HPRO 2110 Video Reflection Assignment

Begin by summarizing and critiquing the main concepts in each video, and then include a personal reflection on how the videos impact your thinking regarding population health and the social determinants of health. No citation of the videos is necessary for this work. Outside sources may be used but are not required. Please cite any outside sources.

You may include personal anecdotes that illustrate how the topic you have chosen is relevant. In your experience, how have you seen these circumstances impact either your own or other people’s lives, and how have these experiences contributed to your learning and understanding of the social determinants and population health?

Style

This paper should be 2-3 pages, double-spaced (not included title page or references), and should be in APA format. Though this paper is a personal reflection (and can include writing in the first person), please remember to use proper writing style.

This assignment will be worth 5% of your final grade, and is due on March 17, 2015, at 09:00 am. Please submit electronically as a Microsoft Word document via BBL.

Grading Rubric

Summary and critique of Inequality for All    /5

Summary and critique of Unnatural Causes    /5

Personal reflection    /10

Style, flow, grammar, APA formatting, etc.     /5

Total    /25    = /5

Link to Inequality for All Video

http://ilores.ca/dms/SHHP/Inequality_for_All_2013_-_20150219_133313_27.html

Link to Unnatural Causes Videos

http://videtis.ucis.dal.ca/overflow/HS/Unnatural_Causes_1.html

http://videtis.ucis.dal.ca/overflow/HS/Unnatural_Causes_2.html

http://videtis.ucis.dal.ca/overflow/HS/Unnatural_Causes_3.html

http://videtis.ucis.dal.ca/overflow/HS/Unnatural_Causes_4.html

http://videtis.ucis.dal.ca/overflow/HS/Unnatural_Causes_5.html

http://videtis.ucis.dal.ca/overflow/HS/Unnatural_Causes_6.html

49

alcoholism

SOC200

0

–

VARHOLA

WRITING

PROJECT

Constructing a

Sociolog

ical

Research Paper

EVALUATION:

This

collection of

graded project

s

is worth

40

% of

your

overall course grade. In order to receive

maximum credit for this project, all requirements listed below

must be met.

Annotated bibliographies, formal

outlines, and final research papers will all be evaluated using rubrics

(available in Pilot)

designed to

specify the

student’s writing strengths and weaknesses.

Writing Project Assignments

that are submitted late will be

graded

last, and

subject to a 10% grade deduction.

PART 1: SOCIAL PROBLEM SELECTION.

By the beginni

ng of the third week, each student will have selected a

social problem of interest that will be used as a point of focus for the remainder of the writing project.

Selections will be peer reviewed in class, and together we will collaborate to cement your so

cial problem

selection into a working research question.

PART

2

:

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES

.

Each student

will submit annotated bibliograph

ies

for

three (3)

sources

in one Microsoft Word document

,

all in APA format

.

All

three

sources will be relevant to you

r selected social

problem and research question.

A

nnotated bibliographies are due

in

Pilot

on

TUESDAY

FEBRAURY 1

6

th

.

PART

3

:

FORMAL OUTLINE

.

Your f

ormal outline

will include

substantive

subject matter for all of the items listed

in Part

4

below. Each

main

bullet point

in your outline

(

introduction, literature review, data and methods,

theory, conclusion)

shall have

multiple

subsections below it.

The last

subsection of

your introduction will be

your

research question

.

Outlines will

be

2

–

3 pages

of content

i

n length (not counting the

cover or references

pages), and will include

five (5)

academic peer

–

reviewed sources.

Individual formal outlines are due

in

Pilot

on

TUESDAY

MARCH

1

6

th

.

PART

4

:

FINAL RESEARCH PAPER.

Introduction

:

Provide general background o

n your social problem.

Explain why you consider it to be a

social

rather

personal

problem.

U

se one citation that highlights the nature of your social problem, and explain how

it will be used as a connecting thread between the remaining sections of your pap

er.

Define the terms

“sociology

” and

“sociological imagination”

and

apply them to your social problem.

Explain the value of

using

sociology and your

sociological imagination to understand social life

as it relate

s

to your social

problem

.

Cite

any

sources

y

ou use (direct quotes or paraphrases) in APA format

.

The last sentence of

your introduction will be your

research question

.

Research Question

:

Your

research question

will

be a concise and narrow

(one sentence, in the general form of IV

–

>DV)

explanation o

f

the relationship that you

will be exploring in the rest of your paper.

Remember, your

research question

will be included

in your paper

as

the last sentence of your introduction.

Literature Review:

Conduct a review of relevant academic literature pertain

ing to your social problem.

C

ompare

and

contrast

key arguments and theories

from similar sources, and

analyze

and explain

key

differences/conflicts between dissimilar sources.

Cite any sources you use (direct quotes or

paraphrases) in APA format

.

Data and

Methods:

S

how how relevant, widespread or significant your sele

cte

d social problem is by

reviewing the

data and

method of data collection in your

academically relevant

sources.

Include

information about, and your

analysis

of

the strengths and weaknesses

of, each of the following from

all of your relevant sources:

sample size, choice of methodological approach, and important findings.

Cite any sources you use (direct quotes or paraphrases) in APA format

.

Theory

:

Consider your social problem through the

len

s

es

of

the three

central

soci

ological

theoretical

paradigm

s

–

functionalis

m

, social conflict,

and

symbolic i

nteractionis

m

. Which one

best explains

y

our

social problem

? Discuss

the best fit

, then

compare and contrast this perspective to the other two

paradi

gms.

Remember that a well

–

argued theory section not only advances one position, it also argues

against the other core theoretical perspectives

.

Conclusion

:

Restate your thesis statement, and express any conclusions you have reached throughout

the course o

f preparing your research paper.

This is the section in which you can express your opinions

about the subject.

I

nclude ideas for how future research into this

social problem

may be conducted

.

Discuss potential

applications to policy that

may impact

the soc

ial problem of focus

(e.g. changes in

law, institutional procedures)

.

Final research papers

will

be 4

–

5

pages of content in length (not counting the cover or references pages), and

will include

seven

(

7

)

academic peer

–

reviewed sources.

Final research pape

rs are d

ue

in

Pilot

on

TUESDAY

APRIL

1

3

th

.

MECHANICS:

In

constructing your project

, be sure to follow these instructions:

1.

Use

APA

format

.

That means proper punctuation

and style for

in

–

text citations

,

and

appropriately

formatted

references

page

s

noting

all sources of information contained in your project

(text, books, the

internet, cl

ass notes, or other sources)

, whethe

r directly

quoted

or indirectly

paraphrased

.

Running

headers and abstract pages are encouraged, but not required, for this project.

2.

Cove

r page

.

You

MUST

always

include a cover page with the following items: a creative/informative title,

your name, instructor name, course name and section number

(SOC2000

–

xx)

, and project due date.

3.

Format.

T

h

is project is to be typewritten

,

with

one inch

ma

rgins, page numbering

(except the cover page)

,

font size 12,

and

double

line spacing

.

Appropriate s

pelling, punctuation, and grammar are

considered

in

the grading of this project.

ASSISTANCE:

The instructor and graduate teaching assistant are available to

students for a general review of

assignments for completeness and satisfying project requirements prior to the due date of the project.

HOWEVER

… Questions about the use of APA format and other technical writing issues are to be directed to the

WSU Writin

g Center (775

–

4186), WSU Writers Hotline (775

–

2158), and/or style manuals (available on

–

line on

the WSU library homepage, and available in hard copy in the reference area of the WSU library).

THIS PROJECT

REQUIRES APA FORMATTING AND CITATION STYLE.

A link

to the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue

University, one of the most up

–

to

–

date APA style guides available, can be found in Pilot.

WARNING:

The use or copying of another student’s work

,

or of work that is not your own

,

is a

form of plagiarism and

may be

subject to

academic disciplinary action

.

Cite the sources of

your information

throughout your paper for both paraphrased and directly quoted material.

All student submissions may be processed through TurnItIn.com at the sole discretion of the

instructor.