Ryerson University The Stigma on Mental Illness Research Paper From page 6-11 (on the course outline) are the requirements for my research paper. The secon

Ryerson University The Stigma on Mental Illness Research Paper From page 6-11 (on the course outline) are the requirements for my research paper. The second documents goes into detail about the requirements. Originally this is was my thought process: In today’s society, mental illness is still being stigmatized. Many people believe that people with mental health issues are violent and pose a risk to harming themselves or other people. It is this belief that creates a general stigma towards people with mental health issues. This stigma can worsen and stop a person from getting the help they need. For example, there are many cases of young children committing suicides because they are a victim of bullying or depression. Social pressures on these individuals with mental health issues can impact their everyday life. It is important to care for the mental health of others as well as yourself because mental health is a vital part of one’s life as it impacts behaviors and emotions. -my professor commented that my idea for my paper was missing the impact on society HOW SOCIETY WORKS
CSOC 103, SECTION DC0
SPRING/SUMMER TERM 2020
RYERSON UNIVERSITY
PROFESSOR: DR. AMRITA AHLUWALIA
E-MAIL: amritaahluwalia@ryerson.ca
COURSE PERIOD: MAY 4, 2020 – JULY 25, 2020
OFFICE HOURS AND E-MAIL
Office Hours: For the purposes of this course, I will be available to meet with students on Friday’s from
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Meeting will be set-up through zoom. A link will be sent out to you prior to the meeting
once the appointment is set-up.
Please use my Ryerson email for all communications (amritaahluwalia@ryerson.ca). Email communication
should be professional in tone and on topic. Please mention course code and section (CSOC 103, Section DC0 )
in the subject line of all your communications. I will make all efforts to respond to your email within three
business days. If you do not receive my response within three business days, please send me another email. You
are responsible for regularly checking the announcements regarding this course on the D2L.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course provides an introduction to some of the major issues in the discipline of sociology. It examines how
societies come into existence, how they are organized and maintained, and how they change. The major
sociological perspectives are used to understand the relationship between culture, institutions and social
behaviour; the process of socialization; globalization and the political-economic structure of Canadian society;
and the resulting social inequalities of class, race and gender.
COURSE OBJECTIVES AND/OR LEARNING OUTCOMES
The course objective is for students to gain an understanding of how social issues arise and occur, and how
social inequality is reflective of larger social structures and practices of racism, sexism, heterosexism, patriarchy,
classism and power. By the end of the course, students should be able to critically analyze the impact of social
structures and institutions on people’s everyday lives and understand how these structures socially locate people
with respect to access to resources, such as employment, education, health and health care, the criminal justice
system, wealth and poverty.
COURSE DESIGNATION
This course is designated as “a lower” level liberal studies course. Please note that certain liberal studies
courses, due to their close relation to the professional fields, cannot be taken for Liberal Studies credit by
students in some programs. A list of these programs and the restricted courses is provided in the Table A Lower
Level Restrictions in the Ryerson calendar http://www.ryerson.ca/calendar/2015-2016/pg1339.html
Please note that Liberal Studies courses always have the designation (LL) or (UL) in their course description in
the Ryerson Calendar. Courses not identified as either (LL) or (UL) are NOT Liberal Studies courses and will
not be used towards the fulfillment of a Liberal Studies Requirement for graduation purposes. Students are
responsible for making appropriate course selections. Refer to Table A (Lower Level) and Table B (Upper
Level) in Ryerson’s calendar for a complete list of liberal studies courses.
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TEACHING METHODS
The teaching methods used in this course include module materials, weekly readings, and weekly student
participation (group work) in the discussion board. Students will also be writing a research essay.
REQUIRED READINGS
Naiman, Joanne. 2012. How Societies Work: Class, Power and Change. Fifth Edition. Toronto: Fernwood
Publishing. ISBN: 9781552664650
The textbook is available as an E-Publication and in a PDF format. It can be ordered through this link:
https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/how-societies-work.
Other Readings: Available through the Ryerson Library Journal Database:
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Fausto-Sterling, Anne. 1993. The Five Sexes, Sciences. (March/April 1993), pp. 20-24.
Fausto-Sterling, Anne. 2000. The Five Sexes Revisited. Sciences. (July/August 2000), pp. 18-23.
Lorber, Judith. 1993. Believing is Seeing: Biology as Ideology, Gender & Society. 7(4)(December
1993), pp. 568-581.
COURSE OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS
You should read the course outline carefully as it contains all of the necessary information about the course,
including the course requirements, the guidelines for the course, deadlines for assignments, and so on. Students
should refer to the course outline regarding any questions about the course or how the course operates before
contacting the professor in this regard.
If the course outline does not contain the required information, you should post your question to the Main
discussion area. Questions regarding essay proposals, the mid-term exam and the final exam should also be
posted to the main discussion area.
In the event that students need to discuss a personal matter with the professor, they should email the professor
directly. Only matters of a personal nature should be sent in an email directly to the professor. All questions
regarding the course must be posted to the appropriate main discussion area.
In the case of technical difficulties, students should contact ce@ryerson.ca (not the professor) for assistance.
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COURSE SCHEDULE AND READINGS
Class/Day
Week 1- Module 1
May 4
Module
Sociology and the Study of Society
Text: Chapter 1 (pages 1-24)
Learning Objectives: By the end of this
module, you should be able to:
Assignments: Weekly student
participation in Discussion Group
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Week 2- Module 2 May
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Readings/ Assignment
Define the role of society and how it
operates in our everyday lives.
Recall the major points of “the
Enlightenment”.
Biological Determinism and the Eugenics
Movement
Learning Objectives: By the end of this
module, you should be able to:
Text: Chapter 2 (pages 25-43)
Assignment: Weekly student
participation in Discussion Group
1. Explain the theory of biological
determinism.
2. Identify the policies and practices of the
Eugenics Movement.
3. Distinguish the theory from the
Movement.
Week 3-Module 3
May 18
Research Essay Discussion
Zoom Meeting
Assignment: Weekly student
participation in Discussion Groups
Week 4- Module 4
May 25
Culture, Foraging Societies and the
Transformation to Early Agrarian Societies
Learning Objectives: By the end of this
module, you should be able to:
1. Identify how foraging societies were
organized.
2. Describe how some of these societies
transformed into early agricultural
settlements.
3. Define how the transformation to early
agrarian societies led to the
development of social inequality.
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Text: Chapter 3 (pages 45-66)
Assignment: Weekly student
participation in Discussion Groups
Week 5- Module 5
June 1
Feudalism and the Transformation to
Capitalism
Learning Objectives: By the end of this
module, you should be able to:
Text: Chapter 4 (pages 67-94)
Assignment: Weekly student
participation in Discussion Group
1. Describe how feudal societies were
organized.
2. Describe how these societies
transformed into capitalist societies.
3. Explain the role that colonization played
in this process of transformation.
Week 6- Module 6
June 8
Living in Capitalist Societies
Learning Objectives: By the end of this
module, you should be able to:
1. Describe how the system of capitalism
has transformed since the industrial
revolution, with the movement from
small and mid-size businesses to
multinational corporations.
2. Identify the effects of global capitalism
on people around the world.
Text: Chapter 6 (pages 117-140)
Assignment: Weekly student
participation in Discussion Group
Research Essay Due: June 8
Week 7-Module 7
June 15
MID-TERM EXAM (ONLINE)-June 15
MID-TERM EXAM (ONLINE)June 15
(Based on Modules 1-6 and
Readings: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6)
Week 8- Module 8
June 22
The Social Construction of Ideas and
Knowledge
Text: Chapter 7 (pages 141-163)
Learning Objectives: By the end of this
module, you should be able to:
Assignment: Weekly student
participation in Discussion Groups
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Week 9- Module 9
June 29
Define the key concepts of liberal
ideology and explain how it operates as
the dominant ideology through various
institutions (including the media and the
educational system).
The Role of State
Text: Chapter 8 (pages 165-190)
Chapter 9 (pages 191-211)
Learning Objectives: By the end of this
module, you should be able to:
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Define the different facets that comprise
the state.
Explain the role and purpose of the state
in capitalist societies.
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Assignment: Weekly student
participation in Discussion Groups
Week 10- Module 10
July 6
Race and Ethnicity
Text: Chapter 11 (pages 240-263)
Learning Objectives: By the end of this
module, you should be able to:
Assignment: Weekly student
participation in Discussion Groups
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Week 11- Module 11
July 13
Define the concepts of race and
ethnicity.
Discuss how race and ethnicity have
been used to shape Canadian
immigration policy.
Patriarchy, Feminism and the Social
Construction of Sex and Gender
Learning Objectives: By the end of this
module, you should be able to:
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Define the concepts of sex, gender, and
patriarchy.
Explain the development of the feminist
movement.
Describe the key issues raised by each
strain of feminist theory.
Text: Chapter 12 (pages 264-287)
Other Readings: Available
through the Ryerson Library
Journal Database:
Fausto-Sterling, Anne. 1993. The
Five Sexes, Sciences. (March/April
1993), pp. 20-24.
Fausto-Sterling, Anne. 2000. The
Five Sexes
Revisited. Sciences. (July/August
2000), pp. 18-23.
Lorber, Judith. 1993. Believing is
Seeing: Biology as Ideology, Gender
& Society. 7(4)(December 1993), pp.
568-581.
Assignment: Weekly student
participation in Discussion Groups
Week 12- Module 12
July 20
FINAL EXAM (ONLINE)- July 20
ASSIGNMENTS AND EVALUATION
Assignments
Date
FINAL EXAM (ONLINE)- July 20
(Based on Modules 8-11 and
Readings: Chapters 7,8, 9, 11&12)
Value
Brief Description
RESEARCH ESSAY
ASSIGNMENT
MIDTERM EXAM (ONLINE)
FINAL EXAM (ONLINE)
Monday, June 8
30%
Monday, June 15
Monday, July 20
30%
30%
Multiple-Choice Questions
Multiple-Choice Questions
DISCUSSIONS
Assigned every week
Response to be submitted by Friday
every week.
10%
Group work-Discussion
Forum
Total
100%
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GRADES
In accordance with Ryerson University’s Privacy Policy, NO grades will be provided to students via email. The professor will only provide students with their grades in-person in class. The grades will also be
posted on the blackboard. Once the course is completed, final grades will be available on RAMSS in a
timely fashion.
NOTE FOR STUDENTS:
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I will respond to emails on business days within 72 hrs. I do not respond to emails on the weekends.
Please keep that in mind for any last-minute questions that you may have regarding the assignments.
I do not offer extra assignments if you do not do well on assignments.
I do not increase grades for any reason other than your work meriting a higher grade.
Handing assignments on time and formatting assignments according to the parameters designated in this
course outline, is important to me.
Note A: It is the intention of this course to examine and question conventional assumptions about the
social world, many of which are deeply entrenched in our thinking. Academic inquiry can be an
exhilarating, but also a disorienting process. Students should know that without prior announcement,
they may be exposed to materials or points of view they find offensive or upsetting.
Note B: It is in the student’s interest to read this document carefully and retain it. The instructor can
assume absolutely no responsibility for difficulties encountered by students who do not participate in the
weekly Discussion Room Forum, and therefore do not make themselves available for the announcement
of assignments, assignment details, assignment deadlines or any other matters of vital concern to those
who wish to obtain a passing grade.
ASSIGNMENTS
Prior to handing in any written assignment or presenting your work, read it over and if you conclude that you
could have written/prepared it without taking the course, you know you have failed to engage the course
materials and course concepts, as required.
1. Research Essay Assignment
MAX. MARKS: 30%
DUE DATE: MONDAY, JUNE 8 (ONLINE SUBMISSION)
Students may pick any topic that is a significant social problem/ social issue within Canada (and/or North
America). Students are required to write a sociological paper that is analytical and critical. It is imperative to
note that the writing of a sociological paper requires the primary use of scholarly sociological sources, such as
sociological scholarly journals, sociological books, and sociological edited collections. The paper MUST
include a minimum of FIVE Sociological Scholarly Sources (books, scholarly journal articles) NOT including
the course textbook.
Social Problems (Issues) can be defined as situations, policies, or trends that are … distressing or threatening to
large numbers of people … (Glynn et al. 1996, p. 3). A social problem is a condition affecting a significant
number of people in ways considered undesirable … (Horton et al. 1997, p. 2). Sociologically, a social problem
is a phenomenon regarded as bad or undesirable by a significant number of people or a number of significant
people who mobilize to remedy it (Heiner 2010, p. 5). And most recently: … an alleged situation that is
incompatible with the values of a significant number of people who agree that action is needed to alter the
situation (Rubington and Weinberg 2011, p.3). An issue that affects only one individual is not a social problem.
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Here is a list of some social problems that you could consider for your essay. However, you will still need to
focus on a specific aspect of the issue and clearly formulate your title.
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Racism or Racial Inequality (For example: in employment, housing)
Gender Inequality
Violence in schools
Gun violence
Domestic and/or Gender-based violence
Drug trafficking or High rates of Drug use
Unemployment
Hunger or Food Insecurity
Unfair labor conditions
Wage gap
Poverty (For example: Among Indigenous populations, youth, immigrants, refugees)
Economic Inequality or Economic deprivation
Unemployment
Sexual abuse
Rape
Teenage pregnancy
Housing Instability or Homelessness
Disintegration of Family Structures
Widespread economic and social inequality
Oppression (Religious or Cultural)
High rates of suicide (for example: among indigenous youth)
Human trafficking
Crime and war
Immigration and refugee policies (For Example: policies that marginalize them)
Religion or religious freedom
Education system (For example: inability of youth to access higher education)
The essay should be 4-5 pages in length, not including title page or bibliography, with one-inch margins, fonttimes new roman, font size 12, double spaced and stapled. Do not triple or quadruple space between
paragraphs. In doing so, you immediately signify to me that you have not met the minimum length
requirements for this paper. Moreover, triple and quadruple spacing between paragraphs is improper
formatting and does not meet the standards of APA Style. This means your paper must have 4-5 pages of
substantive content. Students are required to include a full bibliography of all materials used in the paper.
Late papers will not be accepted without consent from the course instructor obtained PRIOR to the
scheduled due date. Essay’s will NOT be accepted via email.
ONLINE ESSAY SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: To submit your research essays go to Assessments-then
Assignments-then Research Essay. Under your name click on the add file button and upload your essay and
press submit.
The link will also be made available a few days prior to the due date and instructions will also be posted in the
D2L announcements.
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Please note that references that are NOT scholarly sources and will NOT count in your bibliography as scholarly
sources include the following:
● newspaper articles (i.e., The Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun, The Globe and Mail, The National Post,
etc.)
● magazine articles (Maclean’s, Newsweek, The Economist, etc.)
● encyclopedia references (including Wikipedia)
● dictionary references (including Oxford Dictionary and other dictionaries)
● non-scholarly websites, blogs, etc.
Students should also note that government websites and statistical data are NOT scholarly sources and will NOT
count as one of the five scholarly sources required for this paper. Government websites and statistical data
provide information that is NOT scholarly and NOT analytical. Statistics denote a social trend but can be
interpreted in numerous and contradictory ways. Statistics themselves are devoid of analysis. Simply stating a
statistic does not explain or explore any critical sociological analysis. Similarly, government websites state
government policy that is devoid of analysis, and usually reproduces mainstream stereotypes, assumptions and
misconceptions. Critical sociological analysis provides a critique of mainstream stereotypes and
assumptions.
The use of government data requires critical sociological analysis. Please note that these government websites
and statistics include, but are not limited to the following:
● Statistics Canada
● Ministry of Immigration and Citizenship
● Government of Canada website
● Government of Ontario website
Students must get approval from the course instructor for any internet sources they may wish to use. Scholarly
journal articles can be retrieved on-line through the Ryerson Library journal abstracts website, Sociological
Abstracts. Sources acquired on-line through Sociological Abstracts do NOT require permission, however, even
for on-line sources thus acquired, use caution to ascertain that the sources are academic and sociological.
Students should also note that the research paper is a SOCIOLOGICAL paper that requires SOCIOLOGICAL
analysis. Therefore, scholarly sources are required to be limited to sociological sources.
For relevance of the topic within contemporary society, use of at least three (of the five) sources from 2010 to
2020 is required.
Scholarly sources that are NOT sociological and will NOT be counted as part of your FIVE required
sociological scholarly sources include:
● Medical journals and books
● Economic journals and books
● Business journals and books
● Social work journals and books
● Psychology journals and books
● Behavioural science journals and books
● Biology journals and books
● Genetics journals and books
A list of acceptable sources is provided as Appendix-I of this Course Outline.
Note: DO NOT use sources with No Author, No Date (i.e. n.d. ) for this paper.
Papers that do not include a minimum of five scholarly sociological sources will be assigned an automatic
failing grade. Make sure that your sources and your analysis is sociological. Make sure that your sources are
SOCIOLOGICAL and NOT psychological, medical or derived from popular mainstream media. Papers that are
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written from a psychological, medical or mainstream popular media perspective will automatically be assigned a
failing grade.
Students should never reference lecture notes in their papers. The reference of lecture notes in essays is
improper and shows laziness on the part of the student for failure to research their topic properly. Lectures are
based on scholarly sociological research. Any issue raised in the lecture must be referenced using its original
scholarly sociological source, upon which the lecture is based. This means that students are required to seek out
the original scholarly publication.
Please note that students who do not submit the research paper will automatically be graded ‘zero’.
Grading Criteria for Research Essays:
The research essay is worth 30% of your final grade and will be evaluated on a 30-point scale based on the
following criteria:
1. Introduction (including Thesis Statement) (3 marks…
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