The following are short essay style questions. Choose THREE out of the six to answer. Each answer
is worth 10%. You must include a thesis (central argument) for each question. The point of the exam
is to demonstrate that you understand and can synthesize the required materials across the course.
Marks will be lost for repeated reliance on the same authors across different questions. Show
that you can integrate the ideas of the course as a whole. Make specific and sustained reference to the
articles, interviews, videos, and lectures.
Your answers should be 3–4 pages long, APA formatted, and double spaced; you should use 12pt
font throughout. Be sure to support your claims with evidence from the specified materials. Organize
your writing in a coherent fashion. (List references for each answer that includes articles or
chapters at the end of each essay; these do not count toward your page length. Full citations are
provided in the course outline.)
1) Using the interview with Ash Grover as your starting point, discuss three theorists featured in the
course whom you did not previously address in a SOCI 3P01 assignment. How do they relate to
themes in the interview? Be specific throughout: Use direct quotes from the interview, as well as the
articles you are including.
2) Pick three videos included in SOCI 3P01 lecture materials from three different weeks. Use two
theorists you have not previously discussed in an assignment you have already submitted to
analyse the videos. That is, use their work as interpretive lenses to “make sense” of the videos. In
other words, how would they interpret the videos? What would they say about them? Why?
3) Connect three readings across three different weeks that you have not already written about in a
previous assignment. Imagine the authors in a room together. What would they say to each other?
How do their ideas resonate?
4) Exclusively drawing on the lecture materials, illuminate how themes of colonialism and
capitalism were discussed throughout this course. Make specific reference to the slides and
associated audio. Do not only rely on the written lecture materials in your answer. (You may find this
link to APA citation for PowerPoints useful:
5) Highlight three big ideas from the course that were new to you. What surprised you most, and
why? What specifically from the materials (both the lecture materials and reading materials) struck
you most, and challenged you? Demonstrate a clear understanding of the ideas, use supporting works
from the course to substantiate your claims, and emphasize what particularly challenged you to think
in new ways.
6) Write a letter to your younger self in high school, bringing in four theorists from the course to
reflect on what draws you to Sociology. Concentrate on what you would want that younger version
of you to know about the ideas you have encountered in this course and why. You can also reference
the lecture materials in this answer, if you like.
