Determine how cultural issues are relevant to your social issue and briefly explain why and

Paper Outline:

Submit paper outline using the required Roman numerals headings below. Your outline must be in complete sentences and all references (textbook and articles) must include in-text citations.  Paper outline must be in APA style 7^th ed.: include a title page, in-text citations, and a references page.

1. Introduction (this section in your term paper will be approximately 150 words)
   1. Create a thesis statement (e.g. “This paper will discuss the career pathway of a zoologist and the implication of deforestation.”).
   2. Identify your future career pathway.
   3. Explain why you have chosen this career pathway.
   4. Identify a social issue relevant to your career.
2. Research-based analysis of social issue (this section in your term paper will be approximately 450-600 words)
   1. Describe the social issue clearly and comprehensively, including all information necessary for full understanding: identify the main aspects of the social issue, provide examples, describe areas where there is disagreement among scholars, and use clear reasoning.
   2. Identify and explain the potential effects of the social issue on an individual in your career pathway (micro-level), as described by your references (see textbook section 1.1 for a discussion of microanalysis and macroanalysis).
   3. Identify and explain the potential effects of the social issue on society at large (societal/structural/organizational; macro-level), as described by your references.
   4. Determine how cultural issues are relevant to your social issue and briefly explain why and how. Almost all social problems have cultural connections, since they are affected by language, norms, values, beliefs, etc.  Be sure to incorporate references into your discussion.

• Research-based social issue solutions (this section in your term paper will be approximately 150-300 words)
  1. Identify an individual (micro-level) solution to your social issue – a solution you can personally implement to reduce or eliminate this issue, as described by your references.
  2. Identify a macro-level (societal/structural/organizational) solution to the social issue, as described by your references.

1. Application of theory to your chosen social issue (this section in your term paper will be approximately 150 words)
   1. Identify a sociological theory found in the textbook and two concepts or ideas from that theory that are relevant to your social issue.
   2. Provide a general description of the theory.
   3. Apply the two theory concepts to your social issue.
   4. Explain the cause of your social issue according to your chosen theory.
2. Reflection (this section in your term paper will be approximately 150 words)
   1. Identify how the knowledge attained reinforced or changed your perspective on your career pathway.
   2. Identify how the knowledge attained increased your awareness of the complexity of the issue.