West Africa

You’ve been sent to the country of Nigeria in West Africa to deal with their problems such as poverty, drugs, diseases, unemployment, teenage-pregnancies, young adult mortality, low life-expectancy, malnutrition, Children Kidnapping, and poor education. As a sociologist how would you help this country solve these problems? What solutions or strategies would you give to their … Read more

Process Evaluation

Assignment: Drafting a Process Evaluation The steps for process evaluation outlined by Bliss and Emshoff (2002) may seem very similar to those for conducting other types of evaluation that you have learned about in this course; in fact, it is the purpose and timing of a process evaluation that most distinguish it from other types … Read more

For your final paper, choose one of the articles you read on your applied ethics topic (animal rights, euthanasia, or global poverty). Explain the author’s position on your topic, then – given what you’ve learned in the course – evaluate the author’s argument.

Evaluating an Argument Before beginning this paper, make sure that you have completed all of the Modules in our course and read over my feedback on Paper 2 carefully. It is also highly recommended that you have read LaFollette’s “Writing a Philosophy Paper” from Ethics in Practice: An Anthology. This paper is worth 15% of … Read more

what these proverbs mean and how they are represented in the painting.

+ Netherlandish Proverbs by Pieter Bruegel the Elder contains over 100 proverbs or idioms, brief sayings that contain wisdom or advice. Together, they make for an absurd and busy (but very fun!) painting. Explore the high-resolution version of the painting (link below) and choose at least two scenes that you find most interesting/funny/disturbing/etc. Then try … Read more

Gender & the Archetypes

Choose three of the common archetypes (fathers, goddesses of life, wise figures, hero/heroine, the other) in the Learning Resources and identify a character from film, literature, art, television, video games etc., that you think is a good representation of each. Follow these instructions and embed a picture of each into your post and provide a … Read more

ntroduction to developmental psychology

Please answer two of the following questitions. Your answer for both questitions should not exceed four 1.5 line-spaced pages in length. It is not enough to answer a questition by merely listing facts. You should present a cogent argument basedupon your critical analysis of the questition posed, using appropriate psychological terminology

Research the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, three pillars of sustainability, the precautionary principle, and systems thinking.

Research the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, three pillars of sustainability, the precautionary principle, and systems thinking. Compose a discussion post about why and when the legislation was passed, reflecting on their importance to you, and how your life would be different if they were never passed. Then discuss whether the legislation considered … Read more

Motivation and Compensation

Motivation and Compensation In the public sector, it is incredibly important for employees to feel a connection to their work. As you remember from your study of public service motivation, it is traditionally believed those who seek employment in the public sector are motivated by public service values (Battaglio, 2015). For example, someone who is … Read more

Do you think our elected representative should use public opinion polling to determine policy or should elected officials do what they believe is best for the state?

Politicians use public opinion polling to aid in the decision making process. It seems there is a current trend to allow public opinion polling to make every decision from overarching policy determinations to the color of neck tie to be worn during a debate. Do you think our elected representative should use public opinion polling … Read more