SOC:2000 u10a1:Measuring Diversity in a Social Environment

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  • Unit 10 Course Wrap Up and Final Project

     

    Introduction

    There will be no additional assignments for this unit. You should spend this week wrapping up your work on the Measuring Diversity in a Social Environment Project due at the end of this unit. There will be one wrap-up discussion question to complete this week.

    Objectives

    To successfully complete this learning unit, you will be expected to:

    1. Complete an executive summary of your project and briefly critique a fellow learner's approach to the final project data collection.
    2. Present a data project on either race or gender that demonstrates the appropriate sociological methods.
    3. Offer an analysis of this data using course resources, including theory and appropriate terms and concepts.
    4. Draw and defend appropriate sociological interpretations related to issues of race or gender.
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  • Measuring Diversity in a Social Environment

    By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:

    • Competency 1: Evaluate theoretical ideas of power in relation to policy.
      • Summarizes the research project using sociological language and concepts.
      • Discusses chosen quantitative methods in detail, including specific choices made by research to collect data.
    • Competency 2: Assess the historical influence of discrimination issues in American culture.
      • Provides appropriate background discussion and highlights key sociological concepts that pertain to discrimination experienced by a group.
      • Demonstrates sociologically appropriate quantitative methods for this project.
    • Competency 3: Support concepts with data.
      • Interprets findings within context of appropriate sociological concepts and theories, including citations.
    • Competency 5: Communicate effectively in a variety of formats.
      • Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
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    Final Project Description

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    Listen to the "Final Project Audio," which lists the description and expectations for the Measuring Diversity in a Social Environment Project. Click "Launch Audio" to begin.

    Overall, this course focuses on issues of race, gender, and age in our society from a theoretical perspective. This course has covered this in great detail. But can we find examples of this in our daily society as we interact with various others? That is the question you will answer in this Measuring Diversity in a Social Environment Project as you decide on a data collection process, collect this data and analyze it in a sociological context. This will give you an opportunity to practice sociological analysis and observation as well as examine the society that you occupy daily in more detail. After collecting your data, you will write a sociological research report on your findings.

    Please note that you may use other groups that interest you that meet the definition of a minority group as discussed throughout the course that we did not cover, for example, those based on sexual orientation or religion. These will certainly pose more of a challenge and so must be approved by the instructor by the end of Unit 4, but they are another avenue of exploration, should you so choose.

    For more information on your final project, see the Resources.

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