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1. SOC 262 Entire Course
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SOC 262 Week 1 Sociology Matters (2 Papers)
SOC 262 Week 1 Discussion
SOC 262 Week 2 Sociology Matters (2 Papers)
SOC 262 Week 2 Discussion

2. SOC 262 Week 3 Sociology Matters (2 Papers)
SOC 262 Week 3 Discussion
SOC 262 Week 4 Sociology Matters (2 Papers)
SOC 262 Week 4 Discussion
SOC 262 Week 5 Sociology Matters (2 Papers)
SOC 262 Week 5 Discussion
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3. SOC 262 Week 1 Discussion
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In Chapter 1, Schaefer (2019, p. 3) discusses the sociological
imagination. This important concept describes our “awareness of the
relationship between an individual and the wider society” so that we can
interpret individual behavior in the context of society’s issues and
concerns.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
How does your pursuit of a college education affect society and your
place in society?
What are the social effects of your decision to become a student, both
now and after graduation for you personally and for your community?
How would the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist perspectives of
sociology each interpret your decision to gain a college education?

4. Due Monday
Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional
in your responses.
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SOC 262 Week 1 Sociology Matters (2 Papers)
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Assignment Content
Instructions:

5. The purpose of this assignment is for you to apply what you learned
about sociology concepts, methods and perspectives during this week’s
learning activities. Use this week’s reading and discussions and your
personal experiences to inform your answers.
Consider the two themes of the Sociology Matters box (the blue box) at
the end of Ch. 2 (p. 69): Sociology matters because it raises your
awareness of cultural patterns you would otherwise take for granted; and
because it shows you how you became who you are.
Select one bullet question listed in the Sociology Matters box as your
topic to illustrate these themes.
Write a 700-word essay that shows how sociology matters in helping to
explain your chosen topic. Be sure to demonstrate your understanding of
this week’s readings by correctly applying Key Terms related to your
selected topic and supporting your answers with appropriate examples
from the course readings or your personal experience.

6. Organize your essay in paragraphs with introduction, body, and
conclusion sections.
Quoted and paraphrased material should be less than 30 percent of your
paper.
Provide complete APA style citations and references for all research
materials used in the essay.
Format your document in APA style according to appropriate course-
level APA guidelines available at the Center for Writing Excellence.
Submit your assignment.

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SOC 262 Week 2 Discussion
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In this week’s reading, Schaefer (2019, p. 79) defines a group as “people
with similar norms, values, and expectations who interact with one
another on a regular basis.” Groups may be formal or informal, and the
individuals who self-identify as part of a group often have statuses and
roles related to membership in that group. Additionally, a person often
belongs to many groups simultaneously. As a result, each of us has
multiple dimensions of identity related to the diverse collection of
statuses and roles that shape our daily interactions with others.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Think about groups you consider yourself part of or affiliated with either
by an ascribed status or through achieving membership.

8. What primary and secondary groups do you belong to?
How did you become associated with these groups?
How do those groups affect how you behave?
What differences exist among the groups in which you belong and other
groups in your community?
How do sociologists explain these differences?
Due Monday
Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional
in your responses.
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SOC 262 Week 2 Sociology Matters (2 Papers)
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9. The purpose of this assignment is for you to apply what you learned
about sociology concepts, methods and perspectives during this week’s
learning activities. Use this week’s reading and discussions and your
personal experiences to inform your answers.
Consider the theme of the Sociology Matters prompt at the end of Ch. 4
(p. 122): Sociology matters because it explains why you accept certain
social norms almost without thinking—and why you pay a price if you
break those norms.
Select one bullet question listed in the Sociology Matters box as your
topic to illustrate these themes.
Write a 700-word essay that shows how sociology matters in helping to
explain your chosen topic. Be sure to demonstrate your understanding of
this week’s readings by correctly applying Key Terms related to your
selected topic and supporting your answers with appropriate examples
from the course readings or your personal experience.

10. Organize your essay in paragraphs with introduction, body, and
conclusion sections.
Quoted and paraphrased material should be less than 30 percent of your
paper.
Provide complete APA style citations and references for all research
materials used in the essay.
Format your document in APA style according to appropriate course-
level APA guidelines available at the Center for Writing Excellence.
Submit your assignment.

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SOC 262 Week 3 Discussion
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This week we explore the concepts of ethnicity, race, and gender. All
people residing in the United States are either Native Americans,
immigrants, descendants of immigrants, descendants of slaves, or a
combination of these. Looking closely at your own family’s stories can
help you to understand immigration, ethnicity, and race in the United
States better.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Does your family's path, over one or many generations of your family
history, to becoming an American include immigration to the United
States?
Does it include Black (slaves or freemen) people and/or Native
Americans? How so?
What challenges do current immigrants face when assimilating into
American culture?

12. Should more of an effort be made to assist immigrants to assimilate?
Why?
Due Monday
Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional
in your responses.
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SOC 262 Week 3 Sociology Matters (2 Papers)
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Assignment Content
Instructions:
The purpose of this assignment is for you to apply what you learned
about sociology concepts, methods and perspectives during this week’s
learning activities. Use this week’s reading and discussions and your
personal experiences to inform your answers.

13. Consider the two themes of the Sociology Matters box at the end of Ch.
6 (p. 184): Sociology matters because it makes us think about why some
people in our society are treated better than others and because it makes
us more aware of prejudice and discrimination against members of
certain racial and ethnic groups.
Write a 700-word essay that shows how sociology matters in helping to
explain your chosen topic. Be sure to demonstrate your understanding of
this week’s readings by correctly applying Key Terms related to your
selected topic and supporting your answers with appropriate examples
from the course readings or your personal experience.
Organize your essay in paragraphs with introduction, body, and
conclusion sections.

14. Quoted and paraphrased material should be less than 30 percent of your
paper.
Provide complete APA style citations and references for all research
materials used in the essay.
Format your document in APA style according to appropriate course-
level APA guidelines available at the Center for Writing Excellence.
Submit your assignment.
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SOC 262 Week 4 Discussion
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Sociologists define social institutions as “organized patterns of beliefs
and behavior that are centered on basic social needs” (Schaefer 2019, p.

15. 206). This week’s readings look in detail at five social institutions:
family, religion, government, the education system, and the economic
system. From the functionalist perspective, social institutions provide
customs and ideas to meet society’s needs to replace its members, teach
its members cultural norms, values, knowledge, and skills, provision it
members with goods and services, maintain social control and order, and
“provide and maintain a sense of purpose” (Schaefer 2019, p. 207).
From a conflict perspective social institutions preserve the social status
quo of roles, statuses, privileges.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
How do social institutions help hold together human societies when they
comprise individuals and social groups who hold diverse interests and
aspirations?
Which social institutions have changed the most in the last 50 years in
the United States? How so?
Have these changes made society better or worse?
Which social institutions need societal reform and how would you work
to change it?
Due Monday

16. Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional
in your responses.
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SOC 262 Week 4 Sociology Matters (2 Papers)
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Assignment Content
Instructions:
The purpose of this assignment is for you to apply what you learned
about sociology concepts, methods and perspectives during this week’s
learning activities. Use this week’s reading and discussions and your
personal experiences to inform your answers.
Consider the two themes of the Sociology Matters box at the end of Ch.
8 (p. 229): Sociology matters because it explains the purposes and

17. functions of our most basic social institutions and because it helps us to
look at familiar social institutions from new and different perspectives.
Write a 700-word essay that shows how sociology matters in helping to
explain your chosen topic. Be sure to demonstrate your understanding of
this week’s readings by correctly applying Key Terms related to your
selected topic and supporting your answers with appropriate examples
from the course readings or your personal experience.
Organize your essay in paragraphs with introduction, body, and
conclusion sections.
Quoted and paraphrased material should be less than 30 percent of your
paper.
Provide complete APA style citations and references for all research
materials used in the essay.

18. Format your document in APA style according to appropriate course-
level APA guidelines available at the Center for Writing Excellence.
Submit your assignment.
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SOC 262 Week 5 Discussion
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Congratulations, you made it to Week 5! In this final week of class, we
investigate social change. Particularly, we will look at how social
change occurs and why there can be so much resistance to it. We also
investigate the growth of communities from prehistory through the
present, as well as the relationship between people’s health, their
geographic distribution, and the social groups to which they belong.

19. Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Describe the health of the people in your community.
Do you think it is better than average, average, or worse than average?
Is access to healthcare something you feel requires a change at a societal
level?
If so, how can you leverage what you have learned over the last five
weeks to enact that type of change?
If not, how can you leverage what you have learned over the last five
weeks to explain why the change is unnecessary?
Due Monday
Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional
in your responses.
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20. SOC 262 Week 5 Sociology Matters (2 Papers)
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Assignment Content
Instructions:
The purpose of this assignment is for you to apply what you learned
about sociology concepts, methods and perspectives during this week’s
learning activities. Use this week’s reading and discussions and your
personal experiences to inform your answers.
Consider the theme of the Sociology Matters box at the end of Ch. 11 (p.
316): Sociology matters because it helps you to understand the social
change you encounter.

21. Write a 700-word essay that shows how sociology matters in helping to
explain your chosen topic. Be sure to demonstrate your understanding of
this week’s readings by correctly applying Key Terms related to your
selected topic and supporting your answers with appropriate examples
from the course readings or your personal experience.
Organize your essay in paragraphs with introduction, body, and
conclusion sections.
Quoted and paraphrased material should be less than 30 percent of your
paper.
Provide complete APA style citations and references for all research
materials used in the essay.
Format your document in APA style according to appropriate course-
level APA guidelines available at the Center for Writing Excellence.

22. Submit your assignment.