Assignment: Multidisciplinary Analysis of Human Sexuality and Diversity Paper
Student Learning Outcome(s) Assessed:
Students will develop foundational, professional skills necessary to succeed in the dynamic environment of the allied health fields and graduate-level academic programs, including:
Shared General Education Skills with Health Science Program Learning Outcomes
1. Written and oral communication skills in order to serve as an effective health resource person as well as facilitate development and maintenance of collaborative relationships
a. Scientific and APA Conventions: demonstrates detailed attention and successful execution of conventions of APA and scientific writing style.
b. Sources and Evidence: demonstrates skillful use of high-quality credible, relevant sources to develop ideas that are appropriate for the discipline and genre of the writing.
c. Control of Syntax and Mechanics: uses graceful language that skillfully communicates meaning to readers with clarity and fluency.
2. Cultural competence necessary to work within diversity and account for contextual influences that impact health equity.
a. Cultural Diversity Framework: demonstrates sophisticated understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture.
b. Cultural Self-awareness: Articulates insights into own cultural rules and biases.
General Education Essential Skills
3. Interdisciplinary Learning.
a. Connection to Discipline; synthesizes in-depth information from relevant sources representing various points of view/approaches.
b. Reflection and self-Assessment; developing sense of self as a learner, building on prior experience to respond to new contexts.
4. Life Long Learning and Inquiry
a. Reflection and self assessment; reviews prior learning in depth to reveal significantly changed perspectives on learning.
b. Curiosity: explores a topic in depth, yielding a rich awareness and indicating interest in the subject.
Description of the Signature Assignment
The purpose of the assignment to critically analyze information form academic sources; to practice reading profession writing; to recognize valid research and understand the results; to use good writing techniques to support a ideas; to use multiple perspectives to look at a single issue of culture and gender; and to practice reflection and self-assessment on how research on a topic influences personal opinion.
Directions for Students
Multidisciplinary Analysis of Human Sexuality and Diversity
Learning Objectives
1. Critically analyze information from academic/professional sources.
2. Use electronic data bases to find articles.
3. Practice reading professional writing and recognize valid research and understand the results.
4. Practice using good writing techniques to support a thesis.
5. Use multiple perspectives to look at a single issue of culture and gender.
6. Practice reflection and self-assessment on how research on a topic influences personal opinion.
General Instructions
Select one of the topics listed below and develop a paper that analyzes issues of human sexuality from multidisciplinary perspectives. Apply concepts from three distinctly different disciplines of human study to analyze the particular phenomenon, see listing below one from each column. Incorporate theoretical frameworks, theoretical constructs and other "explanations" that have been used by these disciplines to create a perspective that will provide a possible "explanation" for the issue. This should be the way the discipline approaches the topic, it should not be a listing of findings. For example do not give a historic account of the topic but rather how historians synthesize the historical significance of the phenomenon. The last part of the paper is reflective.
Selected Topics
(Additional topics can be used with instructor approval)
• Human pair bonding
• Romantic love
• Infidelity
• Gender roles
• Promiscuity
• Marriage and divorce
• Homosexuality
• Pornography
• Prostitution
• Sex education formal and informal
• Atypical sexual behavior
• Sexuality in the elderly or disabled
• Body image
Disciplines/Perspectives
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Social Sciences
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Applied Sciences
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Diversity Component
(must use a view different from own personal experience)
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Psychology
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Biology/Physiology
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Cultural and Ethnic Studies
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Sociology
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Law/Political Science
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Gender and Women Studies
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History
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Education
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Religious Studies
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Evolutionary Theory/Anthropology
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Medicine/Health Sciences
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Journalism, Media Studies & Communication
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Economics
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Content of your Paper
Use subject headings when you change topics. When writing, make sure to clearly demonstrate which disciplines' perspective you are analyzing. You should have a minimum of one source for each discipline.
Suggested Outline of paper
A. Title page (include word count)
B. Introduction
a. Introduce topic
b. Introduce the chosen disciplines/perspectives
c. Thesis statement in Italics
C. Social Sciences discipline
a. In-depth look at the disciplines perspective of the topic
b. Comment on how this perspective is different from other disciplines
D. Applied Sciences discipline
a. In-depth look at the disciplines perspective of the topic
b. Comment on how this perspective is different from other disciplines
E. Diversity framework
a. Use insights from own cultural rules and biases to examine the topic
b. Use at least one other United States culture/gender/ethnicity/religion's framework to examine the topic
F. Self-reflection
a. Reflection on how self-perspective of the topic is changed after researching the topic
b. Reflection on self as a learner; skills acquired from the assignment, insights into the research, and writing process
c. Evaluate own learning from perspective of envisioning future improved self
G. Conclusion
a. Draw conclusion(s) by combining theories from the examined disciplines/perspectives
H. References in correct APA, 6th edition style
Formatting & Requirements
1. Length:Paper length is 1500 words minimum (excluding title page, references, and any graphics/tables or charts). Length should be determined by coverage of topics, some authors will need more than the minimum word count to appropriately cover all of the assignment requirements.
2. Resources: This is a research based assignment, sources must be scholarly, use of web sites is allowed but they must be reliable and use references (i.e. they cite where there information came from). Minimum of 5 academic sources, one of which must be a peer reviewed journal article. Your text book, encyclopedias and dictionaries do not count (they may be used as additional sources). Wikipedia is not an academic source, you also may not use ProCon. To be considered an academic source for this assignment the source must have a date and an author.
3. Thesis: Your thesis (in italics) should clearly state your opinion and not be a topic/introductory sentence.
4. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
a. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.