Topic Selection In this milestone you will select a social problem for your final project. Outline a social problem in the U

SOC 2302: Milestone 1 Guidelines and Grading Guide

Overview

The final project for this course is the creation of an Analysis of a Social Problem.

In this milestone you will select a social problem for your final project. Outline a social problem in the United States you

may want to refer to your journal entry, “What is the Biggest Social Problem in the U.S.?” or you may select another. Refer

to your instructor’s feedback on that assignment whether you choose the same topic as it or not as it will help you to

define your social problem.

Prompt

Outline the social problem you will be analyzing in your final project. What is the problem? Why did you select it? Why do

you think it is important?

Describe why the topic is a social problem. In your response include the following:

 Who does this problem affect (e.g., a specific culture or other group of people)?

 Approximately how many people does it affect? Include your source that provides an estimate. Explain the

methods your source used to make that estimate.

Explain the consequences the social problem has for society. In your response include the following:

 What are the consequences of this problem? Find an additional source besides the one that you used for your

estimate of how many people your social problem affects that provides an explanation of the consequences.

 If the social problem is widely recognized explain why this is the case. If it is not widely recognized, make a case

for why it should be more widely recognized.

Rubric for Milestone 1 Final Project (100 pts)

Requirements of Submission: Your milestone must be submitted as a two-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman

font, one-inch margins, and at least two sources cited in APA format.

Instructor Feedback: Students can find their feedback in the Grade Center.

Critical

Elements

Satisfactory (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Social Problem

Selection

Outlines the social problem

that will be analyzed with

sophisticated awareness.

Outlines the social problem

that will be analyzed.

Outlines the social problem

that will be analyzed but the

response is missing detail

and/or accuracy.

Does not outline the social

problem that will be analyzed.

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Social Problem

Identification

Describes why the topic is a

social problem with cogent

connections to research.

Describes why the topic is a

social problem and includes

research.

Describes why the topic is a

social problem but the

response is missing research,

detail, and/or accuracy.

Does not describe why the

topic is a social problem.

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Consequences

of the Social

Problem

Explains the consequences

the social problem has for

society with cogent

connections to research.

Explains the consequences

the social problem has for

society and includes research.

Explains the consequences the

social problem has for society

but the response is missing

research, detail, and/or

accuracy.

Does not explain the

consequences the

consequences the social

problem has for society.

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Articulation of

Response

Submission is free of errors

related to citations,

grammar, spelling, syntax,

and organization and is

presented in a professional

and easy to read format.

Submission has no major

errors related to citations,

grammar, spelling, syntax, or

organization.

Submission has major errors

related to citations, grammar,

spelling, syntax, or

organization that negatively

impact readability and

articulation of main ideas.

Submission has critical errors

related to citations, grammar,

spelling, syntax, or

organization that prevent

understanding of ideas.

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