This competency assessment assesses the following Outcome(s):
HU250-3: Examine cross-cultural influence in global cultures.
PC 2.2: Formulate innovative solutions for identified initiatives.
In this assessment, you will be creating a proposal for a fictional
scenario. As in your real life, you are taking a college course that has
the goal of teaching students about the cross-cultural influences in
global cultures. The university wants students to investigate how
cultures have mixed, changed, and influenced each other.
For this
Assignment, you are making an appeal to the administration to allow
your class to visit either Brazil or India. There is fictional grant
money available for certain class activities, and the money must be
spent by the end of the year. This would solve the administration’s need
to spend the budgeted funds, but you must persuade the administration
that your trip would be a valuable use of that money. Your goal is to
persuade the administration to fund your class trip.
As you prepare, decide if you will be encouraging a trip to either
India or Brazil. These are the only two options for this assignment. You
will need to conduct research on the country you select, including
activities for tourists to do, popular trends in travel to this country,
common sights for visitors, and the cultural influences and history.
You
may put together a presentation in either PowerPoint of Word. The
presentation must be at least 600 words and include at least two outside sources that are cited in APA style.
The assessment has three parts.
Part I:
Introduce
the country you have selected–either Brazil or India. Give context for
why going to this location will give students the opportunity to
experience a diverse culture. What is the reason that students should be
sent to this particular country? End the introduction with a persuasive
thesis for the proposal ahead. Hint: the thesis will likely be
about the administration being totally convinced that this trip is the
perfect cross-cultural opportunity for the budgeted funds.
Part II:
Highlight at least three
activities that students can participate in while in your selected
country. Introduce the activity, explain what students will learn about
the culture, and describe what you expect will be the influence and
result of this cross-cultural opportunity.
Since students should
be learning about cross-cultural influences in either India or Brazil,
you will want to feature activities that highlight these elements in
your trip. For example, why should these activities be selected over all
other possibilities in the country? What makes them unique and a good
choice for the course objectives?
Aim to make the tour plausible.
While there will be interesting opportunities all over the country, you
should select three activities that can also be reached with ease. For
example, you may have two activities in one city and make the third a
day trip to a location that can be reached by bus or train.
Part III:
Create a final persuasive appeal that
helps to convince the administrators that this one-of-a-kind opportunity
will effectively communicate the course outcomes. Find ways to stress
the importance of learning about cross-cultural influences firsthand.
Encourage the administration by emphasizing both the entertaining and
educational aspects of your trip. You will be evaluated on leadership in
this assignment, so be sure that you are creating a vision for the
reader that may inspire them to act.
Minimum Submission Requirements
Proper notification of any resubmission, repurposing, or reworking of prior work per the Purdue Global Student Coursework Resubmission, Repurposing, and Reworking Policy Resource.
This assessment should be a Microsoft Word (minimum 600 words) document, in addition to the title and reference pages.
The assessment should include all four parts of the assignment and
respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific
examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for
in the questions. Your submission should be highly organized, logical,
and focused.
Your submission should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.
Your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
Your submission must be written in Standard English and demonstrate
exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar and mechanics.
A separate page at the end of your submission should contain a list
of references in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the
internet for research.
Be sure to include references for all sources and to cite them using
in-text citations where appropriate. Your sources and content should
follow current APA citation style. Review the writing resources for APA
formatting and citation found in Academic Tools. Additional writing
resources can be found within the Academic Success Center.
Your submission should:
include a title page;
be double-spaced;
be typed in Times New Roman, 12 -point font; and
be free of spelling or punctuation errors.