GEN499 Week 3 Discussion 1

 
Prepare: In preparation for  this discussion, make a list of what you learned most throughout this  process, as well as difficulties you may have encountered along the way.
 
Reflect: Think about what you have learned in the  development of your research findings on the global societal issue you  chose in the Week 1 discussion, your proposed solution and its ethical  outcomes, and share with your classmates why this specific issues  requires further research.
 
Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts:

Identify the global societal issue you have chosen to research for  your Final Paper, an argumentative essay, and explain why further  research on this topic is important.
Provide a clear and concise thesis statement that includes a solution to the global societal issue (see Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for assistance).
Explain how this global societal issue impacts a specific population.
Locate a peer-reviewed scholarly source and provide statistical data that you found surprising on the topic.

You are required to  provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials  and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide  full reference entries of all sources cited at the end of your  response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations  (see In-Text Citation Helper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) and references (see Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.).