You will write a Research Paper (1800+ words) about a sociological concept of your choice. Make sure to draw references from a sociological perspective in your research and your writing and show the concept through a true sociological lens. Briefly explain what the concept is and why we should be aware of the concept itself, and the current research surrounding this concept as well as your opinion of it. This assignment is intended to measure your ability to apply a range of course concepts. You should summarize, relate, and support your arguments using additional information found in scholarly articles (do not cite Wikipedia, Yahoo Answers, etc. If you cite a blog for an anecdote, be sure to give the information of the blog and explain the relevance). Newspaper, News, and magazine articles are not scholarly sources, they can enhance your paper but will not count towards to scholarly source requirement. Scholarly sources are those that have been peer reviewed and edited, they include scholarly journal articles (look online through the TCU library or Google Scholar). Papers will be briefly presented to the class when they are completed. A successful paper will follow the following formatting (Remember paper in APA format): • 1800+ words. Points will be deducted if you do not meet the minimum word requirement. This word count does not include references, headers, cover page, or abstract (if you provide one) • 5+ outside scholarly sources. In addition to the course textbook and the original prompt materials, you will need to cite five or more outside scholarly sources (such as, books, articles, journals, etc.) • 5+ direct quotes from textbook. You will need five or more direct quotes from your textbook (Giddens, Duneier, Appelbaum, & Carr. Introduction to Sociology. 2020. Norton. 12th Edition. ISBN: 978-0-393-53802-1) • APA Reference Page. You must also have a reference page with an APA citations for your outside sources, the prompt materials, and the textbook. Information about APA formatting can be found below. All citations both in text and in the references should be APA. All paper formatting should be in APA, although NO abstract is required. If you add an abstract it will not count towards the word count.
