Consequences of Social Class
Student learning outcomes or SLOs are statements that specify what students will know, be able to do or be able to demonstrate when they have completed or participated in a program/activity/course/project. Outcomes are usually expressed as knowledge, skills, attitudes or values.
Sociology 1 SLO’s
Each student will write a paper that demonstrates an understanding of how social class affects individual life chances. Each student explain how social class affects individual life chances.
Assignments
•Students will write two 5-6 page SLO papers – one for each SLO. Student answers are to be clear, well-organized, and specific. Provide a concise, cogent argument and include details to support your response.
•Provide a separate title page that has your name and the specific topic you’re discussing.
•To receive credit for these assignments, submit your finalized essay in a Word or PDF document in not less than 350 words per page. I will NOT accept any assignment in any other format. Font: Times New Roman (12 point), Line Spacing: Double.
•Assignments should begin with an introduction and should end with a conclusion.
•APA style formatting is required for each written assignment. The body of the paper must include citations according to the APA style format. Every assignment should contain at least two references.
•You are responsible for checking that you have correctly (readable format) posted your response. Do not email me after the due date telling me that you have posted your work but it did not show up OR it is NOT the correct file.
•Late submission of assignments is not permitted in this online class.
•All assignments must be submitted by 11:55 pm in your online class. No emailed assignments will be accepted after deadline and you won’t get any credit for it.
SLO Paper 2:
“For this SLO paper, you are to address a major consequence of social class membership. What are, for instance, some of the major, and often time life-long consequences of social class? There are a number of options that you might consider in responding to this question. How do these consequences relate to one’s physical and mental health; family life; political orientation and involvement; education; religion, or the criminal justice system. You may be able to identify other outcomes in your research.
Possible Questions
Does social class play a role in the health someone’s life? What role does social class play in education outcomes? Is family life different for families in the underclass as opposed to upper-class families?
Ideally, you want to focus on one dependent variable – such as physical and mental health. The independent variable for this paper would be social class.
So in this example, you might have write a paper that examines The health consequences of growing up in a poor family.
If you want to look at the textbook we’ve used:
We will be using a free text which is available online. Please go to the following location to download the text: https://openstax.org/. You must select Introduction to Sociology 2e.
