Introduction to Sociology (SOC-201) Paying for the Party Paper Assignment

(Worth 10%) Due: November 12th, 2019

Overview of Assignment

Throughout the semester students have been reading and discussing the book Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality. Students will incorporate course readings, discussions and their personal college experiences to develop an essay on this book. Papers should identify the main themes of the book and demonstrate how such themes relate to course concepts and their own college experience so far. Students should critically analyze the book and the applicability of its themes to their experiences. Paying for the Party papers will account for 10% of the overall grade in the course.

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Assignment Guidelines

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8 Five to seven pages (does not include reference page) 8 9&*/0″ !.2#”+( :; <2-3%'! 8 Time New Roman, 12pt. font 8 Name and discussion section number, top left of the 1st page (title page is not needed) 8 Page numbers to be on the top right of the paper 8 In-text citations formatted in APA style format