Sociology 250
Fall 2002
Third short paper
(12 points)
Due: December
9, 2002
- A third paper will not be required. If the grade you received for the first two papers is
acceptable to you, you need not write a third paper. I will take the grades for the first
two papers and recalculate the total for these out of 36. For example, if you received 8.6 out of
12 (72%) on the first paper and 9.1 out of 12 (76%) on the second, for a
total of 17.7 out of 24, that is 74%, I will give you 0.74 x 36 = 26.6 out
of 36 for the papers portion of the final grade.
- If you decide to write a third paper, this paper will in no
case lower the grade you receive for the 36 points for papers, although it
might raise your grade.
Topics for third paper
- Rewrite either the first or second
paper.
- Any topic from the list for the
second paper (other than a topic you selected for the second paper).
- The sociological approach of
Parsons involved various systems – explain the meaning and importance of
systems for sociological analysis and provide examples.
- Explain and critique Parsons’s
analysis of family and gender roles within the family.
- Explain how the approaches of Marx
and Weber are reflected in the class analysis of Erik Olin Wright.
Paul Gingrich
November 27, 2002
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