Social Science – Sociology

Separation of church and state has long been a hotly debated issue in the United States.  Here’s an example.  In the state of Texas, intelligent design (based  on religion) is taught along side the theory of evolution (based on  science). 

Healthcare,  including hospitals, pharmaceutical, and insurance companies in the  United States make millions and millions, and in some cases billions and  billions, of dollars in profit annually.  Healthcare is one of the  largest and most profitable industries in the U.S. 

Instructions Respond to any 1 prompt from each chapter in an original discussion post by midnight, Day 4 of Week 3. After you respond to 2 prompts in an original post, you are also required to provide substantive responses to

ASSIGNMENT 1 Discussion Questions: (1)  Are immigrants needed to provide low-wage workers in the U.S. to compete with workers in other regions of the world? (2)  Do immigrants take on low-paying work that people here do not want to do?

(for full instructions and grading rubric, please review the SOSHTalk Discussion Board folder under “Week 2”) each post must be 200+ words APA citations and references are required for your initial post (and in response posts if material from the textbook or

Preparation Read Chapter 4, Socialization, in the textbook. No outside/web sources, please. Attend the Week 2 Keiser Live! session or review the recording. Review the  for instructions and examples of formatting in text citations and references as these are required.  In text citations go in the paragraph and

  Learning Resources Required Readings Toseland, R. W., & Rivas, R. F. (2017). An introduction to group work practice (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.Chapter 6, Planning the Group Required Media Note: The Petrakis Family video sessions can be viewed using

  Learning Resources Required Readings Toseland, R. W., & Rivas, R. F. (2017). An introduction to group work practice (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.Chapter 6, Planning the Group Required Media Note: The Petrakis Family video sessions can be viewed using

  Required Readings James, R. K., & Gilliland, B. E. (2017). Crisis intervention strategies (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.Chapter 10, Partner Violence (pp. 286-330)Chapter 11, Family Crisis Intervention (pp. 331-372)    Assignment: Crisis With Individuals, Couples, and Families Many

Assignment Overview For this assignment you will have the opportunity to conduct an experiment, or quasi-experiment, in order to explore deviance in our society. As we learned this week, deviance is any behavior, belief, or condition that violates significant social