INQ 300Fall 2013
Intellectual Inquiry
Powerful Medicine: How Do Drugs Affect Our Life?
Major Group Project
How do drugs affect our lives? This course is exploring the pharmaceutical industry and its impact on individuals and on society. From drug discovery to clinical trials to marketing and economic implications, we have spent six weekslearning some basics about this industry. Groups will now choose a contemporary problem related to the pharmaceutical industry, carry out research on the problem, analyze possible approaches to the problem, and propose a solution in a final paper and oral defense.
Grading
This major group project is 55% of your course grade. Both process and product will be evaluated. In process, you need to demonstrate a professional approach to working with your group. This includes doing the work necessary to advance the work of the group, arriving on time and prepared to all meetings of the group, and providing other group members with help and constructive input. Ultimately, the group’s work will be judged on its final products, the oral and written presentations of the group’s solution to the problem they were investigating. These products should demonstrate that the group can apply critical thinking and quantitative reasoning skills in a meaningful way. They should also demonstrate explicit and meaningful connections to your past course work (both in the INQ curriculum and in your majors).
Assessment of Group Work15%
Final Oral Defense20%
Written Report20%
Groups and Topics
Group 1:“The Drug Approval Process …”
Ashley, Ryan, Chandler, Kennan, and Dan
Group 2:“The Problem of Overprescription…”
Lauren, Kelly, Hannah, and Jamie
Group 3:“The Prevention of Addicition …”
Pati, Mark, Jake, and Alex
Group 4:“Using Drugs to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa …”
David, Katelyn, Johnzelle, and Kathy
Remaining Timeline
Nov. 20Groups meet in Miller 113 during
class time to work on oral defense
Nov. 22Groups meet in Miller 113 during
class time to work on oral defense
Nov. 25Preliminary oral defense: Group assessment due
Groups 1 & 2
Dec. 2Preliminary oral defense: Group assessment due
Groups 3 & 4
Dec. 4Final oral defense:
Groups 1 and 2
Dec. 6Final oral defense:
Groups 3 and 4
Dec. 11Final project reflection and group assessment due by noon
INQ 300 Major Project Oral PresentationTime
Speaker:______
Topic:______
Date:______
CONTENT______(60)
Introduction
Thesis
Background on the Problem
Current Solutions to the Problem
Group’s Proposed Solution
Conclusion
Displayed Knowledge of Subject Matter
Conveyed Material in a Clear, Comprehensible Fashion
Quantitative Reasoning
Organized Material Well
Articles are from Reliable and Authoritative Sources
Appropriate Sources and Citations
Free of Errors
Suited to Level of Audience
DELIVERY______(20)
Audio Quality [volume, speed, enunciation, modulation, etc]
Poise [eye contact, movement, dress, attitude, connection, etc]
Confidence: Evidence of Practice
Interacted with Audience
Avoiding Um, Uh, etc.
No Reading!!!!!!
PowerPoint: Text [size color, legibility, etc.]
Graphics [size, resolution, appropriateness, etc.]
Background [appropriate style and color]
Balance of Text and Graphics
HANDLING QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION______(20)
ADJUSTMENT BASED ON GROUP FACTORS (cohesiveness;
transitions; group practice) AND ON DRESS REHEARSAL______
SUMMARY EVALUATION______(100)