Research Exploration Assignment Instructions
There are 4 Research Exploration Assignments in this course, and they are designed to help you explore major concepts and questions related to human development and to enhance your skill in reading and interacting with scholarly literature. You will gain knowledge about prenatal development and will also develop skills that will be helpful as you […]
Health Care Policies
Step 1: Consider a problem related to health that impacts society that is important to address. Why do you believe this problem is important to society in general? Use data to explain your reasons. Outline a policy recommendation to address this problem, Why do you suppose that this policy would be successful in addressing the […]
Oppression, Slavery, and Genocide
Choose one of the country case studies of mass atrocities on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) website ( https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/countries ). In your main post, briefly summarize the case and explain how the situation presents a danger to a particular racial/ethnic group or set of groups. Then, using at least one of the other Learning […]
Critical Race Theory and Structural Racism
Many contemporary sociologists use Critical Race Theory to help explain the sources and consequences of structural racism in society. After reading and watching this week’s Learning Resources, please explain Critical Race Theory in your own words, and then answer the following question: How might critical race theory explain the reasons for inequalities in education or […]
Constructing and Recognizing Race
As we are learning in this course, the definitions of race and ethnicity are both socially and personally constructed. In our construction of a personal racial and ethnic identity, we might incorporate the socially constructed definitions. Assignment 1 has three parts, which are intended to help you connect the Learning Resources in our course to […]