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SOC100: Introduction to Sociology
I. General Assignment Details:
Worth: 30% of Final Grade
• You are only required to submit one debate paper and you can submit for whichever of the
papers/due dates appeals to you most. You do however, have the option of submitting up to two
papers to try and improve your grade, but to do this you MUST submit your first paper for
deadline #1 or #2 (if you submit for deadline #3 you will NOT have the ability to re-submit
even if you are unhappy about your grade). The option to submit a second (new and original)
paper is provided so that you have the opportunity to reach the grade you desire in the course.
If you are unhappy with your first paper grade, you can learn from the feedback and try again
on another paper (it must be a different topic and an entirely new paper from the first
submission).
How to Submit:
• Students MUST submit an e-copy of the paper which will be turned in on Quercus. On the
course’s Quercus homepage click “Assignments” and you will see the folder to submit your
assignment. Papers must be in word or pdf format, if your paper is in a pages or other format it
won’t be readable in Quercus so we do not accept them.
• Please note that a student is responsible for submitting a readable document. NO
ACCOMODATIONS WILL BE GIVEN FOR a submitted file that is corrupted, un-openable,
or contains only symbols.
• Please Note: We check all papers for plagiarism THOROUGHLY. Any instances of plagiarism
whether intentional or not are automatically given a grade of 0. Please consult the course
writing guide for what constitutes plagiarism.
• When you submit your paper to Quercus, it will be screened through the plagiarism detection
tool Ouriginal. Ouriginal is the University’s plagiarism detection tool, and it conducts a review
of textual similarity and plagiarism. In submitting your essay, you agree to allow it to be
included as source documents in the tool’s reference database, where it will be used solely for
the purpose of detecting plagiarism. The terms that apply to the University’s use of this tool are
described on the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation web site .
Extension & Late Policy:
• Everyone is welcome to use the 7 day grace period associated with each deadline without
having to email/ask us for permission. As long as we receive your paper by the end of the listed
grace period, no late penalties will be applied.
• An assignment that is not turned in on Quercus by the end of the grace period will:
o For paper deadlines #1 and #2, results in the paper needing to be submitted for the
following deadline.
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o For deadline #3, results in a 10% late penalty per day which is assessed at the START
or each late day. For example, if you submit at 10am Thursday March 30th you will lose
20% (10% for the 29th, 10% for the 30th).
• Unless there are severe extenuating and verified circumstances, I do not grant extensions on the
term papers. Please start your assignment early so that an illness, computer problem, paper
shredding dog, or other circumstance does not prevent you from meeting the deadline. There
are multiple opportunities to submit a paper, you have been aware of the paper deadlines since
the start of class, and a 7 day extension was provided for everyone for each deadline, this is
why I do not offer extensions lightly. Further, any extension for the third deadline requires
evidence that you have been unable to work on the paper since BEFORE the actual third
deadline. Please be advised though, if you plan to use the 7-day grace period and something
happens (you get sick, a personal emergency, etc.), then you will only get a further extension if
your circumstance happened BEFORE the 7-day grace period and affects you throughout the
grace period. In other words, the grace period should be used as just that (a grace period for if
something goes wrong and not a time you plan ahead to write your paper during).
II. Specific Assignment Details:
Paper Topics:
• You can pick ONE of the below paper topics and can also pick which lecture you associate
with the topic. The paper topics include:
1. Using a Sociological perspective to identify them, what are the three biggest
challenges/issues within the field of (choose a lecture topic) .** (see below for lecture
topics)
2. Using a Sociological perspective to identify them, what are three solutions to make
improvements within the field of (choose a lecture topic) .** (see below for lecture topics)
**Education, Culture, Media & Technology, Social Class & Economic Inequality, Work &
Labour Markets, Gender & Sexuality, Racial Inequality, Health & Mental Health,
Deviance/Crime & the Law, Social Change.)
Paper Format & Requirements:
• Assignment MUST be a 2.5 pages long with a maximum of 2.5 pages. These pages must be
double-spaced (not including the title page and works cited page).
o You MUST use 12-point Times New Roman Font and “Normal” or 1 inch margins.1
o *NOTE: we will not read anything after the page limit; it is important to be able to be
concise and respect page limits. No exceptions will be made.
• You MUST have a cover page stating your Title, Name, Course, Professor, citation style used,
and date of submission. This page should also include a sentence stating that you understand
what plagiarism is and have used citations when borrowing the ideas or words of others. And
1 If in doubt about whether your margins are normal, in Microsoft word select the “Layout” tab at the top then select
margins (1st option on the left) and normal.