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SOC 490 Entire Course
SOC 490 Week 1 Capstone Topic Selection
SOC 490 Week 1 DQ 1 Personal and Professional
Relevance SOC 490 Week 1 DQ 2 Methodology for
Selecting a Sample Population SOC 490 Week 1
Capstone Topic Selection SOC 490 Week 2 DQ 1
Social Theories SOC 490 Week 2 DQ 2 Annotated
Bibliography Best Practices SOC 490 Week 2
Annotated Bibliography
Capstone Project Topic Selection. Read the final
Capstone Project instructions in the Components
of Course Evaluation section of this guide or in
the Week Five section of your online course. Each
weeks assignment will be a major component of
the Capstone Project. Chapters 1 through 3 will
guide you in the process of outlining your topic.
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SOC 490 Week 1 DQ 2 Methodology for Selecting a
Sample Population
SOC 490 Week 1 DQ 1 Personal and Professional
Relevance
Personal and Professional Relevance. Your
research proposal for your Capstone Project
should be written on a topic in which you feel an
investment and that also is relevant to fields
within the social sciences. What relevance does
this issue have in your own life? Does it relate
to your interests, and if so, how does it relate?
What is your connection to the population you are
researching? If the issue does not have relevance
to you or you do not have a connection with the
population, explain why not.
Methodology for Selecting a Sample Population.
Your Capstone Project will focus on a specific
sample population for future research. In this
discussion, you will need to do two things.
First, explain the attributes of the sample
population that you plan to study. Then explain
the research methodology you will use to study
that population. Will you use a quantitative
approach, qualitative approach, or a mixture of
both? Which approach do you find most valuable
and why?
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SOC 490 Week 2 DQ 1 Social Theories
SOC 490 Week 2 Annotated Bibliography
Social Theories. There are three primary social
theories (functionalism, conflict theory, and
symbolic interactionism) which are used to
evaluate social problems. In this discussion
board, you are to evaluate the chosen
issue/problem that you identified for your
Capstone Project from these perspectives.
Describe how a functionalist, a conflict
theorist, and someone ascribing to symbolic
interactionism would explain the key issue and
the factors that have led to this issue.
Annotated Bibliography. The purpose of the
annotated bibliography is to assist you in
developing research analysis skills including
critical thinking, writing, and literature
research skills. Using the feedback that you
received from the assignments and the ideas that
emerged in discussions from Week One, focus your
research on the specific population you selected
and the issue that you connected to this
population.
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SOC 490 Week 3 DQ 1 Psychological Perspectives on
Social Issues
SOC 490 Week 2 DQ 2 Annotated Bibliography Best
Practices
Psychological Perspectives on Social Issues. A
large portion of the social science major is
dedicated to the study of individual, group, and
social psychology. Social psychology examines how
the thoughts and behaviors of individual humans
are influenced by the thoughts and behaviors of
other humans in the various social groups in
which they find themselves.
Annotated Bibliography Best Practices. As you
approach the end of your academic journey, think
back to all the research that you have put into
this accomplishment. You have been writing and
honing your communication skills throughout your
academic tenure. This week your assignment is to
create an annotated bibliography.
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SOC 490 Week 3 Proposal for Statistical Research
Project
SOC 490 Week 3 DQ 2 Psychological Reflections on
Online Academic Dynamics
Proposal for Statistical Research Project. Having
identified a population, an issue/problem that
relates to that specific population, and then
gathered academic resources that relate to the
issue, you will now be asked to propose a
statistical research project that directly
relates to the social issue you identified for
your selected population.
Psychological Reflections on Online Academic
Dynamics. Having studied group and individual
psychological theories, as a follow up to this
weeks first discussion, analyze your online
academic experience from one of the perspectives
found in social psychology.
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SOC 490 Week 4 DQ 2 Ethical Research in the
Social Sciences
SOC 490 Week 4 DQ 1 Ramifications of a Solution
Ramifications of a Solution. If the key issue
that you are researching were solved, what would
be the historical, psychological, ethical, and
social ramifications of this solution? How would
the course of history change if this issue were
resolved? How would the group psychology of the
population you are studying change or how would
it need to change in order to solve the problem?
How would the ethical relationships
Ethical Research in the Social Sciences. Find the
most interesting, bizarre, or blatant example of
a violation of good ethical conduct in research
in the social sciences. Explain the experiment.
What theories, ideas, behaviors, or phenomena
were being analyzed? What were the attributes of
the population that the researchers chose to use
for their experiments? What did they do to the
population
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SOC 490 Week 5 DQ 1 Final Reflection
SOC 490 Week 5 Capstone Project
Focus of the Capstone Project Develop a research
paper, in which you analyze a key issue facing a
population segment in order to propose an area
for additional research. Your research will
Part I Background a. Describe your chosen
population segment. b. Explain one major social
issue facing your selected population segment.
Final Reflection. This is the final discussion,
and because there is only one this week, there
will be many tasks. However, they should be quite
enjoyable for most of you. In the following
discussion, you will reflect on your overall
academic experience. Remember that your answers
will in no way influence your grade.
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