Assignment: Application paper – SOC412_DLO1_ON: …
Using the concepts covered in this course, students will write a six- to seven-page, double-spaced application paper as part of the assignments to meet the learning objectives of this course. In this application paper, students present a social issue related to families:
- 1. Family policies in the United States;
- 2. a contemporary social controversy such as teen pregnancy, marital and nonmarital lifestyles, divorce and remarriage etc.;
- 3. Diversity among families;
- 4. Division of labor inside and outside of the family;
- 5. Parenting, step-parenting and childcare in the United States;
- 6. Fertrility and infertility;
- 7. Divorce and remarriege;
- 8. Families in later life;
- 9. Mating and dating.
Students may also chose other themes or topics, but they need to get an approval from the instructor. In their papers, students should combine their own thoughtful analysis with ideas and information found in a minimum of three other sources. Therefore, as in any scholarly writing, students should not merely copy information from another author, but use evidence to support the contentions they have drawn from their findings and critically analyze related literature – this paper has to be an analytical paper, not a summary of readings. This paper must meet APA requirements of format and style. Students must cite the sources of all ideas, facts, and information used that are not their own, even if they have put the information into their own words. Failure to do so is plagiarism, even if the oversight is unintentional.
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