SOC3123- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 18 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3123
• Professor: Loes Knaapen

Document Summary

Soc 3123 lecture 1 introduction to the course. > more the focus in this course. living and working conditions cultural norms social support (or exclusion) social status and roles (gender, minority status) Socio-economic status & health: example: higher social classes have longer life expectancy (in men) Health depends on social factors: preventing illness and improving the health of an entire population depends largely on. Social-economic, cultural and environmental conditions : why care, moral imperative health is a basic necessity and fundamental right for all. Who declared that social injustice is killing lots of people (2008: effectiveness this is more effective use of tax dollars than investing in more medical care. Evaluation: participation (weekly discussion posts) - 10, 10 out of 11 weeks for full 10 points, midterm - 25% in class: mc, short and long questions, essay assignment topic + annotated biblio (indiv. Wk4: sept 29) - 10% final group paper - 25% Apa style: final exam (cumulative) - 30%