Possible Research Topics

Click here for a huge list of possible topics.

 

Choose a topic that

  • addresses your instructor's assignment.
  • is manageable and narrowly defined, one that can be effectively presented within the parameters of the assignment.
  • touches your life in a significant way and that you have a natural interest in.
  • allows you to bring insight to the situation and enlighten others.
  • has not been overly written about by countless other students.
  • lends itself to questions.

 

  • College students misusing credit cards
  • Proving the necessity /importance of arts education
  • Developing emotional intelligence in school-aged children
  • Preventing Wal-Mart from moving into a small town
  • Trying violent juveniles as adults
  • Allowing gay people to adopt children
  • Censoring the Internet in schools
  • Helping young female athletes with eating disorders
  • Identifying and treating adolescent depression
  • Getting young people to vote
  • Reducing violent crime
  • Preventing teenage pregnancy
  • Proposing a change in policy to your company or school