A list of Research Topics

 

General Paper TopicsGeneral Paper Topics

Choose from the list of topics below or consult any of the following sources in the library for topic suggestions:
"10,000 Ideas for Term Papers, Projects, Reports" (Ref LB1047.3.L35 1987)
or for current topics
"Editorials on File" (Ref D839.E3)


abortion policy/debate
acid rain
acupuncture
adoption rights
aerosol cans
affirmative action
afterlife
age discrimination
Agent Orange
aging
AIDS research
alternative fuels
Alzheimer's disease
amnesty
animal abuse
animal research
apartheid
artificial intelligence
asbestos
athletes and academics
autism
automobile safety

balance of trade
balanced budget
beauty pageants
behavior modification
Bermuda Triangle
big bang theory
Bigfoot
bioethics
biofeedback
bionics
biorhythms
birth defects
body language
brain -- right/left
brainwashing

campaign spending
cancer research
capital punishment
censorship of books
censorship of music
chemical warfare
child abuse
cigarette advertising
civil rights
cloning
computer crime
contraception
criminal rehabilitation
criminal sentencing
cryonics
cults

date rape
defense spending
diet fads
discrimination
divorce, effects of
dream analysis
dropouts
drug testing
drugs

eating disorders
education costs
educational reform
emission controls
ESP
euthanasia
evolution

faith healing
family violence
fat, discrimination against
fetal tissue research
fiber optics
food additives

gambling
gangs
garbage disposal
gays in the military
genetic engineering
geothermal energy
ghosts
greenhouse effect
Greenpeace
gun control

HMOs
hazardous wastes
holistic medicine
Holocaust
home schooling
homeless
human experimentation
human rights
hypnosis

illegal aliens
in vitro fertilization
inclusion/mainstreaming
infanticide
insanity defense

Japanese ownership in the US
job stress and burnout
joint custody of children
judicial reform
juvenile justice

kidnapping by parents
Ku Klux Klan

latch-key children
lawsuits, number of
learning disabilities
literacy
litter
lotteries

marijuana, legalization of
marijuana, medical use of
media and politics
medical costs
military spending
minimum wage
missing children

national debt
natural foods
New Age religions
noise pollution
nuclear accidents
nuclear energy
nutrition and cancer

obscenity
offshore drilling
Olympics
organ transplants
organized crime
overpopulation

passive smoke
peer pressure
police brutality
polygamy
polygraphs
population control
pornography
prison reform
prostitution

racism
radon
recycling
refugees
reincarnation
reproductive technologies
robotics

salaries of athletes
school busing
school prayer
seat belts/air bags
self-esteem
sex discrimination
sexual abuse
shock therapy
smoking in public
Social Security
solar energy
space exploration
speed limit
steroids
suicide
surrogate motherhood

taxes
teacher burnout
teacher competency tests
teenage fathers
teenage pregnancy
teenage sexuality
television, effects of
television evangelists
terrorism

UFOs
unemployment
urban problems
utopias

 

 


abortion policy/debate
acid rain
acupuncture
adoption rights
aerosol cans
affirmative action
afterlife
age discrimination
Agent Orange
aging
AIDS research
alternative fuels
Alzheimer's disease
amnesty
animal abuse
animal research
apartheid
artificial intelligence
asbestos
athletes and academics
autism
automobile safety

balance of trade
balanced budget
beauty pageants
behavior modification
Bermuda Triangle
big bang theory
Bigfoot
bioethics
biofeedback
bionics
biorhythms
birth defects
body language
brain -- right/left
brainwashing

campaign spending
cancer research
capital punishment
censorship of books
censorship of music
chemical warfare
child abuse
cigarette advertising
civil rights
cloning
computer crime
contraception
criminal rehabilitation
criminal sentencing
cryonics
cults

date rape
defense spending
diet fads
discrimination
divorce, effects of
dream analysis
dropouts
drug testing
drugs

eating disorders
education costs
educational reform
emission controls
ESP
euthanasia
evolution

faith healing
family violence
fat, discrimination against
fetal tissue research
fiber optics
food additives

gambling
gangs
garbage disposal
gays in the military
genetic engineering
geothermal energy
ghosts
greenhouse effect
Greenpeace
gun control

HMOs
hazardous wastes
holistic medicine
Holocaust
home schooling
homeless
human experimentation
human rights
hypnosis

illegal aliens
in vitro fertilization
inclusion/mainstreaming
infanticide
insanity defense

Japanese ownership in the US
job stress and burnout
joint custody of children
judicial reform
juvenile justice

kidnapping by parents
Ku Klux Klan

latch-key children
lawsuits, number of
learning disabilities
literacy
litter
lotteries

marijuana, legalization of
marijuana, medical use of
media and politics
medical costs
military spending
minimum wage
missing children

national debt
natural foods
New Age religions
noise pollution
nuclear accidents
nuclear energy
nutrition and cancer

obscenity
offshore drilling
Olympics
organ transplants
organized crime
overpopulation

passive smoke
peer pressure
police brutality
polygamy
polygraphs
population control
pornography
prison reform
prostitution

racism
radon
recycling
refugees
reincarnation
reproductive technologies
robotics

salaries of athletes
school busing
school prayer
seat belts/air bags
self-esteem
sex discrimination
sexual abuse
shock therapy
smoking in public
Social Security
solar energy
space exploration
speed limit
steroids
suicide
surrogate motherhood

taxes
teacher burnout
teacher competency tests
teenage fathers
teenage pregnancy
teenage sexuality
television, effects of
television evangelists
terrorism

UFOs
unemployment
urban problems
utopias