Category: Sociology


  • Description of this Draft Paper: This assignment is to explore a topic of your own choosing within the sociology of culture and health. You are asked to find an original analytical question that is interesting to you and make an argument about how that question might best be answered or understood within the framework of…

  • Weeks 4 & 5

    Please begin by clicking here to watch “Elder Victims: Abused, Exploited, Alone.” https://www.pbs.org/video/tpt-co-productions-elder-victims-abused-exploited-alone/ Why do you think elder abuse is so common and normalized? Abuse is a pattern of behavior – how can trusted relationships participate in an abusive pattern of behavior? Please give examples from the documentary. Elder abuse is not discussed nearly as…

  • Weeks 4 & 5

    Your Coleman reading discusses the differences between human capital and social capital. Please tell me what the differences are. Where can you identify human capital and social capital in “The One Percent?” How is trickle-down economics described in the video? Has it been successful? Your Reich reading described the polarization that comes with high levels…

  • Demo graphic

    In this module, you’ve been learning about the dynamics of demography–the studying of the size, composition, distribution and changes over time in human population. You’ve learned about demography not only in the chapter reading assignment, but also by looking at the video clips and population clocks that are also featured in the module. Although we…

  • Context Project

    The Paper is the first draft and received peer review and comments from the instructor. I have attached the comments from the instructor below: “You’ve made a good start on a really important topic, Taekyung. Thanks for taking up this issue. I’ve left a number of margin notes, but here are a few more revision…

  • Context Project

    The Paper is the first draft and received peer review and comments from the instructor. I have attached the comments from the instructor below: “You’ve made a good start on a really important topic, Taekyung. Thanks for taking up this issue. I’ve left a number of margin notes, but here are a few more revision…

  • Context Project

    The Paper is the first draft and received peer review and comments from the instructor. I have attached the comments from the instructor below: “You’ve made a good start on a really important topic. Thanks for taking up this issue. I’ve left a number of margin notes, but here are a few more revision suggestions:…

  • “Building on your prior work, the final assignment will be to propose a solution/intervention aimed at 1) addressing the problem you analyzed over the course of the semester or 2) improving the policy you analyzed over the course of the semester. (2-3 pages)” Focus on: – What has worked? What hasn’t? (refer to recent LAUSD…

  • Context Project

    The Paper is the first draft and received peer review and comments from the instructor. I have attached the comments from the instructor below: “You’ve made a good start on a really important topic. Thanks for taking up this issue. I’ve left a number of margin notes, but here are a few more revision suggestions:…

  • Sociology

    Instructions: As discussed in the readings and lecture notes, gender is heavily embedded into our social institutions, making it very difficult to distinguish between our personal choices/desires and social expectations for our choices/desires – especially when it comes to gender. For this assignment, you will: Analyze any holiday celebrated by your family through the lens…