Course Outcomes
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
• Analyze the rela�onships among culture, diversity, and self by inves�ga�ng their influence on one’s discipline of study or chosen profession
• Integrate interdisciplinary approaches for determining how issues of diversity affect modern socie�es in both personal and professional contexts
• Describe the cultural and social influences on the development of personal iden�ty by employing appropriate research strategies
• Recommend strategies for overcoming obstacles in diversity to meet personal and professional goals
• Ar�culate informed viewpoints on how to ensure cultural responsiveness in personal and professional contexts using effec�ve communica�on skills
• Assess the challenges of overcoming issues in diversity through the incorpora�on of diverse perspec�ves and viewpoints informed by relevant literature and peer experiences
Overview
This course explores diversity and its impact on the world around us. Diversity influences society and society influences diversity, crea�ng a feedback loop between them. You will cri�cally analyze a feedback loop in this project through
social, historical, and theore�cal approaches to diversity as well as the four general educa�on lenses: history, humani�es, natural and applied sciences, and social science. From this enhanced understanding, you will be equipped to draw
connec�ons between diversity, self, and engagement with society. These skills are o�en necessary to achieve personal and professional goals across many disciplines.
Direc�ons
For this project, you will write a 10‐page paper that examines the topic you chose in Module Two and how it affects individuals and society. In the paper, you will describe your chosen topic, construct a thesis statement, perform a cri�cal
analysis, and reflect on how your topic informs your personal life and experience. You will demonstrate your ability to think cri�cally, inves�gate, and communicate clearly.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
I. Evidence: You will use evidence to support your analysis throughout the project.
1. Integrate reliable evidence from varied sources throughout your paper to support your analysis. Use at least two resources from the Module Resources sec�on of the course and two resources that you find through your own research
using the Shapiro Library.
a. It is important to draw from a more diverse pool of perspec�ves from varied sources to support the analysis. This is different from the Cita�ons and A�ribu�ons rubric criterion.
b. Reliable evidence from varied sources should be interwoven throughout the paper itself, while ci�ng and a�ribu�ng sources will be represented as APA in‐text cita�ons and a reference list at the end of your work.
c. You will be evaluated on both criteria.
II. Topic descrip�on: In this sec�on, you will iden�fy and discuss the factors that shape your thesis statement.
1. Introduce your topic with an effec�ve descrip�on and contextual informa�on.
2. Describe a popula�on significant to your topic. Include informa�on such as demographics, cultural prac�ces, social iden�ty, and key challenges.
3. Ar�culate how the topic has shaped the lives and experiences of your chosen popula�on.
4. Explain your choice of general educa�on interdisciplinary lens for analyzing your topic. The four lenses are history, humani�es, natural and applied sciences, and social science.
5. Construct a thesis statement that combines your topic, popula�on, cultural situa�on, and choice of general educa�on interdisciplinary lens.
III. Cri�cal analysis: In this sec�on, you will analyze your engagement with your popula�on and topic. You will iden�fy opportuni�es for change, examine possible obstacles, and discuss the impact of your cri�cal analysis on societal
conversa�ons about cultural diversity.
1. Discuss how you would construc�vely collaborate with your popula�on to encourage their engagement with your chosen topic.
2. Describe at least one posi�ve element within your topic that supports transforma�on.
3. Describe at least one specific element within your topic that could benefit from change.
4. Explain how at least one poten�al obstacle could interfere with the popula�on’s engagement with your topic.
5. Assess at least two significant factors that could impact your topic, such as biases, beliefs, assump�ons, and/or values.
6. Describe a possible outcome of your proposed engagement that might influence the societal conversa�ons that add to cri�cal awareness of diversity.
IV. Reflec�on: In this sec�on, you will describe how using cri�cal analysis tools influences your personal experience, your field of study or profession, how you interact with others, and your understanding of the role of diversity in society.
1. Describe how cri�cally analyzing your topic has posi�vely informed your personal experience.
2. Describe how examining your bias has altered the way you perceive the world.
3. Describe how this course has helped you understand the role of diversity in society.
4. Explain how cri�cally analyzing diversity can posi�vely influence your field of study or profession.
5. Explain at least one way in which your analysis might have been different if you had used one of the other general educa�on lenses to analyze your topic.
6. Explain how cri�cally analyzing diversity adds value to interac�ons with people in a variety of contexts.
What to Submit
Firefox https://learn.snhu.edu/content/enforced/1307434-IDS-400-X5852-OL-TRAD-UG.23EW5/Pro…
1 of 5 6/11/2023, 12:00 PM
To complete this project, you must submit a Word document of 10 pages in length (plus a reference page) with 12‐point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one‐inch margins. Use at least two resources from course materials and two
resources from the library. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more informa�on on cita�ons.
Project Rubric
Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Reliable Evidence from VariedSources
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Integrates reliable evidence fromvaried sources throughout thepaper to support analysis,including at least two resourcesfrom course materials and tworesources from the library
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may includedrawing from a more diversepool of perspec�ves, using morevaried sources to support theanalysis, integra�ng evidenceand sources throughout thepaper to support the analysis, orusing at least two resources fromcourse materials and tworesources from the library
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Topic Descrip�on: Descrip�on ofthe Topic
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Introduces the topic witheffec�ve descrip�on and context
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may include a morethorough descrip�on of thetopic, greater support about itsconnec�on to diversity orsignificance to society, oraddi�onal contextual informa�onabout the topic
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Topic Descrip�on: Descrip�on ofthe Popula�on
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Describes a popula�onsignificant to the topic, includingdemographics, cultural prac�ces,social iden�ty, and keychallenges
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may include a morethorough descrip�on or greatersupport regarding thepopula�on’s demographics,cultural prac�ces, social iden�ty,and/or key challenges
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Topic Descrip�on: Lives andExperiences of the Popula�on
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Ar�culates how the topic hasshaped the lives and experiencesof the chosen popula�on
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may includeconnec�ng the topic to thepopula�on or providing greatersupport for how the topic hasimpacted the popula�on
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Topic Descrip�on: GeneralEduca�on Lens
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Explains choice of generaleduca�on interdisciplinary lensfor analyzing the topic
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may includeconnec�ng one of the fourgeneral educa�on lenses to thetopic or providing a moreconvincing or thoroughexplana�on of why the lens waschosen
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Topic Descrip�on: ThesisStatement
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Constructs a thesis statementthat combines topic, popula�on,cultural situa�on, and choice of
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas for
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Firefox https://learn.snhu.edu/content/enforced/1307434-IDS-400-X5852-OL-TRAD-UG.23EW5/Pro…
2 of 5 6/11/2023, 12:00 PM
Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
general educa�oninterdisciplinary lens
improvement may include aclearer or more concise thesisstatement that integrates topic,popula�on, cultural situa�on,and choice of general educa�onlens
Cri�cal Analysis: Construc�veCollabora�on
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Discusses construc�vecollabora�on with thepopula�on to encourage theirengagement with the topic
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may includeproviding a more thoroughdescrip�on of how to engage thepopula�on in dialogue about thetopic, or providing theore�calsupport of the proposedengagement strategies
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Cri�cal Analysis: Posi�ve Element Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Describes at least one posi�veelement within the topic thatsupports transforma�on
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may includeproviding more thorough supportof the posi�ve nature of thechosen element or of how itsupports transforma�on
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Cri�cal Analysis: Element ThatCould Benefit From Change
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Describes at least one specificelement within the topic thatcould benefit from change
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may includeproviding more thorough supportof why the chosen element couldbenefit from change or how thischange may impact engagementof the topic
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Cri�cal Analysis: Poten�alObstacle
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Explains how at least onepoten�al obstacle could interferewith the popula�on’sengagement with the topic
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may includeconnec�ng the topic to apoten�al obstacle or providingmore thorough support for howit could interfere with thepopula�on’s engagement withthe topic
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Cri�cal Analysis: Factors ThatImpact the Topic
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Assesses at least two significantfactors that could impact thetopic, such as biases, beliefs,assump�ons, and/or values
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may includeiden�fying two specific factorsthat could impact the topic, orproviding more thorough supportfor choice of factors
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Cri�cal Analysis: SocietalConversa�ons
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Describes a possible outcome ofthe proposed engagement thatmight influence the societalconversa�ons that add to cri�calawareness of diversity
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may includeconnec�ng the cri�cal analysis tochanges in societal conversa�ons
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Firefox https://learn.snhu.edu/content/enforced/1307434-IDS-400-X5852-OL-TRAD-UG.23EW5/Pro…
3 of 5 6/11/2023, 12:00 PM
Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
about diversity or providing morethorough support for theexplana�on of how it adds tocri�cal awareness of diversity
Reflec�on: Personal Experience Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Describes how cri�callyanalyzing the topic has posi�velyinformed personal experience
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may includeaddi�onal details or a morespecific descrip�on of howcri�cally analyzing the topic indiversity posi�vely informedpersonal
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Reflec�on: Bias Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Describes how examining biashas altered percep�on of theworld
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may includedescribing one’s own bias, clearlyconnec�ng bias and personalpercep�ons, or providing morethorough support for howexamining bias has alteredpersonal percep�ons
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Reflec�on: Role of Diversity inSociety
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Describes how the course hashelped in understanding the roleof diversity in society
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may includeaddi�onal details or a morespecific descrip�on about howthe course has helped inunderstanding the role ofdiversity in society
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Reflec�on: Influence on Field ofStudy or Profession
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Explains how cri�cally analyzingdiversity can posi�vely influencefield of study or profession
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may includeconnec�ng the cri�cal analysis ofdiversity to a personal, academic,or professional experience, orproviding more thorough supportfor this connec�on
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Reflec�on: Different GeneralEduca�on Lens
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Explains at least one way theanalysis might have beendifferent if another generaleduca�on lens was used toanalyze the topic
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may include use ofan alterna�ve general educa�onlens, a clearer explana�on ofhow the analysis might havebeen different if one of the othergeneral educa�on lenses hadbeen used to analyze the topic,or more support for theexplana�on
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Firefox https://learn.snhu.edu/content/enforced/1307434-IDS-400-X5852-OL-TRAD-UG.23EW5/Pro…
4 of 5 6/11/2023, 12:00 PM
Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Reflec�on: Interac�ons withPeople
Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Explains how cri�cally analyzingdiversity adds value tointerac�ons with people in avariety of contexts
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors oromissions; areas forimprovement may includeconnec�ng the value of cri�calanalysis to interac�ons withpeople in a variety of contexts orproviding a more thoroughexplana�on of that value
Does not a�empt criterion 5
Ar�cula�on of Response Exceeds proficiency in anexcep�onally clear, insigh�ul,sophis�cated, or crea�ve manner
Clearly conveys meaning withcorrect grammar, sentencestructure, and spelling,demonstra�ng an understandingof audience and purpose
Shows progress towardproficiency, but with errors ingrammar, sentence structure,and spelling, nega�vely affec�ngreadability
Submission has cri�cal errors ingrammar, sentence structure,and spelling, preven�ngunderstanding of ideas
5
Cita�ons and A�ribu�ons Uses cita�ons for ideas requiringa�ribu�on, with few or no minorerrors
Uses cita�ons for ideas requiringa�ribu�on, with consistentminor errors
Uses cita�ons for ideas requiringa�ribu�on, with major errors
Does not use cita�ons for ideasrequiring a�ribu�on
5
Total: 100%
Firefox https://learn.snhu.edu/content/enforced/1307434-IDS-400-X5852-OL-TRAD-UG.23EW5/Pro…
5 of 5 6/11/2023, 12:00 PM
