Unit 1:  Definitions and Theories of Happiness. For this unit we are watching three of the most famous movies to deal with the pursuit of happiness.  One of them was the basis for the creation of this course.  They are films that people watch again and again and never tire of.  While they were filmed […]

Your first sociobiography will be written about a person with whom you disagree politically. Step 1Pick a person in your life who you know has distinctly different political views from your own. This should be a person that you know. Explain how you know this person and give the reader some sense of the context […]

The final part of this class considers mixing research methods, evaluative research, participatory action research, and meta-analysis.  These are approaches to data collection and knowledge generation that cannot neatly fit into the two main branches of research that are quantitative and qualitative approaches.  1) Mixed methods are becoming increasingly popular.  What are the pros and […]

USE THIS ARTICLE: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/world/americas/biden-immigration-reform.html?searchResultPosition=2 ***PLEASE Answer to ALL Questions below (3 page total) Include the title of the article, author, date published, newspaper, and html address of     the article if accessed on-line.b. Include a one-page summary of the article detailing:a.    The question/issue that the author is addressing and/or investigatingb.    The method/evidence that the […]

Sociological Journal                the Sociological Journal offers students the opportunity to write about connections between their own lives (including our larger social world) and sociological concepts interrogated in class. Students will write a total of THREE responses to the prompts below. Please address the entire prompt and make sure […]

This is to be done in question and answer formatThis question relates to the article, Conversion to Latin American Protestantism and the Case for Religious Motivation. Part A.  How did the authors define deprivation theory as applied to religious conversion?Part B.  What sources of data did they use to test deprivation theory?Part C.  Did the […]

Instructions Step 1: Choosing your current event Step 1: Choosing a topic A current event refers to something that is happening in the world at present and they are usually described on the news and in mass media. I would like you to choose a media-based report of some current event that took place within […]

Paper should be a substantive 4-6 page response to one of the following topics. For either topic, you will assess two distinct arguments and then draw your own conclusions based on the position that you hold. what will count in the grade for your final paper will be the clarity and organization of your writing, […]

To prepare for this assignment, navigate the Drop the I-Word Campaign website, including the links (1) Three Reasons Why We Should Drop the I-Word;(Immigrant) (2) Journalist Reference Guide; and (3) I Am stories. Watch the documentary Love, Life & The Virus, and thinking about the power of storytelling,  what is the contribution that firsthand immigrant […]