Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Courses/Spring 2011/Habituating and Addictive Drugs in Our Culture (Ray Castle)

Course description
This is a sports medicine course for students pursuing certification in athletic training. It focuses on current issues related to the legal, social, economic, ethical, and medicinal use of performance-enhancing drugs in society.

Assignment overview
Students will be divided into 6 different groups, each containing 4 students. They will be assigned a topic related to performance-enhancing drugs in society and assigned as the "proponent" or "opponent" for that topic. Students will then complete a series of projects based on their assigned topic and role, including:
 * a formal argument paper supported by factual research with a minimum of 10 credible sources;
 * an oral presentation of the argument in the form of a debate between the proponent and opponent, including the use of supporting visuals; and
 * a writing collaborative between the proponent and the opponent to formulate an unbiased, encyclopedic article to Wikipedia.

Assignment timeline
Project Milestones
 * January 27 - Groups and topics assigned; Outline of topic responsibilities


 * February 3 - Wikipedia training


 * March 3 - First draft of argument paper with literature review due to instructor for review and feedback


 * March 29 - Final paper due


 * April 5 - Argument “key points” and debate Powerpoints due to instructor for review and feedback


 * April 12 & 14 - Oral debates


 * May 3 - Collaborative articles submitted to Wikipedia

Students
This is a list of KIN 4605 students' Wikipedia usernames and links to their respective Wikipedia articles on which they will be working.



Quick Resources for Students

 * Creating an account - Explains how and why to make a Wikipedia account
 * Starting an article - Explains how to create an article
 * How to edit a page - Explains the basics on article editing
 * Verifiability - Everything in Wikipedia that must be verifiable or else it will be removed.
 * References - Explains how to cite references
 * WP:Reliable Sources - Explains what is and how to use reliable sources in order to verify your claims
 * Tutorial/Editing - Takes all the things above and gives you tutorials on how to do them

Campus Ambassador
The campus ambassador for this course is Dylan Staley.