1. begin with an introduction. Identify the current social issue. Why did you choose this issue? How does it affect you, your community, your country, or the world? 

2. identify the two social science disciplines you chose to use to examine this issue. Why did you choose these two disciplines? What concepts or ideas in each did you find useful and why?  

3. describe what you learned about your issue from the first social science you chose. What research methods were used in the studies you read? What is one potential ethical issue in this social science? 

4. describe what you learned about your issue from the second social science you chose. What research methods were used in the studies you read? What is one potential ethical issue in this social science? 

5. end with a conclusion. How did the use of an interdisciplinary approach help you better understand this issue? What role does social science play in understanding society

The Final Research Report must… 

• be five to six double-spaced pages (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style

• include a separate title page. 

• use at least five scholarly sources.

• document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Librarys Cite Right APA Style (7th Edition) resource: 

• also include a separate references page formatted according to APA style as  APA Style (7th Edition)