Instructions
Instructions:
(be sure to refer to assignment rubric to ensure all rubric elements are sufficiently addressed)
Throughout this course, you have researched a social issue that is important to you, your community, your country, or the world. In this Research Report final project, you will summarize what you have learned about this issue throughout the course and consider how the use of an interdisciplinary perspective has helped you understand the issue.
The paper should…
begin with an introduction. Identify the current social issue. Why did you choose this issue? How does it affect you, your community, your country, or the world? [CO 4]
identify the two social science disciplines you chose to use to examine this issue. Why did you choose these two disciplines? What concepts or ideas in each did you find useful and why? [CO 1, 4]
describe what you learned about your issue from the first social science you chose. What research methods were used in the studies you read? What is one potential ethical issue in this social science? [CO 1, 2, 5]
describe what you learned about your issue from the second social science you chose. What research methods were used in the studies you read? What is one potential ethical issue in this social science? [CO 1,2, 5]
end with a conclusion. How did the use of an interdisciplinary approach help you better understand this issue? What role does social science play in understanding society? [CO 3, 4]
The Final Research Report must…
be five to six double-spaced pages (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Librarys APA Document Formatting page https://libguides.umgc.edu/apa-document-formatting.
include a separate title page.
use at least four scholarly sources.
https://libguides.umgc.edu/c.php?g=709287&p=6017140
If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
document all sources in APA style as outlined in the UMGC Librarys Cite Right APA Style (7th Edition) resource: https://libguides.umgc.edu/citeright/apa.
also include a separate references page formatted according to APA style as outlined in UMGC Librarys Cite Right APA Style (7th Edition) resource: https://libguides.umgc.edu/citeright/apa.
