This timed online multiple-choice quiz is set to test your understanding of fundamental concepts, methods, theoretical perspectives, and facts covered by the textbook, recommended readings and lectures covered in weeks 1 to 4 of the term.

Instructions

There will a total of 40 multiple choice questions, and you must answer the questions in 45 minutes. Each correct answer is worth half a mark.

The quiz will be available for two days on the Moodle site. The quiz will become available on Thursday, 31 March (week 4) at 8 am (AEST). The quiz will close at 11 pm (AEST) on Friday, 1 April (week 4).

This is a timed online quiz that must be completed before the due time and date.

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 four answer options. 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 at random from the test bank, so that collusion will not be possible.

If you have an Accessibility Plan that requires adjustment to your assessment, please contact me at the start of term.

Here is an example of a quiz question -

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 select.

Some practice quizzes will be made available for you to familiarise yourself with the format, content type and process.

Please follow the steps below to complete your assessment task:

The quiz will be delivered through the ‘Assessment’ section of the Moodle site and will only become visible and available at 8 am (AEST) on Thursday, 31 March 2022.

You will need to have access to a stable Internet connection to complete the quiz. It is your responsibility to be available to sit the quiz before the due date and time (11 pm (AEST) on Friday, 1 April 2022).

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 11 pm the quiz will close regardless of your start time. To have the full-time allocation you need to start the quiz no later than 10.15 pm on Friday, 1 April 2022.

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.

If you experience a problem with your quiz or the Moodle site while completing the quiz, please contact the CQU Technology and Services Assistance Centre (TASAC) during their opening hours of 7.30 am – 6 pm on ph. 1300 666 620. It is recommended that you complete the quiz during office hours.

Your quiz score will be provided the next working day (Monday, 4 April 2022) after the quiz has closed.

Please contact the Unit Coordinator immediately if you are unable to complete the quiz. Please take a photograph of your computer screen if you encounter an error or computer issue as evidence and to assist TaSAC to fix any problems.

Requirements

You need a computer with a stable internet connection and 45 minutes of uninterrupted time.

Resources

You can use unit provided materials and other credible sources during the quiz.

We recommend that you prepare before the quiz day and take the practice quizzes.

Submission

Submit your completed quiz when you answer the 40 questions or the 45 minute time allowance lapses. The quiz will be set to submit your quiz at the end of the 45 minutes.

The quiz questions are randomly drawn from a test bank of multiple choice questions. Your answer will be assessed against the correct answer in the test bank.

We live in a globalised changing world and our Australian society has diverse views on social class, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity. As individuals we live with multiple identities related to our gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and sexual orientation. By reflecting on our own multiple identities, we gain a better understanding of how we see our self, others, and our Australian society.

This assessment task requires you to demonstrate your understanding of the historical, social, and cultural factors influencing your life as the first step in gaining self-awareness and of the clients you will engage with in your professional capacity and the varied factors in their background

The aim of this assessment is for you to demonstrate your understanding of the sociological imagination by applying it to your own biography. You will reflect on your own life using the sociological imagination template using critical reflection. This reflection is not meant to be a personal account but rather, you are demonstrating what you have grasped about sociology as a ‘way of seeing’ using the sociological imagination.

Use the assigned weekly readings and lectures to help complete this task, along with material from the university library and databases.

Instructions

Within this assignment, you will be required to do the following:

1. COVER PAGE- include your name, student number, course code and assessment details and word count (mandatory)

2. INTRODUCTION (150 words)

Briefly explain 1) what will be covered in assignment in the sequence it will presented, 2) describe the sociological imagination template and 3) explain why it is relevant for your professional practice.

3. DISCUSSION (900 words)

This section covers three parts of the sociological imagination template, and the discussion needs to be supported by readings, examples, and evidence of originality.

History: What broader historical patterns have impacted on the history of your family? Consider any historical events that have had major impact on the Australian society in which you live? (200 words)

Structure: In what ways have class, ethnicity and gender impacted on your life? How would your life have been different if you had a different social class, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation? (Select two social identities to discuss) (350 words)

Culture: What cultural norms have been instrumental in your life choices? (200 words)

REMEMBER: This is not an exercise in writing your personal history - but about seeing your personal history in a social context. Reflect on your own family background, culture and social values and recognise the factors influencing your identity and life (e.g., education, religion, cultural practices)

4. CONCLUSION (150 words) 

Make some final comments to bring the discussion to a close and consider the following questions by reflecting on the process of using the sociological imagination.

Critique: What have you learned about looking at your life history in this way? What most surprised you?

Total word count is 1200 words.

5. REFERENCES

Literature and references

In this assessment use a minimum of 5 contemporary references (<10 years) to support your discussion. The set textbook (van Krieken et al. 2021) is one suitable reference. You may also use seminal scholarly literature where relevant. Suitable references include peer-reviewed journal articles as well as textbooks and credible websites. When sourcing information, consider the 5 elements of a quality reference: currency, authority, relevance, objectivity, and coverage. Grey literature sourced from the internet must be from reputable websites such as from government, university, or peak national bodies.

Requirements

Use a conventional and legible size 12 font, such as Times New Roman or Arial, with 1.5 line spacing and 2.54cm page margins (standard pre-set margin in Microsoft Word).

Include page numbers on each page in a header.

Write in the third-person perspective.

Use formal academic language.

Use the seventh edition American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style. The CQUniversity Academic Learning Centre has an online APA Referencing Style Guide.

The word count is considered from the first word of the introduction to the last word of the conclusion. The word count excludes the reference list but includes in-text references and direct quotations. No abstract or appendices are required for this assignment.

Resources

You can use unit provided materials, the set textbook, and other credible sources (e.g., journal articles, books, grey literature) to reference your argument. The quality and credibility of your sources are important.

We recommend that you access your discipline specific library guide: the Social Work and Community Services Guide.

We recommend you use EndNote to manage your citations and reference list. More information on how to use EndNote is available at the CQUniversity Library website.

For information on academic communication please go to the Academic Learning Centre Moodle site. The Academic Communication section has many helpful resources including information for students with English as a second language.

Submit a draft before the due date to review your Turnitin Similarity Score before making a final submission. Instructions are available here.

The marking matrix contains the assessment criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. You need to refer to the matrix rubric when preparing your assessment. You must refer to the matrix rubric when preparing your assessment and prior to submission of your assignment to check you have met the assessment requirements.

Re-attempt

In this unit, you may be offered to re-attempt a failed assessment task to demonstrate your achievement of one or more of the unit’s learning outcomes. A re-attempt will only be considered if you have demonstrated a reasonable attempt to complete every part of the assessment task.

If the Unit Coordinator allows you to re-attempt an assessment task, you must resubmit your revised work within seven (7) consecutive days of being notified about the re-attempt opportunity. A re-attempted assessment will receive a mark no greater than the minimum pass mark allowable for the original assessment task.

This assessment aims to have you reflect on the unit materials and to show your sociological understanding by selecting and answering four portfolio questions. In your answers, you need to demonstrate an understanding of the key issues and social divisions from a sociological perspective and using sociological concepts. The portfolio questions listed are focused on understanding why Australian society has vulnerable and disadvantaged peoples, communities, cultural groups whose livelihoods are impacted by power, oppression, and exploitation from local and global forces.

Instructions

You are required to submit a portfolio containing four 300-word answers. Each question will be marked out of 20%, with 15% for referencing and 5% for writing quality overall to reach a total of 100%. Please see the Assessment 3 marking rubric.

Select four of the numbered activities/questions below and provide an answer to each.

1. Watch the YouTube video by van Krieken - Explaining Structural Change in Family Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzKr26kiVg4&list=RDLVQzKr26kiVg4&start_radio=1&rv=QzKr26kiVg4&t=0. In the video the statement “The nature of the family … is unavoidably incompatible with the nature of modern society …” (Kinsley Davis) is presented. Discuss this statement in relation to the drivers of macro-scale social change (e.g., capitalism, globalisation) that have occurred over time in Australian society.

2. Watch the YouTube video – The Australian Identity Debate – A Different Lens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZpJQCKaQ5w Discuss how cultural diversity challenges Australian national identity?

3. Identify a social issue impacting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people such as higher unemployment rates, forced removal and assimilation, homelessness, suicide, poverty, family violence, etc. Think about how one of these social issues looks to you from an exclusively Western colonialism frame and then explain how it might look different from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective.

4. Read the newspaper article ‘From cracks to COVID chasm’ by Fitzsimmons (2022) available in the eReading list on the Moodle site. Explain what is meant by the statement that health is social.

5. From a sociological perspective explain the various kinds of inequality experienced by intersectionality in Australian society. Focus on two or more ascribed social categories (e.g., gender, ethnicity, race, sexuality) in your response (such as Aboriginal women). (Read the newspaper article ‘‘Woke’ Australian businesses must act now to combat racial discrimination faced by working women’ by Kasat (2021) available in the eReading list on the Moodle site).

6. What are the effects of globalisation today on social inequality in Australian society? In your answer consider those who are ‘socially excluded’.

Please do not use dot points or numbered lists in your answer. You are encouraged to discuss your ideas and resources with the unit coordinator and others in the Assessment Discussion Forum.

A brief, concisely written answer to the question is more effective than a long, winded general comment. Where appropriate, you should refer to the literature to support your discussion and provide an in-text citation for any sources that you use. If you do use a direct quote, it should only be included if you then comment on what the author has said. If you use a direct quote as part of your discussion it must be indicated as such, and you will need to provide full reference details in APA referencing style.

Please follow the steps below to complete your assessment task:

Read the relevant textbook chapters and view the weekly topic resources on the Moodle site and in the e-Reading list.

Familiarise yourself with the key concepts, perspectives and the sociological imagination covered in the unit.

Search the CQU library and databases for useful references for each of the chosen questions and undertake further reading.

Draft an outline for each of the four answers before writing your response. Use examples to illustrate your applied understanding.

Provide intext citations to support your discussion and add a single reference list at the end of your portfolio.

Literature and references

In this assessment use a minimum of 5 contemporary references (<10 years) to support your discussion. The set textbook (van Krieken et al. 2021) is one suitable reference. You may also use seminal scholarly literature where relevant. Suitable references include peer-reviewed journal articles as well as textbooks and credible websites. When sourcing information, consider the 5 elements of a quality reference: currency, authority, relevance, objectivity, and coverage. Grey literature sourced from the internet must be from reputable websites such as from government, university, or peak national bodies.

Requirements

Use a conventional and legible size 12 font, such as Times New Roman or Arial, with 1.5 line spacing and 2.54cm page margins (standard pre-set margin in Microsoft Word).

Include page numbers on each page in a header.

Write in the third-person perspective.

Use formal academic language.

Use the seventh edition American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style. The CQUniversity Academic Learning Centre has an online APA Referencing Style Guide.

The word count is considered from the first word of the introduction to the last word of the conclusion. The word count excludes the reference list but includes in-text references and direct quotations. No abstract or appendices are required for this assignment.

Resources

You can use unit provided materials, the set textbook, and other credible sources (e.g., journal articles, books, grey literature) to reference your argument. The quality and credibility of your sources are important.

We recommend that you access your discipline specific library guide: the Social Work and Community Services Guide.

We recommend you use EndNote to manage your citations and reference list. More information on how to use EndNote is available at the CQUniversity Library website.

For information on academic communication please go to the Academic Learning Centre Moodle site. The Academic Communication section has many helpful resources including information for students with English as a second language.

Submit a draft before the due date to review your Turnitin Similarity Score before making a final submission. Instructions are available here.

The marking matrix contains the assessment criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. You need to refer to the matrix rubric when preparing your assessment. You must refer to the matrix rubric when preparing your assessment and prior to submission of your assignment to check you have met the assessment requirements.