the topic: Are the contemporary American families in “crisis” or are they simply changing? The purpose of this assignment is to examine how families are portrayed in the media and to compare these images to the theories and findings considered in our course material.  For this assignment, you will conduct a content analysis of a number of TV programs or movies.  A “content analysis” uses popular materials as data and interprets the patterns observed in the data to discover its social meaning.  For this assignment, you will analyze popular materials to make an argument or present a point of view about the issue of family “crisis” and change.Our study of the family will look for both explicit and implicit assumptions about central issues regarding family life (e.g. marriage, divorce, parenting, living on welfare, teen pregnancy, family violence, child care, same sex relationships, etc.).  Your paper will analyze the views about family life that are embedded in these popular materials and the implications of these views.  To do this assignment, imagine what you would be able to say about contemporary families if you only knew what you observed for this assignment.  Analyze these images of families in light of our course readings, lectures and discussions.  When selecting what you will observe, make sure that there is content related to families.  You should observe at least ONE of the following

:10 TV programs (1/2 or 1 hour shows; “reality” or fictional shows)

or 5 moviesPlease document all of your sources, including dates and times and titles.  You do not need to submit your notes. What you are looking for

:Family structure:  what kind of family is portrayed?  In what way is it portrayed? Are there assumptions about the “correct” family structure?

Roles:  what roles do different family members play (e.g. gender roles, roles for children and parents, etc.)?  What are the assumptions about the roles people will play?  Is there any conflict in these roles?Problems and Issues:  what are the central problems and issues facing these families? Are there conflicts or tensions?  What is the basis of the conflict or tension?  Does the conflict get resolved?  If so, how?Imagery:  how is the content presented (e.g. tone, style of words, sound, location, etc.)?  What do we feel about families after the observation?Perspective:  What is the perspective being assumed?  What message is being made about families today? What rhetoric do you observe about American families?  What purpose does rhetoric about family life serve?  Interpretations:Your paper should be organized according to the subheadings listed above.  Don’t forget an introduction and conclusion that ties your ideas together, a thesis that makes a particular argument about what you found, and appropriate transitions between sections of your paper.  Think about the following questions:  what did you discover about the images of family that are projected today (including family structure, roles, problems and issues, imagery and perspective)?  Based on your analysis, would you say that American families are in “crisis” or are they changing in ways that do not indicate a “crisis?”  If you were an alien who didn’t know anything about American family life and these images were all you had to consider, what would you conclude about American families today?  Your main task is to document the patterns that you observe and to discuss the implications of these patterns.  Be sure that you give specific examples from your observations to illustrate the kinds of patterns you saw.  Finally, how would the authors of our readings critique the images of family that you observe?  Interpret your results in light of our course readings.  What would our authors say if they had done this study themselves? (It would be best if you integrated this into your paper rather than making this a separate section.)  In other words, refer back to your readings and/or lectures as you conduct your analysis of the patterns that you see in the films or TV shows. Organizing Your Paper:In your presentation of your research results, you should organize your paper with the following subheadings:  family structure, roles, problems and issues, imagery and perspective.  In each section, describe your overall findings and then give some examples from what you watched.  Also, be sure that you refer to our course materials.  You also need to draw some conclusions about the implications of your findings for how we think about family crisis and change.Do not just summarize the plot of the films or TV shows.  Provide only enough information to illustrate your examples.  This is NOT a book-report style of paper.  This assignment asks you to develop your analysis and interpretations of those sources of data. Your data are the TV shows or films.  Provide a summary of your results, give specific examples, and explain what implications we can draw from what you found.  Don’t provide a plot summary—just give enough details to illustrate your argument with examples.

Thus, when writing your papers, do NOT summarize the show episode by episode or provide summaries of every show or film you watched.  In each section, you will give some **overall** findings with regard to ALL of the shows.  Then you will give some examples.  You do not need to give an example of each show or episode in each section.  That would be too long.  You need to pick some examples that illustrate your points.  Do this with each theme assigned.  Make sure that you say something in each of those sections about how this fits into your ideas about family crisis vs. change.  In other words, what are the implications of what you observed for how we think about family structure, roles, etc.?  Do NOT provide lengthy summaries of all of the shows or episodes.  You are doing an analysis, not a book report. As you analyze your popular materials, be sure that you make references to some of the readings we have completed in class.Start your paper with an introductory paragraph that makes an argument or has a thesis regarding what you observed with regard to family crisis or change overall.  It might be best to write this after you have written the rest of the paper.  Make sure you have a conclusion that ties it all together and reflects on what this all means for the debate about family crisis or change. Please document your sources of information—include a list of what you analyzed and include all relevant information (dates, times, titles, etc.)Suggested Length:  6-7 page

 

You are in a job interview for the starting position of your dreams.  You have mentioned EGR 4050, “Role of the Design Professional in Society.”

Your interviewer now asks you what that means. You need to answer both objectively and then subjectively, describing your role as a design professional in society with respect to your chosen field, using the three threads/themes that run through every part of this course, and illustrating with examples from your personal experiences as a student and/or employee or intern. The ideal essay has a brief but meaningful introductory sentence, a short paragraph for each of the three threads, and a brief closing paragraph that ties everything together.

The interviewer then asks why the company should hire you.  You give the interviewer your USP, unique sales proposition, about what makes you special in one concise paragraph.

Answering these prompts properly requires both personal reflection and application of the three threads to one or more “real world” experiences, either something you have already done (such as a concrete canoe or egg drop competition, other team project, or an actual or hypothetical work-related experience).

Each part of the essay is “worth” 20 points but the essays will be read and graded holistically, so the overall impression is what will matter the most. A mere summary or description of the course contents or what you claim to have learned in the class (without anecdotal support) will not earn more than half the total points.

 

Competency

Evaluate project performance.

Scenario

In your role as a Project Manager for Kingston-Bryce Limited you have been assigned to create a scorecard. Now that the acquisition is underway, the Board of Directors for Kingston-Bryce Limited (KBL) wants to be updated on a regular basis about the performance of the project. In order for this acquisition to be successful, you will need to use your project management skills to ensure success and that all stakeholders are updated on the performance of the project.

Instructions

Your task is to develop a scorecard in Microsoft Word or Excel. If using excel to create scorecard copy into word document. The scorecard will be used to measure the performance of the project. Include the following in your scorecard:

• Actual versus budget for the following (you will need to create these numbers):
  • Timelines
  • Project duration
  • Budget
  • What would be some key performance indicators (KPIs) to determine if your project is successfully performing? And why is this important?
  • Is there a possibility of scope creep?

Resources

• Business Writing
• Grammar Checking – How do I create a Grammarly account?
• Balanced Scorecards FAQ

Grading Rubric

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Did not Submit

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Competence

Proficiency

Mastery

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Used unclear verbiage about actual versus budget for timelines in the scorecard.

Created actual versus budget for timelines in the scorecard.

Clearly created actual versus budget for timelines in the scorecard.

Comprehensively created actual versus budget for timelines in a well-crafted scorecard.

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Used unclear verbiage about actual versus budget for project duration in the scorecard.

Determined actual versus budget for project duration in the scorecard.

Clearly determined actual versus budget for project duration in the scorecard.

Comprehensively determined actual versus budget for project duration in a well-crafted scorecard.

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Used unclear verbiage about actual versus budget for the project budget in the scorecard.

Stated actual versus budget for the project budget in the scorecard.

Clearly stated actual versus budget for the project budget in the scorecard.

Comprehensively stated actual versus budget for the project budget in a well-crafted scorecard.

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Used unclear verbiage about KPIs to determine project success and why this is important.

Stated KPIs to determine project success and why this is important.

Clearly stated KPIs to determine project success and why this is important.

Comprehensively stated KPIs to determine project success and why this is important.

Option 1: Analyzing Reseacher

Sept 1: Visit the public Library of science (PLOS one)

 Website: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/browse/psychology (a peer-reviewed journal that freely publishes research articles with open licenses). Do a search for an article that interests you, then answer the following in 200 words or more:

1. What is the hyperlink to the study you chose?

2. What is the title of the study, and who conducted the research?

3.Describe the study in few sentences in your own words.

4. Identify and descibe either the basic assumption of the researchers, or if it was an experiment, the hypothesis. why were they conducting this researchers?

5. How was the study performed? what methods were used?

6.What were the results and conclusion of this study?

7. What questions do you still have after reading about this study?  for example, if you were to conduct another study based off of this study, what questins would you ask and what would you still want to find out? 

OR

Option 2: Using Your Brain

Step 1: Write a discussion post of at least 200 words based on the following prompt ( answer both questions):

1. Think of an activity you did today. Using what you learned in this module, describe at least five different parts of your barin and how they were invoved in that activity.

2.If you wrere a psychologist or neuroscientist interested in learning more about one of those brain parts, what methods could you use to learn more about the brain? ( consider types of studies you could creat, experiments you could design, brain-imaging techniques, and other methods described in your reading)

 

  

Module 01 Content

1.  

Top of Form

Healthcare professionals would be thrilled if individuals made decisions about what to eat based on a solid knowledge of what constitutes a “healthy diet.” Unfortunately, that is not typically the case. Many people do not know what constitutes a healthy diet. There are also those who do know but make less healthy choices for several reasons.

The food choices that people make are influenced by a variety of factors. Factor-categories include, but are not limited to, environmental cues, socioeconomic realities, cultural/religious beliefs, and the availability of foods in the community.

In a 3-page paper, written in APA format using proper spelling/grammar, address the following:

1. Explain what nutrition is and why it is important.

2. Describe the characteristics of a healthy diet and provide supporting examples.

3. Identify at least two (2) factors (other than culture) that can impact a person’s food choices and provide a specific example for each.

4. Research a culture (e.g., ethnic, religious, dietary) where specific food restrictions are dictated and address the following:

(a)Describe the restrictions.

(b)Explain how the restrictions could make it difficult for an individual to achieve a healthy diet.

(c)What dietary alternatives could be incorporated to overcome the dietary restrictions?

5. Cite at least 3 credible references and present the resources in APA format on the References page.

6. For information about researching a topic and assessing the credibility of resources, consult the resources below.

o Writing Guide: Research Papers – Researching 

o How do I know if a source is credible?