Final Project Part One Submission: Critical Analysis Portfolio

IDS 402 Final Project Part One Guidelines and Rubric

Overview This course explores wellness and its impact on the world around us. Wellness influences society, and society influences wellness, creating a feedback loop between them. We will critically analyze this feedback loop in this course through social, historical, and theoretical approaches to wellness as well as the four general education lenses: history, humanities, natural and applied sciences, and social sciences. Each of these four perspectives allows us to better understand the construction of wellness and its interrelation with society. From this enhanced understanding, you will be equipped to draw connections between wellness and your personal and professional lives, helping you to become a better-informed citizen who can make a positive difference in the world.

Wellness has a pervading influence into many aspects of society, which requires diverse knowledge and perspectives to investigate and change. The purpose of this project is to examine a specific issue or event in wellness and how it impacts individuals and society through the development of a critical analysis portfolio and a presentation in which you will demonstrate your ability to think critically, investigate, and communicate clearly. These skills are often necessary to achieve personal and professional goals across many disciplines.

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

 Analyze the various components of wellness for investigating their influence of wellness on one’s discipline of study or chosen profession  Integrate interdisciplinary approaches for determining the impact contemporary issues in healthcare systems have on modern society  Recommend potential applications of strategies for monitoring and enhancing personal and public wellness  Assess cultural and social attitudes, choices, and behaviors for their implications to lifelong health and wellness through the incorporation of

diverse perspectives and viewpoints informed by relevant literature and peer experiences

Prompt For the first part of this project, you will select a specific issue or event in wellness and critically analyze it through the four general education lenses: history, humanities, social sciences, and natural and applied sciences. Through viewing the issue or event through these lenses, you will gain insight into how the interconnected nature of wellness 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. You will compile your analyses within a portfolio that will include an analysis of each lens, plus introduction and conclusion paragraphs. Altogether, this portfolio should be 6 to 8 pages long, not counting references. Within your portfolio, each analysis should be 3 to 5 paragraphs long.

Be sure to support your analyses with appropriate and relevant evidence from theory and research.

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Specifically, you must address the critical elements listed below. Most of the critical elements align with a particular course outcome (shown in brackets).

I. Introduction: For this part of the assessment, you will examine the role of the individual in a global society and how issues of wellness influence aspects of culture and the individual. You will explore topics that have been discussed in this course (sociology of wellness, psychological wellness, identity and wellness, wellness and socioeconomic status, etc.) to help guide your analysis.

A. Topic: Using the four lenses, explain how an issue or event within wellness has or has not influenced modern society. [IDS-402-02] II. Lens Analysis: In this part of the assessment, you will analyze your chosen issue or event through each of the following lenses to determine its impact on

various institutions, using evidence and research to support each analysis: A. History [IDS-402-01] B. Humanities [IDS-402-01] C. Natural and Applied Sciences [IDS-402-01] D. Social Sciences [IDS-402-01]

III. Conclusion A. Explain how integrating the four lenses helps understand how problems in wellness impact both professional and personal context. [IDS-402-02] B. Analyze how social practices have been shaped by issues and events in wellness in modern culture. [IDS-402-02] C. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess the benefits and challenges of addressing issues in wellness. [IDS-402-06] D. Explain how analyzing wellness can help interactions with those of a different viewpoint, culture, and perspective. [IDS-402-04]

Milestones Milestone One: Wellness and Me

In Module Two, you will select an issue or event in wellness to analyze through the four general education lenses. You will explain the issue or event and its relationship to wellness as well as describe its connection to all four lenses. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone One Rubric.

Milestone Two: Analyzing an Issue or Event in Wellness Through the Lenses of History a nd the Humanities In Module Four, you will analyze your issue or event through the history and the humanities lenses. This will provide you with a chance to practice analyzing your topic through these lenses and receive feedback on this practice attempt. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Two Rubric.

Milestone Four: Analyzing an Issue or Event in Wellness Through the Lenses of the Natural and Applied Sciences and Social Sciences In Module Six, you will analyze your issue or event 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 topic through these two lenses. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Four Rubric.

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Final Project Part One Submission: Critical Analysis Portfolio In Module Seven, you will submit your completed portfolio. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final Project Part One Rubric.

Deliverables Milestone Deliverable Module Due Grading

One Wellness and Me Two Graded separately; Milestone One Rubric

Two Analyzing an Issue or Event in Wellness Through the Lenses of the History and the Humanities

Four Graded separately; Milestone Two Rubric

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

Six Graded separately; Milestone Four Rubric

Final Project Part One Submission: Critical Analysis Portfolio

Seven Graded separately; Final Project Part One Rubric

Final Project Part One Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your portfolio must be 6 to 8 pages in length (plus a cover page and references) and written in APA format. Use double-spaced, 12- point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Include references cited in APA format. Submit your portfolio in a single Word document.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value Introduction: Topic

[IDS-402-02] Meets “Proficient” criteria and usage of the four lenses demonstrates a nuanced understanding into how an issue or event within wellness has or has not influenced modern society

Explains how an issue or event within wellness has or has not influenced modern society through use of the four lenses

Explains how an issue or event within wellness has or has not influenced modern society through use of the four lenses, but the explanation or usage of the four lenses is cursory

Does not explain how an issue or event within wellness has or has not influenced modern society through use of the four lenses

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Lens Analysis: History

[IDS-402-01]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and analysis makes cogent connections between wellness and the history lens

Analyzes a chosen issue or event through the lens of history to determine its impact on various institutions, using evidence and research to support the analysis

Analyzes a chosen issue or event through the lens of history, but analysis is cursory or illogical, or supporting evidence is inappropriate or nonexistent

Does not analyze a chosen issue or event through the lens of history

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Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value Lens Analysis:

Humanities [IDS-402-01]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and analysis makes cogent connections b etween wellness and the humanities lens

Analyzes a chosen issue or event through the lens of the humanities to determine its impact on various institutions, using evidence and research to support the analysis

Analyzes a chosen issue or event through the lens of the humanities, but analysis is cursory or illogical, or supporting evidence is inappropriate or nonexistent

Does not analyze a chosen issue or event through the lens of the humanities

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Lens Analysis: Natural and Applied

Sciences [IDS-402-01]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and analysis makes cogent connections between wellness and the natural- and applied- sciences lens

Analyzes a chosen issue or event through the lens of the natural and applied sciences to determine its impact on various institutions, using evidence and research to support the analysis

Analyzes a chosen issue or 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 a chosen event or issue through the lens of the natural and applied sciences

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Lens Analysis: Social Sciences

[IDS-402-01]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and analysis makes cogent connections between wellness and the social sciences lens

Analyzes a chosen issue or event through the lens of the social sciences to determine its impact on various institutions, using evidence and research to support the analysis

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

Does not analyze a chosen issue or event through the lens of the social sciences

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Conclusion: Impact [IDS-402-02]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and explanation reveals a nuanced understanding and in-depth awareness of the impact of wellness on professional and personal contexts

Explains how integrating the four lenses helps people understand how problems in wellness impact others in both professional and personal contexts

Explains how integrating the four lenses helps people understand how problems in wellness impact others in both professional and personal contexts, but explanation lacks clarity, is illogical, or is cursory

Does not explain how integrating the four lenses helps people understand how problems in wellness impact others in both professional and personal contexts

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Conclusion: Social Practices

[IDS-402-02]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and analysis demonstrates keen insight into how social practices have been shaped by issues and events in wellness

Analyzes how social practices have been shaped by issues and events in wellness in modern culture

Analyzes how social practices have been shaped by issues and events in wellness in modern culture, but analysis is cursory

Does not analyze how social practices have been shaped by issues and events in wellness in modern culture

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Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value Conclusion: Benefits

and Challenges [IDS-402-06]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and the relevant research or diverse perspectives used demonstrate a nuanced understanding of the benefits and challenges of addressing issues in wellness

Assesses the benefits and challenges of addressing issues in wellness through the use of relevant research or diverse perspectives

Assesses the benefits and challenges of addressing issues in wellness through the use of relevant research or diverse perspectives, but analysis is cursory or utilization of relevant research or diverse perspectives is inappropriate

Does not assess the benefits and challenges of addressing issues in wellness

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Conclusion: Interactions [IDS-402-04]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and explanation demonstrates keen insight into how analyzing wellness helps w ith interactions

Explains ho w analyzing wellness can help in interactions with those with different viewpoints, cultures, and perspectives

Explains ho w analyzing wellness can help in interactions with those of different viewpoints, cultures, and perspectives, but explanation is cursory or illogical

Does not explain how analyzing wellness can help in interactions with those of a different viewpoint, culture, and perspective

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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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Total 100%

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