Category: Social Sciences

Describe the key elements to grant writing.
Provide a brief description of the grant proposal you selected and explain the strengths of the proposal and any areas where it could be improved.
Explain how you would improve on the grant proposal to convince the funder that funding this program would have a positive and measurable effect on the community.

3)  Your paper must focus on the United States.

4)  You must use a minimum of five journal articles that come from appropriate sociological journals as the basis of your paper.  This means that you may not rely on reference books, textbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries, monographs, newspapers, news magazines, web sites, book reviews, conferences papers, periodicals or popular magazines.  In order to identify these appropriate sociological journals, you must use the social science sorting device of the SocINDEX (computer program in RVCC library) to get your references.  You must use at least five articles from this index.  Failure to do so will result in a failing grade on your term paper.  Most community libraries do not have the SocIndex, therefore, plan to spend a couple of hours in the RVCC library identifying appropriate articles for your research paper or using the resources online.  Articles retrieved through ProQuest or other on-line paper sources may not necessarily be articles found in SocINDEX; therefore, it is essential that you double check whether these articles are referenced here.  If you are not sure, ask me! You may not use Wikipedia.

5)  Articles that are in journals that are not owned by RVCC may be ordered through the RVCC Librarys Inter-Library loan program.  Ask me or the Reference Librarian to assist you in ordering the articles that you need.  Because there may be a delay in getting the articles through the Inter-Library loan service, it is necessary that you begin to work on you term paper early in the semester.  Lateness in receiving articles is not an acceptable excuse for a late term paper.

6)  Your paper should be 12-15 pages in length; therefore, the topic cannot be
too broad or too narrow.  As a rule of thumb, if there are many books written about your topic, it is probably too broad to cover in a this term paper.  On the other hand, if there are less than ten journal references or if the articles that you selected all very short, your topic is probably too narrow. 

7)  Your paper must be typed double-spaced, with 12-point type and margins of 1 around.  Use ASA (American Sociological Association) or APA (American Psychological Assocation).  This same style is usually found in most of the journal articles that you will be using to write your paper.  It is not the style usually used in English classes.  Any article referenced in the body of your paper should also be referenced on the reference or citation page at the end of your paper and any reference on the reference or citation page should be found in the body of the paper.  You do not need to add an abstract to the paper and since it is a library paper, there will be no methodology section.

Read the final Capstone Project instructions in the Components of Course Evaluation section of this guide or in the Week Five section of your online course. Each weeks assignment will be a major component of the Capstone Project.  Chapters 1 through 3 will guide you in the process of outlining your topic.

Identify and describe a key issue that affects a specific population.

Who is affected by this issue?
How are they affected by this issue?

Evaluate the population that is affected by the issue.

Which social stratifications contribute to the issue?
What are the socioeconomic and cultural factors that exist within this population segment that relate to the issue?
What are the environmental forces that influence this population?

Determine challenges to resolving this issue.

Which political factors represent challenges to resolving the issue?
Which psychological factors represent challenges to resolving the issue?
Which historical factors represent challenges to resolving the issue?

Apply concepts and theories covered in previous courses to inform and support your explanation.  This assignment guides the trajectory of your Capstone Project.  Feedback you receive on this assignment will guide the research you will complete in Week Two. The paper must be three to four pages in length (exclusive of title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style.

This assignment does not require the use of outside sources.  However, all sources must be cited according to APA standards. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar.

1.School plays an important role in our socialization. Think about the way socialization works: What are some of the things we learn from schooling (e.g., the first years in elementary school), and how does this learning differ from what we are taught by our teacher? How are things like gender performance shaped in school?
2.Parents of different social classes socialize children differently. For example, middle-class parents are more likely to stress independence and self-direction, whereas working-class parents prioritize obedience to external authority. Using this example, how does socialization through families potentially reproduce social inequality?
3.You are a university student, but you also wait tables at a restaurant. One evening, my wife and I by chance turn out to be one of your customers. Use role theory to describe the interaction (and possible role conflict) that ensues.

Sociology is about the study of the world that you create through your actions, interactions, and agreement with the rules of the world. This project should have you begin thinking like a sociologist and take a close look at the two institutions that are closest to your current life experience. For example: your family, a previous or current school, a workplace, or any other organized establishment that you know. View them as institutions with structures, boundaries, and rulesand then reflect on them.

A good place to start is by identifying the rules of these institutions, but do not just focus on the generic rules (like raising your hand before going to the bathroom). Focus on the specific and implicit rules. Are all the rules applied equally? Do some people follow different rules? If so, why? What functions do the rules perform? For an educational institution, the rule of showing up on time allows the institution to carry out its function of educating you (or brainwashing you, as some might say). If it is a family, then the rule of helping clean up after supper creates equity and togetherness.

Once youve identified the rules, pay particular attention to the way that you participate, reinforce, and re-create the world. Or, if you are a rebel at heart, pay attention to how you find yourself butting against or resisting the operation of the rules. If you have questions or see things that you do not understand, write these questions down. If you like, add these questions to your Online Personal Journal on the course homepage. You do not have to worry about sounding scientific or super intelligent. And do not worry about getting the wrong answer. This project is merely about reflecting on the institutions in your life and, as such, you will be graded on the quality and depth of your reflective comments.

discuss situation about China’s social

This assignment has six parts. You may use sub-headings for the six sections below:

An introduction that identifies a human rights issue that is currently in the media and is personally relevant to you (200 words)

Describe how the issue is being portrayed in your local, or the national, media during this session (250 words).

Outline the most relevant human rights covenant, treaty or convention under which this issue falls (250 words).

Outline the relevance of your chosen human rights issue both to you and to Australian society in general (400 words).

Describe what action you have taken during the current session of study to become involved in this issue (action should not be part of your employment and/or placement) (400 words).

Critically assess your own action on the issue as measured against a social work/social welfare human rights based practice position (500 words).

Please note: The word limit is provided as a guide to the weight given to the different parts. Although this essay has six parts, the first three should be dealt with relatively briefly. Most attention, and therefore word allowance, should be given to the final three parts.

RATIONALE
This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:

be able to explain the concepts of anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice.
be able to explain and apply human rights principles to social work practice, including the global use of technology for research and the ethical sharing of information.
be able to discuss the implications of human rights for social work practice.