The assignment requires students to write a response paper on the importance of social sciences, reflecting on their experiences and the value highlighted in provided readings. Students should address why they chose to study social sciences and its societal significance, using citations from the readings. The draft should be 2-3 double-spaced pages, formatted correctly, and submitted in .doc or .docx format for peer review.

1. Assignment
Sheet:
Response
Paper
Part
1:
First
Draft
Social
Sciences
1T03
(Fall
2014)
Due:
11:59
pm
on
the
Night
Before
Tutorial
Session
#7
READ:
Dean
of

2. Social
Sciences
Charlotte
Yates’s
comments
on
the
advantages
of
a
Social
Sciences
degree,
and
the
four
(4)
short
accompanying
articles
on
the
importance
of
the
Liberal
Arts
–
a
term
that
is
often
used

3. to
include
Social
Sciences.
Each
of
these
readings
can
be
found
on
the
Faculty
of
Social
Sciences
website
at:
http://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/office-­‐of-­‐the-
­‐dean/articles/advantages-­‐of-­‐a-­‐social-­‐
sciences-­‐degree
WRITE:
A
response
paper
discussing
your
thoughts

4. and
reflections
about
the
importance
of
the
social
sciences.
Two
key
questions
you
might
address
are:
Why
should
an
individual
student
choose
to
study
the
social
sciences?
Why
is
it
important
for
our

5. society
that
people
do
continue
to
study
the
social
sciences
instead
of
choosing
to
pursue
another
type
of
degree?
You
are
asked
to
address
both
of
these
questions
by
doing
each
of

6. the
following:
• Recall/Reflect
on
what
you
have
experienced
or
learned
in
the
first
months
of
your
studies
in
the
social
sciences.
• Evaluate/Interpret
how
the
value
of
the
social
sciences

7. are
addressed
in
these
online
readings,
commenting
on
any
points
that
interest
you,
and
assessing
whether
there
are
important
ideas,
arguments,
or
points
they
do
not
cover.
• Analyse/Examine
why
you
think
the

8. authors
of
the
readings
above
emphasize
what
they
do,
and
whether
there
are
other
ways
to
answer
the
questions
from
different
perspectives.
Your
draft
response
paper
should
be
two
to

9. three
(2-­‐3)
double-­‐spaced
pages
in
length.
It
should
be
written
using
several
paragraphs
rather
than
in
point
form
or
as
one
long
paragraph.
Whenever
you
mention
ideas
from
the
readings,
be
sure
to
cite

10. the
source
using
an
in-­‐text
citation
or
footnote.
Whenever
you
quote
the
wording
from
one
of
the
readings,
even
if
just
a
phrase,
be
sure
to
put
the
quote
in
quotation
marks
and
add

11. an
in-­‐text
citation
or
footnote.
Be
sure
to
include
a
list
of
sources.
SAVE:
Your
draft
response
paper
as
a
.doc
or
.docx
file
using
your
word
processing
program.
In
order

12. for
the
peer-­‐review
part
of
this
assignment
to
work,
we
are
going
to
use
.doc
and
.docx
files
as
our
shared
standard.
Many
alternate
programs
such
as
Pages
on
a
Mac
computer
(or
others)

13. do
not
automatically
save
as
.doc
or
.docx
so
you
might
need
to
follow
certain
steps
to
either
‘save
as’
or
‘export’
your
document.
(A
resource
sheet
with
instructions
on
how
to
do

14. will
be
posted
on
Avenue
to
Learn.)
SUBMIT:
Your
draft
paper
to
the
Avenue
dropbox
where
your
partner(s)
will
see
it.