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IDS 400 Milestone Four Guidelines and Rubric

Analyzing an Issue or Event in Diversity Through the Lenses of the Natural and Applied Sciences and the Social Sciences

Overview: For the first part of your final project, the critical analysis portfolio, you will select an issue or event in diversity and critically analyze it through the
four general education lenses: history, humanities, natural and applied sciences, and social sciences. By viewing the issue or event through these lenses, you will
gain insight into how the intersectional nature of diversity affects society as well as both your own individual framework of perception and the choices, attitudes,
and behaviors of others in the world around you.

For this fourth milestone, due in Module Six, you will analyze your issue/event in diversity through the lenses of the natural and applied sciences and the social
sciences. Like Milestone Two, this task provides you with an opportunity to dive deeper into your analysis of the issue/event through these two lenses. This will
provide you with a chance to practice analyzing your issue/event through these lenses and receive feedback on this practice attempt.

Prompt: First, review your work in Modules Five and Six, as well as the Four Lenses document from Module One.

Next, analyze your issue/event through the lens of the natural and applied sciences by exploring the following questions:

 How does this issue/event provide a social commentary through the natural and applied sciences?

 In what ways can science help resolve or enhance your issue/event?

Next, analyze your issue/event through the lens of the social sciences, and address the following:

 How does this issue/event interact with the social sciences lens and impact social issues?
 In what ways does the social science lens help articulate a deeper understanding of the social issue(s) that inform your issue/event?

Note: You are completing two separate analyses: one from the natural and applied sciences and one from the social sciences. You must submit two papers in a
single Word document.

Be sure to use evidence from research to support your analysis. Refer to course resources, the LibGuide for this course, and any other pertinent resources to
support your responses. Relevant current news sources may be used with instructor approval. Incorporate instructor feedback into Final Project Part One.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Lens Analysis: In this section of your assignment, you will analyze your issue/event through two of the four general education lenses.

A. Analyze your issue/event through the lens of the natural and applied sciences for determining its impact on various institutions. Utilize evidence
from research to support your analysis.

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B. Analyze your issue/event through the lens of the social sciences for determining its impact on various institutions. Utilize evidence from research
to support your analysis.

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Milestone Four should be submitted as two papers in a single Word document. The entire submission should be 2 to 4
pages in length. Use double-spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Support your responses with at least two sources for each lens from
the assigned course resources, or other scholarly sources located independently via the Shapiro Library. Cite your supporting sources in APA style.

Please note that the grading rubric for this milestone submission is not identical to that of the final project. The Final Project Part One Rubric will include an
additional “Exemplary” category that provides guidance as to how you can go above and beyond “Proficient” in your final submission, as well as additional
elements to address.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Lens Analysis: Natural and
Applied Sciences

Analyzes issue/event through the lens
of the natural and applied sciences for
determining its impact on various
institutions, using evidence from
research to support analysis

Analyzes issue/event through the lens
of the natural and applied sciences, but
analysis is cursory or illogical, or
supporting evidence is inappropriate or
nonexistent

Does not analyze issue/event through
the lens of the natural and applied
sciences, using evidence from research
to support analysis

40

Lens Analysis: Social
Sciences

Analyzes issue/event through the lens
of the social sciences for determining its
impact on various institutions, using
evidence from research to support
analysis

Analyzes issue/event through the lens
of the social sciences, but analysis is
cursory or illogical, or supporting
evidence is inappropriate or nonexistent

Does not analyze issue/event through
the lens of the social sciences, using
evidence from research to support
analysis

40

Articulation of Response 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

20

Total 100%

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