Sociology

Prepare: Start by reviewing General Education Curriculum found in “Section Five: General Academic Information and Policies” in the Ashford University Academic Catalog, which addresses the core competencies that the general education courses must cover: Applied Ethics, Communication, Information Technology, Critical Thinking, and Quantitative Reasoning. Reflect: Think about the core competencies as previously mentioned and ponder […]

The topic of your project needs to be a contemporary societal problem, such as healthcare reform, immigration reform, privacy rights, euthanasia, First Amendment Rights, stem cell research, capital punishment, corporate prisons, legalizing drugs, ageism, animal rights, cloning, prayer in schools, racial profiling, recycling/conservation, sexism, outsourcing jobs, workplace bullying, etc. The topic must focus on a […]

Describe your understanding of the north / south divide as it relates to the health of populations in developing counties. Determine specific steps — aside from building more clinics — that the leadership in developing countries can take to improve their health care systems and, as a consequence, the health of the population.

Assignment 3: Obesity in America Due Week 9 and worth 65 points Obesity in America is considered an epidemic. There are many contributing factors to obesity (both childhood and adult), such as biological, environmental, social, or economic factors. Review the information on obesity on pages 383 to 385 in the textbook. You may also use […]

This assignment is designed to help you to clarify your own perceptions about your ethnic background and how those perceptions influence your personal identity. In addition, it is an opportunity for you to consider how your family experiences have shaped your views regarding race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and social class, disability, and other manifestations […]

Discrimination occurs in many different forms in U.S. society. Although individual acts of discrimination are damaging and hurtful, that which has become woven into the fabric of society is insidious and far more destructive. For this assignment select one of the critical issues currently reported in the news and determine if there are any aspects […]

Select a family whose members are experiencing difficulty due to loss, life stressors and/or change. Write a paper that examined the case situation from a family developmental-system perspective. What changes are needed in the family and why? Why are these changes so difficult? What role(s) do family myths, rituals, and rites of passage (or lack […]

The Process of Developing Teams As you have learned in the text, social loafing occurs when some members of a team do less work and do not live up to their team responsibilities. When this occurs, typically other team members pick up the extra work to meet the timeline, and often times end up frustrated […]

In about three pages, explore the older worker in the organization in which you work or an organization with which you are familiar. As a result of their age, were they/are they treated differently? Are they given different tasks or more time to complete them? Or were they treated equally?

Write a research paper (6-8 pages not including cover page and reference page) on poverty addressing the following questions: • What is poverty? • What is the poverty rate in the United States? • Where does the United States rank among the industrialized countries in the world in terms of poverty? • What are the […]