Please check attached Essay Guidelines before making an offer.
You must chose a specific social problem endemic to Canadian society and analyse it within the scope of one of the sociological approaches presented in class.
You must establish:
– What? Provide a description
– Why? What is behind the social problem, the causes.
– What are the effects? Elaborate on the consequences
– How? Discuss how the social problem can be examined through the lense of your choice of
sociological approach (functionalism, symbolic interactionism, conflict theory, feminism)
The Final version of the research paper is a 6-8 page paper, typed and spaced at 1.5,
Times New Roman. Minimum of 8 scientific references.
Ideas
– Education disparity. Inequality in educational quality is described and defined by race in many
communities as well as financial status. For example, If you live in a poor neighborhood or are a
minority, there is a huge chance that the schools you attend may lack most essential facilities hence
a totally different way of interaction with the other cultured kids.
– Social media and bullying. Some cases of bullying has been described as a source of suicidal
thought and behavioral changes.
– Drugs and alcohol abuse. Drugs have subsequent health and emotional issues through addiction
and general usage which in turn changes a persons social behavior.
– Family and single parenthood. This involves one parent walking out on their partner. This may
affect the kids growth in terms of criticism from their peers and also their mental and emotional
health which affects their social life.
Grading the essays will be based on the following criteria:
1) Introduction that includes a clear statement of the social problem and your intentions (10%)
2) Description of the social problem (15%)
3) Causes (15%)
4) Effects (15%)
5) Analysis (15%)
6) Conclusion (5%)
7) Selection and use of references (5%)
8) Coherence of the argument. (5%)
9) Format: Title page, sections, page numbering, bibliography (5%)
10) Grammar (10%)
