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Write an essay of 78 pages. Your essay should relate sociological principles to employability skills and your own personal and professional life and identify a sociological research question based on your experiences.
During this course you have learned about a variety of sociological concepts and principles. In this assessment, you will apply what you have learned by writing an essay that connects some of these sociological concepts and principles to your life and to the three employability skills you practiced in this course (relationship building, problem solving, and self- and social awareness). Based on your essay, you will then create a short speech that highlights your key points.
Preparation
For this assessment, you will need to describe three sociological concepts you’ve learned about in this course. Take some time to review the sociological concepts and theories from the course textbook (see the “Key Terms” section at the end of each chapter). Some examples are included below.
Examples of sociological concepts and theories:
Sociological imagination.
Conflict theory.
Symbolic interaction theory.
Functionalism.
Culture.
Norms.
Values.
Status.
Roles.
Groupthink.
Primary and secondary groups.
Bureaucracy.
Describe three sociological concepts or theories that connect to your personal or professional life.
Following the template, include an introduction (one paragraph) in which you identify these concepts and theories in boldface. Your introduction should also include a clear thesis statement (the main idea of your speech).
You can choose to relate these concepts and theories to your personal life (your experiences in your family, neighborhood, or schools you attended, for example) or to your career.
Explain how sociological concepts or theories connect to your personal or professional life.
Following the template, write one paragraph for each concept or theory (three paragraphs total), applying the concepts or theories to your experiences or observations.
Include examples from your personal or professional life to illustrate each concept or theory.
Relate sociological concepts or theories to specific employability skills.
Following the template, explain (in one or two paragraphs) how an understanding of one or more of the sociological concepts or theories you have discussed can help you improve your ability to collaborate with others and further develop one or more of the three employability skills: self- and social awareness, problem solving, and relationship building.
Use evidence from the course material or other sources to support your points.
Identify a sociological research question based on your observations or experiences.
Following the template, include a sociological research question that is based on your story and reflects something you are interested in learning more about. For example, if you wrote about some of the challenges you faced in the education system, your research question might be: What programs or policies have been found to improve the quality of K12 education in impoverished areas? If you wrote about your frustration with groupthink in the workplace, your question could be: What are the best strategies for reducing the negative aspects of groupthink in today’s workplace?
For more research question ideas, see Chapter 3 in the course textbook.
Describe how you would use the scientific method to study your proposed research question.
Following the template, write a paragraph in which you discuss steps you would take to answer your research question, based on your understanding of the scientific method, which is covered in Chapter 3 of your textbook.
Following the template, include a conclusion that sums up what you have learned and/or what your audience has learned about you.
Your submission should meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
References: A minimum of two references are required. Additional course resources can also be used, or you can search for an additional source via the Capella library or Internet search.
Citations: Properly cite any sources used on both your reference page and within your typed script. Review Evidence and APA for more information on how to cite your sources.
Length of script: 78 paragraphs total plus your research question.

In this essay, you should defend a thesis on the subject of whether an argument for God’s existence can be logically provided:
Briefly develop an a priori proof for God’s existence.
Then, briefly develop an a posteriori proof for God’s existence.
What is the difference between then, and is one or the other a more successful strategy for arguing for the existence of God?
(Hint:
if you type “a priori proof for God’s existence” and/or “a posteriori
proof for God’s existence” into google, you will almost certainly be
rewarded with the wrong, incorrect, or irrelevant arguments, resulting
in a poor foundation for this essay assignment)
Review
the course schedule and Module for a complete reading list. Please
carefully review the documents called “Essay Requirements” and “Essay
Criteria”, which are listed below, and available from the “Assignments”
tab.

LM Reflection Essay Requirements
Your paper should include:
A
short introductory paragraph, with a clear thesis statement (e.g., I
shall argue that Plato’s argument is … because …). Your thesis
should almost always be the last sentence of your introductory
paragraph.
A short, charitable
reconstruction of the argument as presented by the philosopher whose
position you rely on (you may, but need not, use standard premise /
conclusion form).
An
brief explanation, in your own words, of the position that you’re
describing (such as the Categorical Imperative, Justice as Fairness,
etc.)
An
original argument, in which you make the case that answers the
question, based on the philosophical position under investigation.
A suitable concluding paragraph.
Make reference to, and discuss meaningfully, at least two of the philosophers that we’ve read so far in the course.
At
least two sources, and at least as many non-internet sources as
internet sources (Read that sentence again to be sure you understand
it).
No
direct quotations. It is never necessary to directly quote any author.
When it is important to rely on someone else’s ideas, simply explain the
position which he/she is defending. It is, however, necessary to cite
all authors whose ideas you reference. Thus, if you begin a sentence
with, e.g., “According to Plato…”, you should end that sentence with a
citation. Essays that include “direct quotations” will not receive a
grade higher than a D. (Read that sentence again, too, to be sure you
understand it).
A clear and complete bibliography

LM Reflection Essay Criteria
Your paper will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
Papers must demonstrate an understanding of the arguments being discussed.
Papers must demonstrate a mastery of the relevant concepts regarding the philosophical problem.
Don’t worry about getting the ‘right’ answer. Rather, concentrate on the quality of reasoning used in your evaluation.
Your grade will reflect the degree to which these rules and general requirements have been observed.
Papers
with frequent grammatical or spelling errors, or which otherwise do not
reflect good quality academic writing, will be returned with no grade.
If you don’t know the difference between `their’ and `there’, or the
correct use of the semicolon, make an appointment with the writing
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It
is a violation of Academic Integrity Policy to submit assignments, or
parts of assignments, for two separate courses without permission from
both instructors. I do not give permission. Thus, all parts of this
assignment must be uniquely written for this course, and not submitted
for any purpose to any other course.
All
papers should be double spaced, between 500-600 words, and submitted as
a doc or docx file. Include a bibliography or references section.
Format citations according to APA or MLA citation style.

Identify and discuss eight recurring reasons why change occurs in law enforcement.

Write a history of the American gangster film from Griffiths The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) to Brian De PalmasScarface (1983). You must cover the big three of the early 30s (Little Caesar, The Public Enemy, and Scarface) and discuss the films in relation to real crime figures, film genre, and the Hays Code. You should consider the careers of important actors (Cagney, Robinson, Muni) and directors (Hawks, Wellman).
You may then concentrate on one of the following:
Martin Scorsese and the Gangster film from Mean Streets (1973) to The Departed (2006)
The Godfather films and the Gangster film genre
Brain De Palma and the Scarface (1983) cultural phenomenon

Discuss how policies, proceedures, and guidelines limit the amount of liability police administration face for the actions of subordinate police officers?

Please use two scholarly, peer-reviewed references.

Explain How you would use collaboration to assist in compliance with a patient as difficult as Alma?

Research Paper Topic and Criteria:
Problem: The advent of Advanced Air Mobility into the U.S. transportation system is inevitable, but the public needs to accept and support it for the industry to thrive.
Question: What are the challenges facing society and its acceptance and support of Advanced Air Mobility (both Regional Air Mobility (RAM) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM))? (highlight the psycho-social and environmental challenges and benefits).

APA 6th edition formatting
Contents and length:
Title Page (1 page)
Abstract (2-4 paragraphs/1 page)
Introduction (1-2 pages)
Literature Review (5-8 pages)
Summarize and evaluate previous research done related to topic
Discuss background information, analytics, problem identification
Discussion (4-8 pages)
Methods–describe research design, methods, and execution
Results–summary of selected data
Conclusion–
Summarize major findings and explain significance
explain and summarize main points
Identify unanswered questions
Suggest further/future research to compliment scope of research
References (minimum of 10 but preferable 12-15)
Appendix is optional–necessary only if images, charts, or graphs are used
Annotated Bibliography (same number of sources as Reference List
Listed in alphabetical order
Summarizes source and its applicability to research (paper)
1-4 detailed paragraphs of summary per source

Discussion: Time Value of Money
Time value of money is a very powerful concept, especially when considering the difference between present value and future value. For example, one of the wisest investment decisions is to invest money in a way that compounds its value over time. Compound interest is paid on both the principal amount (i.e., the amount of money you put in) and also on any interest you previously earned (i.e., the interest on interest). When your interest earns interest, the phrase your money makes money for you becomes true. Financial managers not only need to understand these concepts, but must also be able to communicate them clearly to help leadership teams to make better, more informed decisions.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Consider the following scenario: You are a financial manager, and you want to help your client understand the idea that the money they invest will make more money for them in the future. How can you show your client the benefit of investing their money?
Review this weeks Learning Resources.
Post a 150- to 225-word (2- to 3-paragraph) explanation of time value of money related to your clients investments. To support your explanation, do the following:
Describe the concepts of present value, future value, and annuities to demonstrate to your client the benefits of investing.
As part of your response, perform the following calculation: Take $10,000 of (fictitious) purchased stock, choose an interest rate, and calculate the amount of money that your client would have after 60 years if the interest is compounded annually. What would the $10,000 yield in the future?
To support your response, be sure to reference at least one properly cited scholarly source.
Required Resources
Time Value of Money
Imagine if you had $100. Consider this: Is that $100 worth more than $100 will be worth in 2 months? What about $101 in 2 months? Through these resources, you will explore the concept of time value of money, a powerful topic of finance that will help you answer these questions.
Investopedia. (2013c). Time value of money explained[Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdK-A1VQJls&list=PL5p5dScYozMgwB1nGoyrkfNbuiyZy98MV&index=227
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 1 minute.
Laureate Education (Producer). (2019d).Time value of money[Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
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Lumen Learning. (n.d.-m). Introduction to the time value of money. InBoundless finance. Portland, OR: Author. Retrieved March 19, 2019, from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-finance/chapter/introduction-to-the-time-value-of-money/
Time Estimate: 7 minutes
Present and Future Value
What steps do you need to take to find the future value of a number? What would the steps be to find the present value of a number? These resources provide information on the concepts of present and future value and how to make these calculations.
Lumen Learning. (n.d.-h). Future value, single amount. InBoundless finance. Portland, OR: Author. Retrieved March 19, 2019, from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-finance/chapter/future-value-single-amount/
Time Estimate: 13 minutes
Lumen Learning. (n.d.-q). Present value, single amount. InBoundless finance. Portland, OR: Author. Retrieved March 19, 2019, from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-finance/chapter/present-value-single-amount/
Time Estimate: 14 minutes
Calculating Payments, Interest Rates, and Periods
Excel and financial calculators allow you to calculate various financial problems such as finding the payment amount of an annuity, the number of periods it would take for a present amount to grow into a future amount given those amounts and a discount rate, and finding the interest rate (or discount rate) of an investment given the future value, present value, and amount of time (or number of periods). To calculate these problems, you will need enough given data and then determine what the problem is asking. Then you will have to calculate the unknown data using the given data and correct financial formula. Through these resources, you examine how to calculate financial problems to help determine the time value of money.
Crute, S. (2016). Excel finance functions: PMT, PV, RATE, NPER. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfWRp1mExQw
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 9 minutes.
Finance & Accounting Videos by Professor Coram. (2012).Calculating the number of periods (N or NPER) using Excel[Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhgXzlw_7a0
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes.
KnowledgeCity. (2010).Calculate payments and interest with Excel[Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEu6FgANDj8
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 4 minutes.
Lumen Learning. (n.d.-b). Additional detail on present and future values. In Boundless finance. Portland, OR: Author. Retrieved March 19, 2019, from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-finance/chapter/additional-detail-on-present-and-future-values/
Time Estimate: 20 minutes
Lumen Learning. (n.d.-ff). Valuing multiple cash flows. In Boundless finance. Portland, OR: Author. Retrieved March 19, 2019, from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-finance/chapter/valuing-multiple-cash-flows/
Time Estimate: 8 minutes
Lumen Learning. (n.d.-hh). Yield. In Boundless finance. Portland, OR: Author. Retrieved March 19, 2019, from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-finance/chapter/yield/
Time Estimate: 7 minutes
Pyzdek, T. (2013). Continuous compounding [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S19fGwpH4lI
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes.
Annuities
Through these resources, you will examine annuities, which are fixed amounts of cash flows that are paid or received over a given amount of time. To be an annuity, the payments must be the same for each year and the time frame has to be fixed. If the time frame is not fixed and the cash flows can go on forever, then it would be considered a perpetuity. If the cash flows for each year are different over the 10-year example, then it would be considered a multiple cash flow, not an annuity. If it is a perpetuity where the cash flows increase or grow by a given percentage each year, then it would be considered a growing perpetuity.
Excellsfun. (2010). Excel Finance Class 38: Calculate APR and EAR given cash flows from annuity [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DBQ7O5xDAU
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 minutes.
I Hate Math Groups, Inc. (2014). How to build an amortization table in Excel (Fast and easy) Less than 5 minutes [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9xD3yyLSAI
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 5 minutes.
ITutorMath. (2013). Using Excel to find PV for an annuity [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5whm-irKKtY
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 1 minute.
Lumen Learning. (n.d.-d). Annuities. In Boundless finance. Portland, OR: Author. Retrieved March 19, 2019, from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-finance/chapter/annuities/
Time Estimate: 14 minutes
Introduction to Capital Budgeting
Capital budgeting is the process in which an organization will evaluate potential projects and investments to determine if they are worthwhile investments. The more risk the project contains, the higher the discount rate will be designated. The higher the discount rate is, the less valuable these future cash flows will be as they are discounted back to the present time. In other words, the projected projects cash inflows must exceed its projected cash outflows by a determined amount to be accepted. These resources provide a broad overview of capital budgeting methods, such as the most common ones: Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Profitability Index, and the Payback Method.
Lumen Learning. (n.d.-l). Introduction to capital budgeting. In Boundless finance. Portland, OR: Author. Retrieved March 19, 2019, from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-finance/chapter/introduction-to-capital-budgeting/
Time Estimate: 27 minutes
Internal Rate of Return
Through these resources, you will examine the internal rate of return (IRR), which is another capital budgeting method. IRR is related to NPV in that IRR is the discount rate for which NPV equals zero. In other words, one would set the NPV to zero and solve for the discount rate (or the IRR).
Investopedia. (2017). How to calculate internal rate of return (IRR) video tutorial [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxUzMDEUgg&feature=youtu.be
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 4 minutes.
Lumen Learning. (n.d.-j). Internal rate of return. In Boundless finance. Portland, OR: Author. Retrieved March 19, 2019, from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-finance/chapter/internal-rate-of-return/
Time Estimate: 18 minutes
Net Present Value
These resources provide information on the net present value (NPV), which is a capital budgeting method. It calculates the present value of cash inflows and subtracts the present value of cash outflows from it using a forecasted discount rate that reflects the riskiness of the proposed project. It is also the superior capital budgeting method because it calculates projects in dollars earned (or wealth generated). You always want to choose NPV over IRR or the other capital budgeting methods, and you will explore why through these resources.
Finance & Accounting Videos by Professor Coram. (2011). Profitability index calculation using Excel [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CcRIdUU3sw
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 minutes.
Laureate Education (Producer). (2019c). Net present value [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
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Lumen Learning. (n.d.-o). Net present value. In Boundless finance. Portland, OR: Author. Retrieved March 19, 2019, from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-finance/chapter/net-present-value/
Time Estimate: 15 minutes
The Payback Method
Through these resources, you explore the payback method, which is a capital budgeting method that is easy to implement. But the payback method ignores the time value of money and other risks. You want to include the time value of money component (discount the cash flows back to the present using an appropriate discount rate.) Although the payback method has serious faults as ranking criteria, it does provide a range on how long funds will be tied up in a project. Thus, the shorter the payback period, other things held constant, the greater the project’s liquidity. Also, since cash flows expected in the distant future are generally riskier than near-term cash flows, the payback is often used as an indicator of a projects riskiness.
Edspira. (2015). The payback method [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX4NoZN8YWU
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 10 minutes.
Lumen Learning. (n.d.-y). The payback method. In Boundless finance. Portland, OR: Author. Retrieved March 19, 2019, from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-finance/chapter/the-payback-method/
Time Estimate: 15 minutes
Padhi, M. (2015). Computing discounted payback period (8.3) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9vX-MtKi5Y
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes.

Research Florida’s hate crime law. Next, pick a state (any state other than Florida) and research their hate crime law. Describe each law (how do each define a hate crime, types of offenses covered under the law, etc.). Are there similarities? How about differences? If so, why do you think these similarities and/or differences exist? Give at least 2 reasons and explain your reasoning.

In order to get full credit all questions need to be completed and your answers need to be well thought-out. Also, spelling, grammar, and format matters. All assignments should be in Times New Roman 12 point font, double spaced, and have 1 inch margins. Up to 5 points will be taken off for issues. Your answers should be between 750-1000 words (roughly 3-4 pages in length).

Explain how Qatar’s dual system may share aspects of the islamic and common law traditions and may follow the admonition
from Jesus that Christians are to “render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s” (Mark 12:17).