2. SOC 120 Entire Course (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  SOC 120 Capstone Discussion Question SOC 120 CheckPoint: Urbanization Trends SOC 120 Assignment: Future of Modernization Paper SOC 120 CheckPoint: Culture Shock SOC 120 CheckPoint: Deviant Behavior SOC 120 Assignment: Evolution of Formal Organizations Paper SOC 120 Final Project: Analyze a Sociological Issue SOC 120 Assignment: Punishment Research Paper

3. SOC 120 Assignment: Evolution of Formal Organizations Paper (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Resources: Ch. 5, the Summing Up table on p. 121, and Figure 5-5 on p. 126 in Society: The Basics; and the Online Library Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individual forum] Review the following scenario: You work for a formal organization in the United States that has an open, flexible organizational structure as described in Figure 5-5 on p. 126 in the text.

4. SOC 120 Assignment: Future of Modernization Paper (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Resource: Ch. 16 in Society: The Basics; and the Online Library Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individual forum] Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper addressing the following questions: o How does modernization manifest itself in U.S. society?

5. SOC 120 Assignment: Prejudice and Discrimination Article (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Imagine you are going on a 6-month expedition to a foreign country to experience the diversity of this country and study the impact of prejudice and discrimination within this country. While you are there, you will journal your experiences and then write an article that will be published in a travel magazine.

6. SOC 120 Assignment: Punishment Research Paper (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Statistics show that there is a high rate of criminal recidivism in the United States. This raises the question, “Does punishment deter crime?” Resources: Ch. 7 and the Summing Up table on p. 182 in Society: The Basics; and the Online Library Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individual forum]

7. SOC 120 Capstone Discussion Question (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Due Date: Day 3 [post to the Main forum] Post your response to the following: Which topics or concepts interested you most in this course? How can you apply them to your life? Were there any topics you would like to explore further? Discuss why they were meaningful to you.

8. SOC 120 CheckPoint: Culture Shock (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Resources: Ch. 2 and the Global Sociology box on p. 39 in Society: The Basics Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Individual forum] Read the Global Sociology box on p. 39 in the text, then respond to the following questions in 200 to 300 words: o If you were visiting and studying the Yanomamo, describe what you would have done to prepare yourself for possible culture shock.

9. SOC 120 CheckPoint: Deviant Behavior (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Resource: Ch. 7 in Society: The Basics Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Individual forum] Compose a 200- to 300-word response to the following: o Give an example of a human behavior that is considered deviant in one society but is not considered deviant in others. What are the factors that have contributed to this society's perspective of the deviant behavior?

10. SOC 120 CheckPoint: Social and Formal Groups Comparison (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Resources: Ch. 5 and the Summing Up table on p. 121 in Society: The Basics Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Individual forum] Compose a 200- to 300-word response to the following: o Describe a social group and a formal organization that you are currently part of or were a part of in the past. o Review the categories in the Summing Up table on p.

11. SOC 120 CheckPoint: Social Change and Modernization (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Resource: Ch. 16 in the text Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Individual forum] Compose a 200- to 300-word response to the following: o Define social change. What are the key features of social change? Give four examples of social movements, current or past, and describe the key features of each movement. o Define modernization. What are the key features of modernization? Give four examples of modernization and describe the key features in each example.

12. SOC 120 CheckPoint: Social Construction of Reality (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Resource: Ch. 4 in the text Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum] SOC/120 Introduction to Sociology Course Syllabus Page 16 Compose a 200- to 300-word response addressing the following questions: o Describe your social status as you see it. For example, if you have a job, is your status at work different than it is in your peer groups? Is your status in school different than it is in your family?

13. SOC 120 CheckPoint: Sociological Research Methods (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Resources: Ch. 1, the Applying Theory table on p. 14, and the Summing Up table on p. 19 in Society: The Basics; and the Online Library Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum] Search the Online Library for an article or case study about suicide in the United States.

14. SOC 120 CheckPoint: Urbanization Trends(New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Resources: Ch. 15 in Society: The Basics and the Online Library Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum] Compose a 200- to 300-word response to the following: SOC/120 Introduction to Sociology Course Syllabus Page 23 o Explain urban growth trends in the world’s poorest countries. What causes urbanization in poor countries?

15. SOC 120 Final Project: Analyze a Sociological Issue (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  In this course you have learned about many different kinds of social problems and controversial issues in societies around the world and in the United States, such as poverty, social inequality, race and cultural discrimination, gender stratification, environmental damage, population growth, and urbanization

16. SOC 120 Week 1 Discussion Questions (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Discussion Question 1 Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Main forum] Post your response to the following: Read the article from The New York Times on p. 33 in the text. According to this article, the American military does not represent an accurate cross section of Americans. How would a sociologist view the reasons for the uneven representation in the military?

17. SOC 120 Week 3 Discussion Questions (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Discussion Question 1 Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Main forum] Post your response to the following: Discuss the stages of human development (as explained by the theories presented in the text) by answering the following questions: o Which agents of socialization are most important at certain stages of human development? For example, discuss how the family is important to moral development or how peer groups are important to personality development.

18. SOC 120 Week 5 Discussion Questions (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Discussion Question 1 Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Main forum] Post your response to the following: What are some ways in which American society is stratified? What do you think the impact is on society when groups are stratified?

19. SOC 120 Week 7 Discussion Questions (New) For more course tutorials visit www.soc120tutorials.com  Discussion Question 1 Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Main forum] Post your response to the following: o Study the map 15-1 on p. 421 in the text. Looking at the data on the map, what patterns do you see? o Now, consider the following statistic: The United Nations predicts that by 2025 wealthy societies will grow by 57 million people, while poor societies will grow by 1.7 billion people.