Overview

Identify a news article that discusses a current event or social issue that relates to your field of study. Follow the instructions below to explain the issue, provide an additional example of the issue, connect the issue to your field of study, and pose questions about the issue. See the Assignment $1$ Model in Week $2$ Content for an example.

Grading

This assignment is worth $100$ points $(10\%)$ of your final course grade.

Earning the maximum possible score on this assignment will require students to:

Step $1$: complete all assigned components and answer reflection questions in the initial submission $($earning up to $85\%$ of the possible points$)$

Step $2$: revise and resubmit the assignment and complete revision reflection questions $($earning up to $15\%$ of the possible points$)$