, and use academic, credible sources for support.
  
  
  ASSIGNMENT:
• Explain how sociology is significant in your personal experience.
• Explain how the sociological imagination helps you understand the impact of sociology in your own life.
• Include definitions of the following: sociology, the sociological imagination and social forces (e.g., culture, social structure, socialization or social institutions).
• Briefly explain the relationship between the individual and society.
• Identify examples of either individual behaviors or personal experiences that carry significance at the microlevel.
• Identify examples of either agents of socialization, large secondary groups or formal organizations that shape your individual behavior or personal experiences at the macrolevel .
• Briefly explain how sociological theory and research can be used to help you understand the relationship between individual and society.
• Briefly explain which sociological theory (e.g., structural-functionalism, conflict perspective, symbolic-interactionism) can best be used to understand the relationship between individual and society? Why?
• Briefly explain which research methodology (e.g., quantitative, qualitative) can best be used to understand the relationship between individuals and society? Which specific research methods would you use? Why?

  
  Resources You Need to Complete the Assignment (Found in Lessons 1-3)

  Lesson 1 Materials

  • Lesson 1 Video
  • Chapter 1 An Introduction to Sociology
  • Chapter 2 Sociological Research
  • What is Sociology?
  • Sociological Perspectives
  • Applying the Sociological Perspectives
  • Sociological Imagination
  Lesson 2 Materials
  • Lesson 2 Video
  • Chapter 3 Culture
  • Chapter 5 Socialization
  • What is Culture?
  • Key Concepts: Culture
  • Culture and Symbolic Interaction
  • Agents of Socialization
  • Socialization Through the Life Course
  Lesson 3 Materials
  • Chapter 4 Society and Social Interaction
  • What Holds Societies Together?
  • The Social Construction of Reality and Presentation of Self