There will be two quizzes with a total of 50 questions. You will be given one minute per question and each question is worth 0.5 mark.

QUIZ 1 20 Questions in 20 minutes - at the end of Week 4
QUIZ 2 30 Questions in 30 minutes - at the end of Week 12 (BEFORE the exam period)

Objectives
The quizzes are set to test your understanding of fundamental concepts, methods, perspectives and facts covered by the textbooks and lectures. Each covers the whole term’s work up to that point.

Details
These are a timed online quizzes that must be sat on the due date between the hours of 6 AM and 10 PM (Australian Eastern Standard Time). If there are timezone issues for you please contact me well in advance.

They will be delivered through the ‘Assessment’ section of the unit Moodle site, and will only become available on the due date. Students will need to have access to an Internet connection in order to complete the quiz. It is your responsibility to make time to sit the quiz on the due date, and to arrange for a reliable Internet connection. Before you take the quiz, make sure that you are ready (i.e. a proper revision has been done) and choose a time and computer/place with minimum distraction to sit for the quiz (i.e. do not have external disturbances from people, pets, etc).

Be conscious of the time limit while taking the quiz—make sure you have a clock in front of you, and note down your starting time. Do not wait until the last minute to complete the quiz as it will time out once the time limit is reached (i.e.at 10PM the quiz will close regardless of your start time)
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There will be 2 quizzes with a total of 50 multiple choice questions. The first quiz will have 20 questions in 20 minutes and the second will have 30 questions in 30 minutes. There will be only one correct or best answer to each question, and you need to select the option corresponding to this answer. There are no penalties for incorrect answers. While you will be able to refer to the textbook or other resources while you are taking the quiz, you cannot afford to do this for every question because of the time limit. You need to have a good understanding of the unit content before taking the quiz. Each student will receive a customised quiz, chosen in random fashion from the test bank, so that collusion will not be possible.

Collusion or other forms of cheating are subject to academic misconduct procedures.

The presentation of questions is one page at a time with 5 questions per page. You must complete each page before you go on to the next one. Attempts to backtrack to previous pages are not allowed.

Example -
Q. Which theorist developed ‘power elite’ theory?
a. Robert Merton
b. Emile Durkheim
c. Erving Goffman
d. C. Wright Mills *

The correct answer is (d) C. Wright Mills—this is the one you need to tick.There will also be a mock quiz early in the term for you to gain some practice. Students who may have special difficulties in undertaking the quiz need to contact the unit coordinator as early as possible to make the necessary arrangements. NB These are quizzes and not EXAMS so they are not sat in the exam period.

The aim of this task is for you to write a 1200 (+/- 10%) word research report demonstrating your understanding of the Sociological Imagination after the first half of the course. The reading by Karla Hackstaff (2010) shows how family tree research can be used to demonstrate your Sociological Imagination.
STEP 1: Empirical Research. Your research begins with constructing a family tree.
STEP 2: Apply the concept of the Sociological Imagination, particularly of the structures of race/ethnicity, class and gender (and their intersections). You will also be able to use your research to reflect on historical and cultural changes over time.
You will also need to reflect on the difficulties you encountered as a researcher, particularly on the reliability of the evidence on which your family tree is based. You can also use it to demonstrate 'taking the position of the Other' by reflecting on the difficulties you might have encountered if you had (or have) Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander family background.
You will need to have done the assigned readings and lectures to complete this task adequately but more important will be discussions with the lecturer and other students online.
It is expected that you will present your work in a profession and academic manner including accurate referencing.

Structure of Research Report
INTRODUCTION: Briefly explain the concept of the Sociological Imagination in relation to the overall significance of your findings.
METHOD: Explain briefly the methods you used to collect evidence for your family tree.
RESULTS: Provide a diagram of your family tree of at least 3 generations (i.e. your parents and grandparents at least, it would be useful to do more to make patterns easier to see but don't go overboard).
DISCUSSION: Apply the concept of the sociological imagination to your data as follows:
History: What historical changes have impacted on the history of your family?
Structure: What class, race/ethnicity and gender dynamics are evident in your family tree? Can you see how they intersect?
Cultural norms: What cultural norms or changes are evident in your family tree?
CRITICAL REFLECTION:
Critique: What was the most challenging part of this research?
Reflection: What problems might you have experienced if you were/are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent?
Presentation: It is expected that students will present their work in a professional manner - it should be clear and easy to read.

It should follow the marking sheet available on Moodle and be adequately referenced and properly formatted.

You are required to write a 1500 (+/- 10%) word report on a social issue with a focus on how this issue would be researched by starting from an Indigenous perspective. This assessment requires that you use the Sociological Imagination template to explore ONE of the following social issues.
Domestic Violence
Northern Territory Intervention
Suicide
Climate Change

Other topics may be considered if approved by the lecturer first.

You should use your Sociological Imagination to explain the basic ideas of sociology that you have learned through the term. As we discussed taking the perspective of Others and self-reflection are key skills. So here we want you to refer to how research looks different if you start from an Indigenous perspective.

STEP ONE: Read the detailed outline for each topic on the Moodle site. Start to think about how the issue looks to you (or the dominant culture) and how it might look different starting from an Indigenous perspective.
STEP TWO: Use the Sociological Imagination template to sketch out the sorts of areas you will need to look at and think about what sort of resources (websites, journal articles, books) you will need. How do history, structure and cultural norms inform our understanding of the issue? Take this to the Moodle site for discussion with your fellow students who are doing the same topic.
STEP THREE: Draft your report. What is your overall argument? Use library databases to find references to demonstrate the key issues and support the arguments you want to make. Make specific the way in which your use of an indigenous perspective changed the way you might have thought about the issue.
STEP FOUR: Write up the report in detail with references. It is recommended that you give your assignment to a family member or friend to check for readability and proof read for errors.Then submit on the Moodle site.

Think about this report as if you are a professional working in your chosen field. As a professional you will be asked to write and present papers in some form or other. When you do that it will usually be for your manager or your peers and so you will be expected to produce a report that you would be happy to hand to your manager (and that they will be happy to receive). In all likelihood they will need this information to give a presentation themselves.

You will need to demonstrate an understanding of the key issues from a sociological perspective. Remember the nature of real work situations is that your manager is likely to be skimming this on the plane, or before she gets up to speak about the information, so you do not want her to be second guessing what you mean (or making a fool of herself) or correcting your grammar. Likewise when you are communicating with your peers.

It should begin with a clear outline of the main argument you want to make in the Introduction.This is also the place to define any sociological terms that you may need. The discussion of the report is best structured around the Sociological Imagination template (especially any insights from an Indigenous perspective). Not all parts of the Sociological Imagination will be of equal importance but all should be mentioned, even if you consider they are not central, explain why.

You will need to back up your arguments with evidence and show how you have read widely from a range of relevant sources (e.g. books, journals, book chapters), so your manager can be confident that they have up-to-date information.

The final section should include recommendations showing what you have learned (rather than a 'critique' per se). These are the most likely sections to be read so they should follow from the discussion (with no new information) and they should reflect the overall argument you put forward in your introduction.

Organisations use a range of referencing systems, and so you will find details of the Harvard referencing system for sociology on the Moodle site (and at the referencing link in this course profile). Otherwise, the report has to be professionally presented (legible, proper paragraphing, spelling and grammar) as well as providing a reference list. It is important to acknowledge the work of others.It needs to be read quickly - so no more than 1500 words - and your manager needs it on Friday before they leave for the conference on Saturday morning (the sooner the better).

A marking sheet incorporating the above will be included on the Moodle site. If you would like feedback on your draft assignment I am willing to do that provided you submit it on the Moodle discussion forum in good time (48 hours before the due date) so that all students can benefit from the feedback.Think of this as an opportunity to share with your peers as you would in a workplace when you discuss clinical or operational issues - and to get feedback. There is no danger of
people stealing your work as Turnitin will detect any duplication in other assignments.

I cannot offer to review drafts one-on-one but the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) Moodle site has resources you can use and the ALC will give generic feedback to students in their first year to help them structure their reports. Remember the word could does not include references or direct quotes.