SOC2302_Milestone_2_Rubric.pdf

    SOC 2302: Milestone 2 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 one theoretical perspective and how that particular perspective would explain the social

    issue that you have selected. Remember to look at the feedback from your instructor from your journal entry in Module 1

    and your short paper in Module 3 before you start this assignment.

    Prompt Briefly outline your topic and the perspective are you selecting.

    Explain how the theoretical perspective would apply your chosen topic. Include the following in your response:

    ● How the theoretical perspective would explain your topic.

    ● Identify your approach to the topic – how did you select your perspective? Such as are you interested in

    the big picture (macro) or how individuals (micro) are affected by the issue? For example, a macro topic

    could be income inequality and the effects it has on society overall. This would require a different

    perspective than explaining how individuals are affected by the experience of income inequality or what it

    means to be poor when others are not.

    ● Is there any classic explanation from the perspective you have selected that is addressed in the textbook

    (pre-1950)? If so, what is it? Who was the theorist associated with the explanation? For example, Conflict

    Theory could be a useful perspective to analyze poverty. Classic examples of the conflict perspective

    come from Karl Marx and his writing on the divide between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat and Max

    Weber’s three components of stratification. These are really important theorists and theories that the

    modern theories are based upon.

    ● What is the specific theory/theorist that you feel best addresses your chosen social problem?

    Analyze the strengths and challenges of the theoretical perspective. Include the following in your response:

    ● What is the strength of the perspective you selected in explaining your topic? What does the perspective do well?

    ● Where do you think this perspective could be improved in explaining your topic? What exactly could be improved?

    For example, you could discuss the strengths of conflict theory in explaining income inequality. This could include its

    particular focus on power differences between groups and differences in resource allocation and what those concepts

    mean.

    Conflict theory is mostly focused on large groups of people and does not focus much on how individuals make sense of

    inequalities or how individuals contribute to inequality other than at group levels, though. This is a weakness of this

    perspective, especially compared to symbolic interactionism, which would be very focused on how individuals make sense

    of power differences and how interactions reinforce, or, reduce inequalities.

    Rubric for Milestone 2 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 one source 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

    Topic and

    Perspective

    Outlines the topic and the

    theoretical perspective.

    N/A Outlines the topic and the

    theoretical perspective but the

    response is missing details

    and/accuracy.

    Does not outline the topic or

    perspective.

    10

    Theoretical

    Perspective

    Application

    Explains how one of the

    major theoretical

    perspectives would apply to

    the topic with sophisticated

    awareness.

    Explains how one of the major

    theoretical perspectives would

    apply to the topic.

    Explains how one of the major

    theoretical perspectives would

    apply to the topic but the

    response is missing detail

    and/or accuracy.

    Does not explain how one of

    the major theoretical

    perspectives would apply to

    the topic.

    40

    Strengths and

    Challenges

    Analyzes the strengths and

    challenges of the theoretical

    perspective in explaining

    the topic with sophisticated

    awareness.

    Analyzes the strengths and

    challenges of the theoretical

    perspective in explaining the

    topic.

    Analyzes the strengths and

    challenges of the theoretical

    perspective in explaining the

    topic but the response is

    missing detail and/or accuracy.

    Does not analyze the

    strengths and challenges of

    the theoretical perspective in

    explaining the topic.

    40

    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.

    10

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