Choose 2 widely publicized set of events or occurrences that persons define as a social problem. Your 2 widely publicized set of events or occurrences that persons define as a social problem must be associated with 2 of the following areas:
The Family
Economic Inequality, Wealth, and Poverty
Race, Ethnicity, and/or Immigration
Crime and/or Social Control
Gender Inequality
Conflict, War, and/or Terrorism
Some issue related to Science and/or Technology
For each of your topics you are to analyze the causes of each using the social problems perspective. In doing so, you should incorporate and apply aspects of 3 of the following theoretical perspectives in sociology: structural-functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, the feminist perspective, and/or social constructionism . Conclude each of your papers by formulating solutions to the social problem you chose.
The purpose of these writing assignment is for students to demonstrate their level of competence regarding the concepts and ideas covered within the text. The way in which a student can articulate their ideas regarding the related prompts will serve as a measure of a student’s breadth of general competence regarding the ideas, concepts, and material covered within the assigned readings and course material.
Students understand concepts or ideas from a sociological standpoint when they can (1), define it in their own words; (2), create their own examples of it; (3), and explain how it relates to other sociological ideas, concepts, and/or real life occurrences.
Students should copy the Key Question Prompt and paste it into the top of their document before saving in the proper format and uploading. This is an effort to make sure students address every aspect of the prompt.