Milestone Four Guidelines and Rubric

Analyzing an Issue or Event in Technology 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 a specific issue or event in technology and critically analyze it through the four
general education lenses: history, humanities, social sciences, and natural and applied sciences. By viewing the issue or event through these lenses, you will gain
insight into how the interconnected nature of technology 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 or event in technology 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 or event through these two lenses.
Prompt
First, review your work in Modules Five and Six as well as the Four Lenses document from Module One.
Next, analyze your popular-culture artifact through the natural and applied sciences by exploring the following questions:
● How does this issue or event provide a social commentary through the natural and applied sciences?
● In what ways can science help resolve or enhance your issue or event?
Next, analyze your popular-culture artifact through the lens of the social sciences, and address the following:
● How does this issue or 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 or event?
This milestone provides you with a chance to practice analyzing your issue or event through these lenses and receive feedback on this practice attempt.
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.
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Be sure to use evidence from research to support your analysis. Refer to course resources, the LibGuide for this course, as well as any other pertinent resources
to support your responses. Relevant current news sources may be used with instructor approval. Incorporate instructor feedback into your final project.
The following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Lens Analysis: In this section of your assignment, you will analyze your issue or event through two of the four general education lenses.
A. Analyze your issue or 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.
B. Analyze your issue or event through the lens of the social sciences for determining its impact on various institutions. Utilize evidence from
research to support your analysis.
Milestone Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Final Project Milestone Two should be submitted as two papers in a single Word document. The entire submission should be 2–4
pages in length, double-spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins. Support your responses with at least two sources for each lens from
the assigned course resources, and/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 artifact through the
lens of the natural and applied
sciences for determining its
impact on various institutions,
using evidence from theory and
research to support analysis
Analyzes artifact 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 artifact
through the lens of the natural
and applied sciences, using
evidence from theory and
research to support analysis
40
Lens Analysis:
Social Sciences
Analyzes artifact through the
lens of the social sciences for
determining its impact on
various institutions, using
evidence from theory and
research to support analysis
Analyzes artifact through the
lens of the social sciences, but
analysis is cursory or illogical, or
supporting evidence is
inappropriate or nonexistent
Does not analyze artifact
through the lens of the social
sciences, using evidence from
theory and research to support
analysis
40
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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%