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SOC 301 Week 5 Assignment | Ashford UniversityWeek 5 - Final PaperRace and College AdmissionsIn this assignment you will use data to explore the different educational experiences among racial groups in the U.S., particularly in the real-world example of race in college admissions. For context, the admission process is an open one at University of Arizona Global Campus in that there are few barriers to admission to a program of study. As suc

SOC 301 Week 5 Discussion 2 | Ashford UniversityWeek 5 - Discussion 2 Intersectionality In this course we have examined many different social identities, as well as the ways in which these identities are tied to social inequalities. However, individuals have multiple identities, and oftentimes more than one of their identities are connected to social inequalities. Sociologists account for this by examining identit

SOC 301 Week 5 Discussion 1 | Ashford UniversityWeek 5 - Discussion 1 Political Representation and Changing U.S. Demographics Research shows that the demographic makeup of the United States will shift considerably over the next thirty years. However, the demographic composition of the United States government is not representative of these changes.For this discussion, review the Paul Taylor’s articleThe Next A

SOC 301 Week 4 Discussion 2 | Ashford UniversityWeek 4 - Discussion 2 Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

SOC 301 Week 4 Discussion 1 | Ashford UniversityWeek 4 - Discussion 1 Is Inequality Making Us Sick? Despite being one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the United States ranked 33rd in the world in life expectancy and 56th in infant mortality in 2014 (World Factbook 2014). It is easy to equate health with behavior. In other words, we tend to think that if you eat right, exercise, and don’t smoke you wil

SOC 301 Week 3 Assignment | Ashford UniversityConstructing the Identity of ‘Youth’In this assignment you will consider how the categories of “youth” and “childhood” vary over time and across cultures. To do this, you will answer a series of questions regarding photos you select of the “jobs” of young people in three different contexts: (1) 19th and early 20th-century America; (2) Present day America; and (3) Present Day India, Nigeria, or Bra

SOC 301 Week 3 Discussion | Ashford UniversityWeek 3 - Discussion Accommodating Social Identities in the Workplace In the United States, federal and state laws protect many individuals in the workplace from discrimination. However, not all identities are protected under the law. In addition, corporations oftentimes have a particular culture and/or brand that they are selling, and not all social identities are a

SOC 301 Week 2 Discussion | Ashford UniversityWeek 2 - Discussion Media, Socialization, and Identities The mass media act as an agent of socialization, teaching individuals the social and cultural ideals of their society. As individuals, the media not only teach us about society’s expectations and desired behaviors, but we also learn which social identities our society values the most and which are seen as less

SOC 301 Week 1 Assignment | Ashford UniversityWeek One JournalYour identity consists of multiple dimensions, which we might also call group memberships. Some of the most salient of these identities include your race, ethnicity, gender, social class, sexuality, physical and mental ability, nationality, and/or religion. Take a look atThe diversity wheel(Links to an external site.)for a visual representation of all of the identities you might

SOC 301 Week 1 Discussion | Ashford UniversityWeek 1 - Discussion Social Construction of Identities Social identities are the categories we use to specify who we are, both to ourselves and to the world around us (Newman 2016). These identities include race, class, gender, sexual orientation, etc. For this discussion, you will explore how these identities are formed and maintained over time.To help you complete