DBFA 600 - Family, Faith and the Future Worldview

DBFA 600 Discussion Board Forums (4)

Following the specific instructions for the Discussion Board Forums posted in the Blackboard course site, students will post an original thread during the first week of the forum answering specific questions with a minimum 400-word count based on the module/week’s readings and video/audio content. The student will be post a minimum of two (2) replies of 200 words each to other students’ threads during the second week of the forum.

DBFA 600 Familial Worldview Reports (2)

The student will conduct two firsthand interviews, which must be at least 3 pages long, not including the title page or reference page, related to any of the following topics:

• Divorce

• Same sex attraction

• Same sex lifestyle

• Adult child who grew up without a father

• Foster parents of children who do not know biological parents

• Heterosexual couple living in cohabitation

• Married couple who cohabited before marriage

• Remarriage

• Blended Family

• LGBT advocate

• A politician advocating for traditional marriage

• A politician advocating for an expanded view of marriage

DBFA 600 Research Paper

Following the specific instructions posted in the Blackboard course site, students will complete a research paper including a:

Topic - The student will submit a topic with a 300-word rationale detailing why the topic is relevant to the course and contemporary 21^st century worldview dilemmas/ controversies. Include at least five supporting sources which are evidence based and peer reviewed within the last five years.

Annotated Outline - The student will submit an annotated outline with references for the paper.

Final submission - The completed paper should be at least 10 pages in length (not including Title Page, Abstract and References pages) and follow APA guidelines, with at least 10 references from current peer reviewed and evidence based sources in the last five years. At least seven (7) references must be research/journal articles. The paper can address any philosophical, moral, cultural or societal dilemma related to the course (examples include, but are not limited to: divorce and its impact on society; fatherlessness; illegitimacy; blended families, foster parenting/families, interracial family dynamics, homosexuality and the political, philosophical and biblical issues it presents; a course of action to defend traditional family values; a compare/contrast approach presenting all sides of an argument and the student’s intellectual viewpoint and debate of each of the other worldviews, etc.). Completed papers should frame an actual problem and address theoretical and empirical aspects of the topic selected, as well as practical applications which produce solutions, efficacy of solutions and/or room for future research and/or solutions development.