SOC202A-Introduction to Social Research

Assessment Description: 

Define "social research" and explain why it is so important. 

Using ONE social issue (family life, drugs, equality/inequality, social class, same-sex marriage, mandatory detention of asylum seekers etc) as the basis for your discussion, explain how social research has contributed to knowledge of this issue. The paper should use well-explained examples of contemporary research, showing how the research contributed to new or revised knowledge of this social issue, and how that research may have influenced changes in policy or practices in the wider society. 

Assessment brief

Students are required to discuss the importance of social research and how social research produces knowledge, citing examples to support their discussion